The NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is taking new steps to protect the territory’s threatened boreal caribou population with the implementation of its first Interim Boreal Caribou Range Plan.

On March 22, the department announced that the first of five regional plans aimed at protecting the vulnerable boreal caribou population had been implemented in the Wek’èezhı̀ı area, in the western Tlicho region, including the community of Gameti.

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This spring, the Commission indépendante sur les caribous forestiers et montagnards will launch a series of regional public hearings to gather participants’ opinions on two theoretical adapted management scenarios for caribou habitat.

The public consultation process runs March 17-May 31, 2022. Those interested can participate by:

• Attending an information session
• Filing a brief
• Expression opinions via online questionnaire.

See the Consultation Website for more information 

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