The Mountain Caribou in Managed Forests Program: Integrating fore- stry and habitat management in British Columbia.

forest stands be managed, t h r o u g h s i lv icul tural systems and habitat enhancement techniques, to provide both t imber and car ibou habitat? T h e program includes radiotelemetry, habitat capabil i ty mapping, habitat manage-ment trials, and development of an integrated strategy. T h e management trials are aimed at mainta in ing arbo-real lichens and other key habitat attributes i n managed stands. T h e strategy development c o m p o n e n t i n v o l-ves wi ld l i fe biologists and foresters i n developing and implement ing solutions to logging-caribou confl icts. Key words: Rangifer, caribou, Br i t ish C o l u m b i a, habitat management, forestry, partial cutting, confl ict ing interests. Rangifer, Special Issue N o. 7: 130—13