Resources

Description: 

Le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (GTNO) élabore une nouvelle loi sur les forêts en regroupant les actuelles Loi sur l’aménagement des forêts et Loi sur la protection des forêts.

Publication date: 
February 2023
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Conservation planning, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

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

Publication date: 
February 2023
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Conservation planning, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Monitoring, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

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

  • Un résumé est disponible en français dans ce document
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

Forest Health News 2019 (pdf/2.99 MB)

Description: 

Articles about forest health in 2019 in the NWT

  • En anglais seulement
Publication date: 
September 2020
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Forest Health News 2019 (pdf/2.99 MB)

Description: 

Le Rapport 2018-2019 sur les opérations dans la région du Slave Nord présente des informations sur la collaboration entre le ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) et le gouvernement tłı̨cho˛ au cours de la dernière année pour appuyer le rétablissement du caribou de la toundra dans la région du Slave Nord.

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

Barren-ground Caribou Collaring, Enhanced North Slave Wolf Harvest Incentive Program and the 2019 Wildfire Season

Publication date: 
December 2019
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Monitoring, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The 2018-2019 North Slave Region Operations Report shares information on collaborative actions taken by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) and the Tłı̨chǫ Government over the past year to support barren-ground caribou recovery in the North Slave Region.

Publication date: 
December 2019
Resource Category: 
Forest resources, Monitoring, Research and data, 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: 

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: 

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
Description: 

Environment and Natural Resources Strategic Plan 2015-2020

Publication date: 
January 2015
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Monitoring, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Plans
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
Description: 

Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories - Northern Arctic Ecosystem Classification Group. 2013.

Publication date: 
January 2013
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Research and data, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
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: 

Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories - Southern Arctic Ecological Land Classification Report. 2012.

Publication date: 
January 2012
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Research and data, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

A Biodiversity Special Edition of NWT State of the Environment Report released in 2010.

Publication date: 
July 2010
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Summary of projects completed under the Western Northwest Territories Biophysical Study between 2008 and 2010.

Publication date: 
January 2010
Resource Category: 
Air quality, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File

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