The bugaboo with caribou.

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) finds there's been "spotty progress" made on protecting woodland caribou habitat in Ontario.

The Toronto-based conservation group said the province is "lagging" behind other provinces in protecting the species and in having federally mandated plans in place to restore caribou populations by 2017.

Signs of positive change and government policy action are evident in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, but not much is happening in Ontario, CPAWS said in a release.

The group claims three caribou populations are in "long-term decline" and about 40 to 50 per cent of their original range has been lost. They attribute that to forest operations, road building, and other development...

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