On Tuesday, 24 September 2013 13:00:03 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:29:26 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:



That Caribou coin is nice, and the Caribou are in the news up here because oil development in Alberta is intruding on their migration routes.

Personally I like the cheaper coin showing HMS Shannon defeating USS Chesapeake during the war of 1812.

Shannon sailed from Halifax and dragged the Chesapeake back here.

Some nice local history remembered.



The tree huggers put up big fights along those lines about the Alaska Pipeline. They discovered that

caribou are smart enough to walk under or over the pipe.

--
John H.


In Alberta it opened the way for predators like wolves to use the new roads to access areas where the Caribou had it all to themselves.
Any, the documentary claims that the caribou now avoid those areas that are opened up. No one less than David Suzuki said so.