Resources

Description: 

The NWT State of the Environment (NWT SOE Report) provides information on topics relevant to the environment.

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Publication date: 
June 2022
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Water, Waste Reduction and Recycling, Research and data, Monitoring, Contaminants, Conservation planning, Climate change, Education and outreach, Fire, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Forest resources, Air quality
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Les incendies sont un élément normal et important de l’écosystème de la forêt boréale. La flore et la faune nordiques se sont adaptées au cycle de la destruction par le feu et de la repousse, et, depuis des milliers d’années, les caribous de la toundra composent avec les répercussions des feux de forêt sur leur aire d’hivernage.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Fire is a natural and important part of the boreal forest ecosystem. Northern plants and animals have adapted to the cycles of fire and regrowth, and barren-ground caribou have co-existed with the effects of forest fires on their winter range for thousands of years.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2017 NWT CIMP projects in the Inuvialuit Settlement Area address key regional cumulative
impact questions of regulators, governments and communities. Annual summary sheet highlighting key NWT CIMP-funded projects in the region.

Publication date: 
June 2017
Resource Category: 
Fire, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

NWT CIMP projects in the North and South Slave regions address key regional cumulative
impact questions of regulators, governments and communities. Annual summary sheet highlighting key NWT CIMP-funded projects in the region.

Publication date: 
June 2017
Resource Category: 
Fire, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2017 NWT CIMP projects in the Gwich'in region address key regional cumulative
impact questions of regulators, governments and communities. Annual summary sheet highlighting key NWT CIMP-funded projects in the region.

Publication date: 
June 2017
Resource Category: 
Fire, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2017 NWT CIMP projects in the North and South Slave regions address key regional cumulative
impact questions of regulators, governments and communities. Annual summary sheet highlighting key NWT CIMP-funded projects in the region.

Publication date: 
June 2017
Resource Category: 
Fire, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2017 NWT CIMP projects in the Wek’èezhìı region address key regional cumulative
impact questions of regulators, governments and communities. Annual summary sheet highlighting key NWT CIMP-funded projects in the region.

Publication date: 
June 2017
Resource Category: 
Fire, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2017 NWT CIMP projects in the Dehcho regions address key regional cumulative
impact questions of regulators, governments and communities. Annual summary sheet highlighting key NWT CIMP-funded projects in the region.

Publication date: 
June 2017
Resource Category: 
Fire, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Report on the health of the forest - 2016

Publication date: 
September 2016
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Form to assess the site hazards around the structure and better FireSmart your home.

Publication date: 
May 2016
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Forms and applications
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Use this booklet to assess your risk from wildland fire, then use the results to FireSmart your home and property.

Publication date: 
May 2016
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Publication date: 
January 2015
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildland fire and wildlife in the NWT's forests - brochure

Publication date: 
April 2014
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File

Inuvik CWPP (pdf/5.12 MB)

Description: 

Community wildfire protection plan for Inuvik.

Publication date: 
March 2012
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Plans
Type of resource: 
File

Inuvik CWPP (pdf/5.12 MB)

Description: 

Wildlife Manuscript Report 61. Fire/Fur/Moose - Annual Report 1991/92. Graf, R. 1992. 19 pp.

Publication date: 
January 1992
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Manuscript Reports
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildlife File Report 34. Fire History of the Beverly Caribou Winter Range, NT 1966-1982.

Publication date: 
January 1982
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Fire, Forest resources, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
File Reports
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

NERB Volume 1 Issue 4: Impacts of wildfires on Boreal caribou.
NWT Environmental Research Bulletin -A series of brief plain language summaries of various environmental research findings in the Northwest Territories. If you’re conducting environmental research in the NWT, consider sharing your information with northern residents in a bulletin. These research summaries are also of use to northern resource decision-makers.

Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Fire, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File

Paper Birch (pdf/996.83 KB)

Description: 

Information on the paper birth tree including its traditional uses and used by wildlife.

Resource Category: 
Fire, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File

Paper Birch (pdf/996.83 KB)