Resources

Description: 

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) has maintained a database of all hazardous material spills reported in the Northwest Territories (NWT) since 1971. This report briefly summarizes the data collected for spills reported in 2019.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) tient une base de données de tous les déversements de matières dangereuses signalés aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO) depuis 1971. Le présent rapport résume les données recueillies en 2019.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Contaminants, Monitoring
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildlife Monitoring and Management Plan for the Tłı̨chǫ All Season Road. (En anglais seulement)

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Monitoring, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le Programme du savoir sera utilisé par les dirigeants gouvernementaux, les planificateurs, les décideurs politiques et les chercheurs pour réaliser les objectifs stratégiques du gouvernement et améliorer la qualité de l’information utilisée pour la prise de décisions aux TNO.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Frameworks, Strategies, Guidelines
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Knowledge Agenda is a tool that will be used by GNWT leaders, planners, policy-makers and researchers, in conjunction with GNWT legislation, policies, strategies and plans to advance the strategic goals of government and ultimately improve the quality of information used to make decisions in the Territory.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Frameworks, Strategies, Guidelines
Type of resource: 
File

Template for a Tier 1 WMMP (pdf/204.68 KB)

Description: 

This template has been provided to assist developers in preparing a basic Wildlife Management and Monitoring Plan (WMMP) that can outline how impacts to wildlife and wildlife habitat will be mitigated and monitored.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Template for a Tier 1 WMMP (pdf/204.68 KB)

Description: 

This screening questionnaire is a tool to be used by the developer to determine the potential impacts of their developments on wildlife and wildlife habitat to inform decisions about mitigations.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

This document details the expectations regarding the required sections for a full-scale Tier 3 WMMP. Specific sections required for Tier 1 and 2 WMMPs are described in the WMMP Process and Content Guidelines. A template for a Tier 1 WMMP is also provided.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Forest Management Division (FMD) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is responsible for monitoring forest health conditions across the NWT to ensure the forest has the capacity for renewal after a wide range of disturbances, and is able to retain its ecological resiliency while meeting the current and future needs of NWT residents.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Monitoring
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Chaque année, le ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) effectue en priorité des relevés aériens des forêts d’épinettes matures, surtout parce qu’il s’agit d’un hôte privilégié par le ravageur qui cause le plus de dommages aux TNO, à savoir la tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette (Choristoneura fumiferana).

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Monitoring
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Forest Health News 2018 (pdf/3.98 MB)

Description: 

Newsletter for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) explaining how they conducts annual aerial surveys in areas occupied by mature spruce forests as a priority, mostly because of their significance as a preferred host for the most serious insect pest in the NWT.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Monitoring
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Forest Health News 2018 (pdf/3.98 MB)

Description: 

Movements of barren-ground caribou have been tracked by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) since 1996 using satellite radio collars. Collars provide key information on caribou throughout the year.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (GTNO) suit les déplacements du caribou de la toundra depuis 1996 au moyen de colliers émetteurs. Les colliers fournissent des renseignements importants sur le caribou tout au long de l’année.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Draft Bathurst Caribou Range Plan – What We Heard, June 2019

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Rapport version provisoire ''Ce que nous avons entendu'' sur le plan sur l'air de répartition du caribou de Bathurst, juin 2019.

Publication date: 
June 2019
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Hunting, trapping and harvesting, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File