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Species At Risk Conference of Management Authorities

The Conference of Management Authorities is the group of wildlife co-management boards and governments that share management responsibility for the conservation and recovery of species at risk in the NWT.

The Conference of Management Authorities provides direction, coordination and leadership on species at risk. The group operates by building consensus among Management Authorities. It respects the roles and responsibilities of Management Authorities established under and claim and self-government agreements. For more information, see http://nwtspeciesatrisk.ca/en/CMA/CMA.

Team Members

 Funders

Environment and Natural Resources, GNWT

 

Nę K’ǝ Dene Ts’ı̨lı̨ Forum

Many environmental research and monitoring programs and projects are underway in the Sahtú Region, and the need for this work is expanding with the emerging shale oil play in the Tulı́t’a District. On November 5-7, 2013, a meeting including representatives of Sahtú organisations, government and industry reached a consensus that such programs and projects should be well coordinated, with strong input from Sahtú communities.

As a consequence, Sahtú organizations and the Government of the Northwest Territories (led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources) have agreed to create a Forum that will support research and monitoring proponents and Sahtú organisations in sharing priorities, plans and proposals, providing feedback and guidance, coordinating objectives and activities. The aim is to more effectively address important issues in the Sahtú.
Vision: Environmental monitoring and research programs and projects in the Sahtú are coordinated and conducted in ways that reflect regional and community priorities, engage communities, value both western science and traditional knowledge, and support wise decision-making.

Purpose

The Nę K’ǝ Dene Ts’ı̨lı̨ Forum (formerly Sahtú Environmental Research and Monitoring  Forum) will support environmental research and monitoring by providing a venue for discussing plans and accommodating the priorities and traditional knowledge of Sahtú communities.

Objectives

The Forum will address the following objectives in supporting environmental research and monitoring in the Sahtú Region: Identify regional priorities and research gaps; build cross-cultural understanding; support and protect traditional knowledge processes; support regional and regulatory decision-making; identify opportunities for: collaborative research involving communities, communication, information-sharing, and cross-cultural interpretation of research results.

Research Priorities

The Forum considers both community and regional research priorities, as well as priorities developed by organisations with responsibilities for guiding research in the Northwest Territories and beyond. The Forum reviewed these priorities at a workshop in January, 2014. More information about regional research priorities can be found in Nę K’ǝ Dene Ts’ı̨lı̨ Forum activity reports as well as Sahtú Research Results Workshop reports. 

Past Meetings

Date           
Topic
24-04-17 Tǫdzı Nę́nę́ Meeting
24-02-27 Geography and Seismic Programs
23-10-30 Boreal caribou collaring program - Mackenzie Valley Highway monitoring program
23-10-03 Tǫdzı Nę́nę́ Planning Meeting
23-09-27 Petroleum Histories Project - Update and Team Intro
23-06-13 to 
23-06-15		 In-person Forum gathering in Tulita. 
23-04-24 NWT Species at Risk
23-04-14 Waterfowl population, Hare and Small Mammal Surveys
23-03-10 Land, Peoples, Relationship Model with Joe Copper Black
23-02-03  NWT Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Mackenzie Valley Winter Road
23-01-20 Mercury and other Contaminants in Fish
22-12-20 Todzi Range Plan
22-12-09 O'Grady & Permafrost
22-11-25 Herd Film Screening
22-11-18 Northern Mountain Caribou
22-11-16 Petroleum Histories Project
22-11-01 COVID-19 Response Evaluation Report
22-10-25 Mackenzie Valley Winter Road, Water Licences
22-10-12 Dene Bere (country foods) campaign
22-10-07 Bull trout, Species at Risk
22-08-29 Holistic Long-term Continuum of Care Report Review
22-08-17 Species at Risk
22-07-22 Human Biomonitoring Results
22-07-19 Berries
22-06-30 Colonialism in Canada
22-05-24 Winter Snow Track Surveys
22-05-19 Aurora College Facilities
22-05-12 Covid-19 Response Evaluation
22-04-08 Facilitation and Participatory Leadership Training
22-03-25 Todzi Atlas
22-03-18 Community Conservation Planning Toolkit Development
22-03-11 River Journeys
22-02-17 Petroleum History and Reclamation Mapping
22-02-11 Holistic Long-Term Continuum of Health
21-12-03 Boreal Caribou Range Planning
21-11-26 Mackenzie Valley Highway
21-11-05
Dene Astronomy
21-10-22
NWT Species at Risk
21-10-21
Délı̨nę Public Listening Session - Regional Workshop Prep Call
21-10-15
Paying the Land book discussion
21-10-08
Sahtú Research and Monitoring Strategy
21-09-25
CIMP Draft Action Plan
21-07-14
Forestry Funding Application
21-07-13
Board Engagement and Consultation (MVLWB and MVEIRB)
21-06-29
A Century of Petroleum Extraction at Tłegǫ́hłı̨ (Norman Wells): Indigenous knowledge for Indigenous guardianship
21-06-25
Sahtú Harvest Study
21-06-24
Dene Béré Campaign
21-06-18
Community Harvester Assistance Program/Mackenzie Valley Furs Program Review
21-05-21
Muskox Research
21-01-20
Délı̨nę 2021 Public Listening Session - Regional Workshop Planning
21-01-08
Canadian Mountain Network Hub - Letter of Intent 
20-12-03
 Caribou Landscape and Forestry Funding Applications
20-11-20
 Délı̨nę 2021 Public Listening Session - Planning Discussion 
20-11-13
Boreal Caribou Range Planning 
20-11-06
Colville 2020 Public Listening Session - Final Report 
 20-10-09
CIMP Letter of Intent - Birds, Imperial Closure & Reclamation and Fish
 20-09-29
Letter of Intent - Climate change and Dene Béré Campaign
 20-09-16
Funding Proposal - caribou, wildfire and climate change 
 20-08-14
Imperial Oil Closure 
20-07-21 
 River Journeys, Treaty 11 (second meeting)
20-06-25 
River Journeys, Treaty 11 
20-06-16
Little Critters Status Ranking
20-06-06
Water Stewardship Strategy
20-03-26
Initiatives and Networking during the pandemic period
15-10-26
CIMP Letter of Intent, Research and Monitoring Updates, Research Licences 
 15-10-08
 CIMP Letter of Intent Call, Tsá Túé Research Monitoring Workshop, Forum member roles, Sahtú Monitoring Framework and Research Strategy
 15-09-03
 Sahtú Harvest Study Community Engagement, Summer Plans, Research Licences Referral Process
15-08-27
Sahtú Harvest Study Presentation
15-06-04
Barren-ground Caribou Research, Research Updates, Cross-Cultural Research Camp
15-02-27
Workshop Debrief, Gathering of Caribou Debrief and upcoming Forum activities
15-01-08
Research Proposals and Forum Workplan
14-06-05
Roundtable updates, Environmental Studies Research Fund, 
14-05-08
Wildlife Cumulative Effects Monitoring
14-04-24
Overview of Central Mackenzie Shale Oil Partnership and Forum Workplan
14-02-25
Updates from Partners and Terms of Reference Overview
14-01-09
Yellowknife Forum Workshop
13-12-06
Forum Terms of Reference

 

 

Wildlife Act Working Group

A new Wildlife Act for the Northwest Territories was passed by the Legislative Assembly in October 2013, and is scheduled to come into effect in November 2014. Regulation changes are needed to bring the new Wildlife Act into force. To implement the new Wildlife Act, current regulations need to be updated and new regulations need to be developed. The regulations are being developed through an extensive review of existing regulations; results of consultation and public engagement undertaken over the past twelve years; and input from the same collaborative Wildlife Act Working Group (with representatives from Aboriginal governments and renewable resources boards) and Stakeholders Wildlife Act Advisory Group (SWAAG) that helped develop the new Act.

Regulation changes will be done in three phases:

• Phase 1 – immediate changes needed to bring the Act into force. This includes changing current regulations that are inconsistent with the new Act, and making sure regulations are in place so people can continue to harvest and use wildlife in a safe and sustainable manner. The remaining regulations will stay in place until reviewed during later phases.

• Phase 2 – regulations to implement some of the new concepts in the Wildlife Act. These include regulations respecting the import of harmful species, the release of alien species into NWT habitat, wildlife management and monitoring plans for developers, and harvest reporting and hunter training requirements.

• Phase 3 – ongoing; regulations will be developed as the need arises. This includes developing regulations to designate conservation areas to protect wildlife or wildlife habitat, and refining regulations to address specific concerns or regional issues.

Team Members

  •          Deborah Simmons, Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı
  •          Michael Neyelle, Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı

  •          Raimond Taniton

Funder

Environment and Natural Resources