The governments of Canada and British Columbia have just announced an agreement to protect threatened mountain caribou in part of the province. This historic agreement between the federal and provincial governments is the first ever agreement reached under Section 11 of Canada’s Species at Risk Act. The agreement, which covers the Central Group herds located in the Northern Rockies and Peace area, will be a template for future agreements to protect the other groups of mountain caribou herds, including the southern herds in the Kootenays and Columbia region. …Without strong habitat protections, mountain caribou populations are expected to continue to decline, with many herds likely to be lost in the coming years. …“Logging, mining and recreation in the inland temperate rainforest add up to death by a thousand cuts for caribou.