Resources

Forest Health News 2018 (pdf/3.98 MB)

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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: 
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Forest Health News 2018 (pdf/3.98 MB)

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Plain language summary of the Forest Act

Publication date: 
April 2019
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Forest Act - Fact Sheet (pdf/4.59 MB)

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The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is developing a new Forest Act to amend and combine the existing Forest Management Act and the Forest Protection Act.

Publication date: 
April 2019
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File

Forest Act - Fact Sheet (pdf/4.59 MB)

Description: 

A summary of what we heard during public engagement on the Forest Act.

Publication date: 
March 2019
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Forest health facts and highlights for the Northwest Territories for 2017, along with a conversation with Roger Brett, the Forest Health Supervising Technician of the Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, about changes to NWT forests over the last 25 years.

Publication date: 
April 2018
Resource Category: 
Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Annual report by the Forest Management Division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on forest health conditions across the NWT. The forest health program monitors whether or not the forest has the capacity for renewal after a wide range of disturbances, for the retention of its ecological resiliency while meeting current and future needs of NWT residents. The focus of the forest health program has been on monitoring insect and disease impacts in the NWT forests. However, since 2015, FMD has also been recording abiotic disturbances to address the uncertainty of forest ecosystem response to a changing climate. Examples of abiotic disturbances recorded during monitoring surveys include: drought symptoms (reddening of foliage, sun scalding scars, stunted and gnarled foliage), flooding, wind and snow damage, land slumps, and permafrost related disturbance (“drunken forest” phenomenon). General decline of some tree species is also tracked. 

Publication date: 
March 2018
Resource Category: 
Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildfire Impacts on the North Slave Region Ecosystem/Répercussions des feux de forêt sur l’écosystème des cours d'eau

Cette vidéo met en avant un projet financé par le PSEC des TNO, mené par Mike Pisaric de l’Université Brock, pour étudier les effets cumulatifs de deux principaux agents de perturbation – la sécheresse et les feux de forêt – et leurs effets sur les forêts et les systèmes aquatiques dans la région du Slave Nord.

Publication date: 
December 2017
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Forest resources, Monitoring, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
Link
Description: 

Map showing fire growth of Fire VO-016, east of Fort Good Hope, from July 7-10, 2017.

Publication date: 
July 2017
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Map highlighting areas where forest management inventories have been done.

Publication date: 
May 2017
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Map highlighting areas where forest management inventories have been done.

Publication date: 
May 2017
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

NWT forest vegetation management inventory map updated 2017.

Publication date: 
March 2017
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File

NWT Land Areas 2017 (pdf/823.9 KB)

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Map of land areas in the NWT updated in 2017.

Publication date: 
March 2017
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File

NWT Land Areas 2017 (pdf/823.9 KB)

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Poster showing land cover classification in the NWT, updated 2017.

Publication date: 
February 2017
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Research and data
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: 

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
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: 

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

Publication date: 
May 2016
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Air quality
Resource Type: 
Forms and applications
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Use the information in this booklet to teach your family how to be FireSmart. Once you've reached the end of this book, YOU will be a FireSmart Ambassador — a very important responsibility!

Publication date: 
May 2016
Resource Category: 
Education and outreach, Fire, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Update on the health of NWT forests in 2016

Publication date: 
January 2016
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Monitoring
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Publication date: 
January 2016
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Maps
Type of resource: 
File

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