Resources

Description: 

A survey of muskrat pushups was conducted in spring 2013 along the Slave River
from just north of Fort Chipewyan to Great Slave Lake. Densities and abundance
of pushups were highest in the Slave River Delta, where wetlands provide good
muskrat habitat. The survey provides a baseline of information that can be compared
to future surveys, and enables environmental change to be tracked over time.
The NWT Environmental Research Bulletins (NERB) are 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.

Muskrat pushup abundance along the Slave River
This project was a Slave River and Delta Partnership1 (SRDP) led initiative, a collaboration of many partners. The SRDP also collaborated with the Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program and Parks Canada who were undertaking a survey of the Peace-Athabasca Delta and Alberta stem of the
Slave River.

Publication date: 
January 2013
Resource Category: 
Research and data, Water, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Informational materials
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Wildlife File Report 143. An Estimate of Breeding Females and Analyses of Demographics for the Bluenose-East Herd of Barren-ground Caribou: 2013 Calving Ground Photographic Survey.

Publication date: 
January 2013
Resource Category: 
Wildlife and nature, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
File Reports
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Report outlining all wildlife research permits issued in the Northwest Territories in 2013.

Publication date: 
January 2013
Resource Category: 
Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

This paper looks at the Arctic's rapid and intense warming trend using Environment Canada weather stations data from four communities in the NWT. The airport weather stations in Inuvik, Norman Wells, Yellowknife and Fort Smith date back to the 1940s and are the longest standing and most consistent climate stations in the NWT. The report contains information from datasets between 1957 and 2012. These four communities sit on a rough north to south transect and are well spaced to provide a good overview of the trends in the Mackenzie River watershed.

Publication date: 
January 2013
Resource Category: 
Climate change, Research and data
Resource Type: 
Reports and Studies
Type of resource: 
File
Description: 

Map of amphibian and reptile sightings in the NWT 2013

Publication date: 
January 2013
Resource Category: 
Research and data, Wildlife and nature
Resource Type: 
Maps
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