Resources

Description: 

The Department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) is responsible for monitoring forest health conditions across the Northwest Territories (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.

  • Document en anglais seulement
Publication date: 
February 2024
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Department of Environment and Climate Change (ECC) is responsible for monitoring forest health conditions across the Northwest Territories (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.

  • Document en anglais seulement
Publication date: 
February 2024
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

2023 Aircrew Briefing Manual

  • En anglais seulement
Publication date: 
April 2023
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

The Government of the Northwest Territories intends to introduce a new Forest Act Bill in February 2023. This document summarizes the key intentions of the Bill.

Publication date: 
November 2022
Resource Category: 
Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Le gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest a l’intention de déposer un nouveau projet de loi sur les forêts en février 2023. Le présent document résume les principaux objectifs du projet de loi.

Publication date: 
November 2022
Resource Category: 
Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
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)

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: 

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
Description: 

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
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: 

Minister's Statement on Wood Pellet Fair. October 2008.

Publication date: 
October 2008
Resource Category: 
Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

A list of accords and agreements relating to biodiversity. Published in 2006.

Publication date: 
January 2006
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Forest Fire Management for the NWT

Publication date: 
March 2005
Resource Category: 
Fire, Forest resources, Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

A list of NWT tools available to help with adaptive ecological management.

Publication date: 
January 2002
Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Appendix to the NWT Biodiversity Action Plan listing wildlife-related monitoring programs in the Northwest Territories.

Resource Category: 
Conservation planning, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Cards illustrating and providing information of some of the most easily recognized trees, shrubs, herbs, fungi, birds and animals in the boreal forest.

Resource Category: 
Education and outreach, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Boreal Forest Word Jumble (pdf/54.55 KB)

Description: 

Students unscramble words associated with the boreal forest.

Resource Category: 
Education and outreach, Forest resources
Resource Type: 
Documents
Type of resource: 
File

Boreal Forest Word Jumble (pdf/54.55 KB)