Mitch Campbell

The survey was overseen by Arviat biologist Mitch Campbell.

Mitch Campbell, MSc Regional Wildlife Biologist Keewatin Region, Arviat, TN

That's what student/researcher Mitch Campbell of the Institute of Arctic Ecophysiology in Churchill, Manitoba probed in 1990 when he looked at the importance of the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area to both the Cape Churchill herd and a subpopulation of the migratory Qamanirjuaq herd.The two herds meet on common ground during winter and Campbell wanted to explore the critical winter habitat (the Cape Churchill herd had grown from almost zero in 1950 to 1,200 animals), and how it relieves pressure on the crowded Qamanirjuaq herd when its population is high.Campbell, who had graduated from both Lethbridge Community College and the University of Manitoba, was studying for his Master's degree in science, and later served as a BQCMB member while working as a biologist for the government of Nunavut.

Arviat regional biologist Mitch Campbell (far right) looks on
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Others in attendance were elder Jimmy Kkaikka of Wollaston, Jack Bird of the Fort Smith office of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mitch Campbell of the Arviat office of the Department of Sustainable Development, Nancy Casaway and Steve Ellis of the Lutselk'e Dene First Nation's Wildlife, Lands and Environment Committee, Leslie Wakelyn and Anne Kendrick of the BQCMB caribou monitoring project, Nunavut caribou monitors Betsy Aksawnee and Mike Curley, and former BQCMB chairman Ross Thompson with Manitoba Intergovernmental Affairs - and now mayor of Stonewall, Manitoba.

Nunavut is represented by David Kritterdlik of Whale Cove, George Kuksuk of Arviat, and — new to the board — regional biologist Mitch Campbell of Arviat.
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Campbell came to Arviat more than a year ago from the Newfoundland provincial government's Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods in Goose Bay.
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Also at the BQCMB's May meeting was Mitch Campbell, now the Nunavut government's representative on the board

From left, BQCMB NWT member Deb Johnson, Nunavut biologist Mitch Campbell and BQCMB Manitoba member Albert Thorassie.

Although there's no sign the Qamanirjuaq herd is dropping, it may be "levelling off a bit," says Nunavut biologist Mitch Campbell.The herd is still healthy but "there's a lot more diseased animals people are picking up on."

And according to the BQCMB's harvest calculation formula, the Beverly herd is thought to be close to its sustainable harvest limit now.

Synchrony is "one of many little hints" about the health of the herd, says Campbell, and it could be added to many other clues - like hunter observations, herd composition surveys, results from the BQCMB's caribou monitoring efforts in Baker Lake and Arviat - to provide a big picture for management purposes.But government funding to gather such information tends to be hit and miss, says Campbell.Given the absence of information and a solid management strategy, he says he plans to recommend that senior wildlife managers at the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) consider a Qamanirjuaq survey in two years' time, "and I would stand by that unless we develop an index system that shows us otherwise."

Campbell's department had put aside funds to assist a 2002 survey of the Beverly herd, but that was only if some Beverly animals first wore satellite collars to help scientists outline with certainty the calving grounds - key to a successful population survey.

Mitch Campbell, a biologist with the Government of Nunavut in Arviat, told CanWest Global this week about the rare albino muskox he spotted during a recent aerial survey of Ellesmere Island.

When Campbell flew over a small herd, the bright-white muskox stood out ,like a neon sign.,

,When you see an animal that,s normally very dark brown, when you see that animal pure white, it,s kind of heart-stopping,, he told CanWest.

Campbell is not the first to see an albino muskox in the High Arctic.

A. The rutting season in October is accompanied by displays of fighting among bulls competing for cows.
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A. Mitch Campbell, the Regional Government Biologist at Arviat, currently provides information on satellite collared Qamanirjuaq caribou to various organizations including hunters and trappers.
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A. The BQCMB doesn't have any guidelines relating to the useage of traditional knowledge, but in making decisions, the board always takes traditional knowledge into account.
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A. The co-management group that looks after the George River and Leaf River herds is the:Hunting , Fishing and Trapping Co-ordinating Committee,393 Saint Jacques, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1N9
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Mitch CampbellNWT Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic DevelopmentTel.: (867) 857-2820Fax: (867) 857-2986
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A. 1. More and more aboriginal people are getting involved in outfitting.

Back row, left to right: Mitch Campbell, Cam Elliott, Jimmy Laban, Jerome Denechezhe and Billy Shott.
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This fall or winter, Nunavut biologist and board member Mitch Campbell, along with NWT biologists Anne Gunn, Robert Mulders and possibly B.C. biologist Doug Heard, will sit down with statisticians and "tear the method apart," promises Campbell.
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Biologist Mitch Campbell of Arviat has since been named the BQCMB's representative on the Manitoba-Nunavut Transportation Assessment Advisory Committee.