West Kitikmeot / Slave Study Projects and Reports

An Overview of WKSS and it's Projects - March 2009 Update

WKSS Final Report 1996-2001

State of Knowledge Report May 2001

State of Knowledge Report Update 2007

State of Knowledge Report Update 2007 Plain Summary Report

WKSS Research Framework

Traditional Knowledge Research

Habitat

Traditional Ecological Knowledge Research in the Kache Tue Study Region 

Habitat of Dogrib Traditional Territory: Place Names as Indicators of Bio-geographical Knowledge

Community Based Monitoring

Ni Hat'ni - Watching the Land (2002- ongoing) 

Final Report: Community Based Monitoring (2001-2002) 

Traditional Knowledge Study on Community Health (1997-2001) 

A Community Based Monitoring System in the Slave Geological Province (1997) 

Tibbitt Lake to Contwoyto Winter Road - Monitoring Station Report (2007)

Caribou

Monitoring Caribou:  The Relationship between Tlicho Laws and Indicators of Change    

Traditional Knowledge on the Relationship between Caribou Migration Patterns and the State of Caribou Habitat (2001)

Tuktu and Nogak Project - Inuit Knowledge about Wildlife in Bathurst Inlet: Focus on Caribou and Calving Areas (2001)     

Scientific Research

Habitat

Adams W.A. and S. Lamoureux. A Literature Review of the Use of Native Northern Plants for the Re-Vegetation of Arctic Mine Tailings and Mine Waste (2005)

Modeling Store and Release Covers at Three Northern Mining Properties Using Soil Cover - Final Report (2006)

Habitat/Vegetation Classification for the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Region (1997-2001) 

Esker Habitat Studies in the Slave Geological Province
--- Esker Habitat Characteristics and Traditional Use Study in the Slave Geological Province (2002)

Wildlife Monographs (2005)

Revegetation of Lands Impacted by Northern Hard Rock Mining - Case Studies (2005)

Northern Hard Rock Mining: Effects on Riparian Zones and Passive Biological Treatment of Impacted Waters (2006)

Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories Taiga Shield (2008) 
Map 

Water

Investigation of Aquatic Impacts of On-Ice Exploratory Diamond Drilling 

Reading Water Quality Record in West Kitikmeot/Slave Sediment

Caribou

An Estimate of Breeding Females in the Bathurst Herd of Barren-Ground Caribou (June 2003) 

Bathurst Caribou Calving Ground Studies
     -- Influence Of Nutrition And Human Activity On Calving Ground Location
     -- Prevalence and Intensity of Gastro-intestinal Nematode Parasitism in the Bathurst Caribou Herd (1998-1999) 

Seasonal Movements of the Bathurst Caribou Herd 

Summer Behaviour of Bathurst Caribou Herd
     --- Summer Behaviour of Bathurst Caribou at Mine Sites and Response of Caribou to Fencing and Plastic Deflectors
     --- Effect of Gravel Road and Tailing Pond Dust on Tundra Plant Communities near Lupin Mine, NWT

Grizzly Bear

Population Ecology of Grizzly Bears in the Slave Geological Province
     --- Spatial Organization and Habitat Selection Patterns of Barren ground Grizzly Bears (2000)
     --- Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos) Studies in the Northwest Territories: Nutritional Component

Wolverine

Wolverine Ecology, Distribution and Productivity in a Tundra Environment (2001)

Analysis of 2005 and 2006 Wolverine DNA Mark-Recapture Sampling at Daring Lake, Ekati, Diavik and Kennady Lake, Northwest Territories.

Wolves

Analysis of Esker Use by Wolves Denning in the Central Arctic, NWT 
     --- Analysis of Esker Use by Wolves Denning in the Central Arctic, NWT

Moose

Survey of Moose Abundance in the Boreal Forest Around Yellowknife, NWT