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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...
Chapter 18 - Creative Approaches in Engaging the Community Toward Ecological Waste Management and Wetland Conservation
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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...
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...
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...
Permafrost Thaw Causes Large Carbon Loss in Boreal Peatlands While Changes to Peat Quality are Limited
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Rapid, ongoing permafrost thaw of peatlands in the discontinuous permafrost zone is exposing a globally significant store of soil carbon (C) to microbial processes. Mineralization and release of this...
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 Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset
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Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of...
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.
Wildfire and Degradation Accelerate Northern Peatland Carbon Release
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The northern peatland carbon sink plays a vital role in climate regulation; however, the future of the carbon sink is uncertain, in part, due to the changing interactions of peatlands and wildfire...
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...