GNWT seeks input on Bathurst caribou management plan
The GNWT’s Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee is looking for input on their management plan. A draft of the committee’s management plan is ready and the…
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Listen: Monitoring the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road for illegal caribou harvesting
Nearly 150 caribou have been harvested illegally so far this winter.
There has been a push in recent years to educate harvesters in the traditional hunting ways. Despite this, there is illegal caribou harvesting every year….
WRRB recommends no more helicopter wolf shootings, focus on traditional harvest
“(Aerial removals) didn't appear to get to the target levels that they were hoping to reach for the required program to be considered effective and successful,” says Jody Pellissey, the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board's executive director.
The Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board has recommended stopping a controversial practice of shooting dìga (wolves) from the air. Instead, it proposes the Tłı̨chǫ and territorial…
Délı̨nę to host second ‘listening’ session on caribou conservation in Sahtú
The second of five public listening sessions on caribou conservation in the Sahtú will be next spring in Délı̨nę. The session’s central question is “What…
SRRB decides community plans should lead caribou conservation in Sahtú region
The Sahtú Renewable Resources Board recently decided to replace the Total Allowable Harvest system with community conservation plans.
What is the most effective way to conserve caribou? According to a recent report from the Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board), the…
Tłı̨chǫ Government, ENR say more training needed to meet proposed wolf reduction targets
If reduction targets are not met by traditional harvesters, then ENR will continue to hire a helicopter and marksman to cull wolves from the air.
Tłı̨chǫ and territorial government officials attribute the low wolf harvest numbers to difficulty accessing the animals over the past winter. With those low numbers, the…
Bathurst caribou herd ‘not repopulating itself’
The latest results from the Tłı̨chǫ Government's monitoring program show a continuing decline.
Despite two years of “perfect conditions” for caribou, Tłı̨chǫ monitors are still seeing a low calf-to-cow ratio in the Kokètì ekwǫ (Bathurst) herd. Petter Jacobsen…
Web-based project launched to study caribou
A conservation group launched a web-based project to study migratory caribou across northern Canada. The website, started by the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) aims…
GNWT awards second, bigger, contract for aerial wolf removal
The territorial government has awarded a second contract to continue shooting wolves from the air, this one worth $100,000. The second contract, like the first,…
ENR awards $91,000 contract to shoot wolves from the air
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has started culling wolves from helicopters. Department officials say the killing is to protect the declining Bluenose-East and…