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caribou feeding Aerial photo of a caribou location
Captive caribou feeding on aboreal lichens
during behavioral study, March 2001
Aerial photograph of a caribou location in winter of 1999-00,
taken summer 2000.
Darien McElwain sampling lichens in a burn area Cladina rangiferina (caribou lichen)
Darien McElwain sampling lichens in a burn area. Cladina rangiferina
(aka caribou lichen)
Northern end of the 1990 Taylor Highway Burn, March 2002 Southern end of the 1990 Taylor Highway Burn, March 2002
Feeding crater prior to caribou foraging,
March 2002
The same crater after captive caribou foraged on it, March 2002
Pond in the Ladue drainage near vegetation sampling location, note the fire scars on the hills in the distance, July 2001
The Dennison Fork of the Fortymile River, March 2002, is prime winter range for Nelchina caribou Pond in the Ladue drainage near a vegetation sampling location, note the fire scars on the hills in the distance, July 2001

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