The goal of the wolf management program is to sufficiently reduce wolf predation on the Bathurst and Bluenose-East caribou herds to allow for an increase in calf and adult caribou survival rates to contribute to the stabilization and recovery of both herds. This is a five-year program which includes support for wolf harvesters and the traditional economy to increase annual ground-based harvest of wolves in winter, combined with a research, monitoring and assessment program.