. The Canadian field-naturalist. Many CWS biologists survived aircraft mishaps over the years. This Cessna 180 flipped on landing at Pipestone River, Saskatchewan, on 29 November 1957. While the pilot signalled for help, Ernie Kuyt, who was engaged in the Cooperative Barren-ground Caribou Study, got on with the job of collecting and examining specimens (Photo cred- it: E. Kuyt). into soft, fur-lined clothing, babiche for snowshoe webbing, durable leather tents, and kayak covers; Caribou sinews made tough thongs and fine thread, while Caribou bone slivers could be fashioned into awls and needle
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Many CWS biologists survived aircraft mishaps over the years. This Cessna 180 flipped on landing at Pipestone River, Saskatchewan, on 29 November 1957. While the pilot signalled for help, Ernie Kuyt, who was engaged in the Cooperative Barren-ground Caribou Study, got on with the job of collecting and examining specimens (Photo cred- it: E. Kuyt). into soft, fur-lined clothing, babiche for snowshoe webbing, durable leather tents, and kayak covers; Caribou sinews made tough thongs and fine thread, while Caribou bone slivers could be fashioned into awls and needles. Indeed, it would have been hard to imagine a viable tundra society without the Caribou.^' An estimated 2 to 3 million Caribou roamed the Arctic tundra and sub-Arctic taiga regions in the early 1900s. It was therefore a matter of serious con- cern when wildlife investigators of the 1920s and 1930s began to report that this population might be in decline. Between 1925 and 1927, W. H. B. Hoare investigated Caribou in the central Arctic and recom- mended that remedial conservation measures be implemented. Ten years later, in 1936-1937, C. H. D. Clarke reiterated a similar concern following an extended study in the Thelon Game Sanctuary.^^ No further action was taken during the war years, but in 1948, Frank Banfield began an extensive study of Barren-ground Caribou on behalf of CWS.^^ John Kelsall continued this work through 1950-1951, Alan Loughrey took it on for 1951-1952,^4 3j^j Kelsall resumed it in 1952-1953 after returning from educational leave.'^ By 1950, the estimated population of Barren- ground Caribou had fallen from 2 million or more to about 670 000 animals.''^ Northern administrators, well aware that starvation could strike the Inuit camps of the barrens with disastrous results if the trend continued, accelerated the level of investiga- tion. Discussions of Caribou management questions at the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference led, in 1953, to the creation of t
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