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Action Plan for the Bluenose-East Caribou Herd
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A 56-page action plan for the Bluenose-east herd prepared by the wildlife management boards with stewardship responsibilities for barren-ground caribou and their habitat in the Northwest Territories...
Advancing Municipal Natural Asset Management Through Financial Planning and Reporting: Learning from the Town of Gibsons' Experience
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This summary is part of a series designed to provide local governments with easy-to-access information to help with adoption of municipal natural asset management.
Advancing Municipal Natural Asset Management Through Funding Opportunities
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This summary reviews six of Canada’s major infrastructure funding programs through the lens of a manager seeking to fund a municipal natural asset project.
Decision-support Tools to Assess Cumulative Effects on the Cape Bathurst, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Bluenose-West, and Bluenose-East Herds of Barren-ground Caribou – Project Summary Report
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This report summarizes a project whose purpose was to collaboratively develop decision-support tools that will help northern decision-makers review, explore, and learn about the cumulative effects of...
Defining and Scoping Municipal Natural Assets
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As the municipal infrastructure asset management process evolves, it will be critical to ensure that all community assets that may provide municipal services—lakes, wetlands, green spaces and trees as well as roads, bridges and buildings—are appropriately identified and managed.
Does Dust from Arctic Mines Affect Caribou Forage?
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A 2017 paper assessing the impacts of dust from a mining haul road in the NWT on vegetation used by caribou. The paper concluded that dust from the road negatively affected the vegetation within a...
Joint Management Proposals for: Sahtì (Bluenose-East) Ekwǫ̀ Herd, and Kǫk’èetı (Bathurst) Ekwǫ̀ Herd
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Following a calving ground survey last June and a composition survey last October, the population for Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ is estimated to be 23,200 animals – about 4,000 more than in 2018. However, this total...
Municipal Natural Asset Management as a Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy: The Emerging Evidence
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This paper documents an emerging strategy to manage natural assets such as woodlands, wetlands, and creeks in urban areas as part of a sustainable infrastructure strategy.
Northern Caribou Canada
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About the Northern Caribou Canada: Who This is a project of the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board in collaboration with the organizations, governments, and agencies listed on the bottom of the page...
Primer on Natural Asset Management for FCM's 2018 Sustainable Communities Conference
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This 4-page primer introduces the concept of municipal natural asset management (MNAM).
Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part B - Bluenose-East Caribou Herd
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Serious conservation concern exists for the Bluenose-East caribou herd and additional management actions are vital for herd recovery. The first report, Part A, dealt with the proposed harvest...
Reasons for Decisions Related to a Joint Proposal for Dìga (Wolf) Management in Wek’èezhìı
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A 109-page document on the reasons for decision of the Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board regarding wolf management in the region.
The Third Generation of Pan-Canadian Wetland Map at 10 m Resolution Using Multisource Earth Observation Data on Cloud Computing Platform
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Development of the Canadian Wetland Inventory Map (CWIM) has thus far proceeded over two generations, reporting the extent and location of bog, fen, swamp, marsh, and water wetlands across the country...
Tǫdzı (Boreal Caribou) and the State of Their Habitat
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Project Description: This report considers Tłı̨chǫ knowledge of the relationships that tǫdzı (boreal caribou) have with their habitat, including human and other-than human beings. The current...
Tǫdzı (Boreal Caribou) and the State of Their Habitat
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This report considers Tłı̨chǫ knowledge of the relationships that tǫdzı (boreal caribou) have with their habitat, including human and other-than human beings.
Towards a Collaborative Strategy for Municipal Natural Asset Management: Private Lands
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This Project Overview document outlines the findings of, and lessons learned by, six local governments as they investigated how natural assets are benefiting their communities.
WRRB Reasons for Decision Final Report – Kǫ̀ k’èetı̀ ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst Caribou) Herd
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A 2019 report from the Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board detailing its response to management plans for the Bathurst herd put forward by the Tlicho Government and the Government of the Northwest...