Why are critical Caribou habitats that are closed to snowmobiling not closed to heli-skiing?
Heli-skiing is a commercially guided activity and the approved management plans for heli-ski operations include operational practices that avoid disturbance and dislocation of caribou everywhere, not just in the critical habitats that are closed to recreational snowmobiling. Recreational snowmobiling is more difficult to manage because it is primarily an unguided activity.