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Wolf Notes No. 4, Winter 1999 to 2000 (GNWT, Winter 1999 to 2000)
1 February 2000Report
A newsletter from the Northwest Territories Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development containing updates on the NWT Esker/Wolf Project including Phase 1 completion with 58 wolves captured and monitored, grizzly bear research in the central arctic, and a brief report on non-lethal bear control methods in British Columbia. The document includes acknowledgments of support from mining companies including Ekati Diamond Mine, Diavik Diamond Mines, and other organizations.
Wildlife Monitoring Grizzly Bear Traditional Knowledge
Naturally North, The Natural Regions of Nunavut (Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy, 2000)
~2000Report
Approximate date — inferred from filename
This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones of Nunavut, detailing the physical characteristics, climate, vegetation, wildlife, and human communities of each region: Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains.
Wildlife Birds Caribou Traditional Knowledge
Naturally North: The Natural Regions of Nunavut (GNWT, 2000)
~2000Report
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This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones of Nunavut—Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains—detailing their physical characteristics, climate, flora, fauna, and human populations. It explains how landscape, climate, and living organisms interact to define each ecozone and discusses protected areas as essential to maintaining ecosystem health and cultural heritage in the North.
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Caribou Birds
Various Research Binder 2, Caribou Management, Cumulative Effects and Metal Mining Effluent Regulations Collected Papers (GNWT, 2000 to 2006)
2000–2006Report
Various Research Binder 2 — includes "Caribou Forever — Our Heritage, Our Responsibility: A Barren-ground Caribou Management Strategy for the Northwest Territories 2006-2010" (GNWT Environment and Natural Resources), US Wildlife Research Reports including Eberhardt/Chapman/Gilbert (1979) marine mammal census methods, James Wiley white-crowned pigeon biology, Joseph Hall (1981) Pinyon National Park, Messick & Hornocker (1981) badger ecology southwest Idaho, and Sargeant/Allen/Eberhardt (1984) red fox predation on breeding ducks. Also Inspector enforcement-criteria framework (nature of offense, effectiveness, consistency) and bilingual EN/FR contacts.
Caribou Wildlife Traditional Knowledge Habitat Assessment
Naturally North, The Natural Regions of Nunavut (GNWT, 2000)
~2000Report
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This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains) of Nunavut, detailing their physical characteristics, climate, flora, fauna, and human populations. It is part of the Northwest Territories' Protected Areas Strategy and emphasizes the importance of protecting key ecological areas across the North.
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Traditional Knowledge
Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management (CEAM) Workshop, Developing a Blueprint for a Coordinated Approach in the NWT, Participant's Resource Binder (DIAND, December 1999)
1999Report
Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management (CEAM) Workshop "Developing a Blueprint for a Coordinated Approach in the NWT" — Participant's Resource Binder, Yellowknife December 7-9 1999, prepared by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). Includes Annual Ranges and Calving Grounds of Barren-Ground Caribou in North America (Bathurst, Beverly, Bluenose herds), Distribution of Bathurst Caribou Herd map (Coronation Gulf, Queen Maud Gulf, Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Umingmaktok, Great Slave Lake — Arctic Circle / Tree Line context), and selected web-site reading (Ecological Management Decision Support System, Netweaver, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network).
Monitoring Wildlife Caribou Traditional Knowledge Development Plans
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (BHP Billiton, December 1999)
1 December 1999Report
BHP's 1999 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report documents the impacts of Ekati Diamond Mine construction and operations on wildlife populations and habitats in the Northwest Territories, focusing on caribou, carnivores, and birds through traffic monitoring, deterrent strategies, attractants management, and habitat assessments.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring
State of Knowledge Report, West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Area (West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, April 1999)
1 April 1999Report
A comprehensive state of knowledge report on the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study area covering environmental, ecological, and human dimensions, including climate, geology, ecosystems, human pressures, and research needs. The report integrates scientific and traditional knowledge about the region's ecosystems and documents environmental stresses from mining, development, and other human activities.
Traditional Knowledge Wildlife Water Quality
Operating Environmental Management Plan, Support Documents H & L (BHP Billiton, March 1999)
1999Report
EKATI Diamond Mine Operating Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) Support Documents H and L (March 1999). Document H is the Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan (February 1999). Document L is the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Implementation chapter — spatial limits of AEMP long-term monitoring being the Koala drainage basin and the isolated Misery Lake drainage, Special Effects Monitoring (SEM) matrix (Table 5) covering Valued Ecosystem Components (VECs), tailings-disposal-area long-term implications, anthropogenic vs natural impact elucidation, and Before/After × Reference/Impact × Lake/Stream × Location factorial study design.
Monitoring Wildlife Caribou
The Tundra Ecosystem Research Station (TERS) (GNWT, 1999)
~1999Presentation
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This document presents the Tundra Ecosystem Research Station (TERS), established in 1994 at Daring Lake in the Northwest Territories to support environmental monitoring and ecological research related to diamond mining development in the Slave Geological Province. TERS serves as a demonstration facility for sustainable camp operations and hosts multiple cooperative research programs including wildlife population studies, climate monitoring, and educational initiatives like the Tundra Science Camp.
Wildlife Monitoring Traditional Knowledge Air Quality
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program, Construction Phase, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 1999)
1 January 1999Report
This 1998 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents baseline and impact data on valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, upland breeding birds, loons, and raptors during the mine's construction phase. The monitoring found minimal impacts to wildlife, with caribou displaying avoidance behavior near the mine but spending less than 1% of migration time in proximity to it, and landfill management issues attracting gulls and ravens with potential effects on songbird predation.
Caribou Wildlife Monitoring
Naturally North, The Natural Regions of the Western Northwest Territories (GNWT, 1999)
~1999Report
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An illustrated guide describing the seven natural ecozones of the western Northwest Territories, detailing their physical characteristics, climate, flora, fauna, and human activities, including protected areas strategy for the region.
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Caribou
Wolf Notes No. 3, Winter 1998/99 (NWT Esker/Wolf Project, Winter 1998/99)
~1998Report
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This Winter 1998/99 newsletter reports on the NWT Esker/Wolf Project's ongoing research into wolf movements, denning habitat, and tracking technology in the central Arctic. The project describes Phase 2 preparations including transition from satellite to VHF collars, a wolf management workshop held in Lutsel K'e, GPS collar testing results, and 1998 field data on wolf movements and pup counts across 12 monitored dens.
Wildlife Monitoring Habitat Assessment Traditional Knowledge Caribou
Complementing Links, Combining Scientific and Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Monitoring of the Bathurst Caribou Herd (Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, October 1998)
1 October 1998Report
A research proposal submitted to the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society in October 1998 to develop an information management system combining scientific and traditional ecological knowledge for monitoring the Bathurst Caribou Herd in response to mining development impacts, with a follow-up email from November 1998 clarifying project scope and deliverables.
Caribou Traditional Knowledge Community-Based Monitoring
Aboriginal and Community Issues at Ekati Diamond Mine, A Progress Report (IEMA, 1998)
1 June 1998Report
A progress report by the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency reviewing Aboriginal and community concerns raised at 1996 hearings regarding the Ekati Diamond Mine, and documenting measures adopted by BHP and government agencies to address these environmental and consultation issues.
Traditional Knowledge Environmental Agreement Monitoring
Aboriginal and Community Issues at Ekati Diamond Mine, A Progress Report (IEMA, June 1998)
1 June 1998Report
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency's progress report documents Aboriginal and community concerns about the Ekati Diamond Mine raised during 1996 public hearings, and assesses the extent to which these concerns have been addressed by BHP, government agencies, and the Agency itself.
Traditional Knowledge Environmental Agreement Wildlife
Wolf Notes No. 2, Spring to Summer 1998 (NWT Esker/Wolf Project, Spring to Summer 1998)
1 May 1998Report
This newsletter reports on the NWT Esker/Wolf Project's monitoring of satellite radio-collared wolves in central Arctic Northwest Territories during 1997–1998, documenting unprecedented southeasterly winter movements of Bathurst caribou and associated wolves, mortalities of four collared wolves, and summer and denning site locations across the region.
Wildlife Monitoring Caribou Traditional Knowledge Habitat Assessment
Operating Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) Support Documents Volume II - Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1998)
1998Report
EKATI Diamond Mine Operating Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) Support Documents Volume II (April 1998, Copy 17, BHP Diamonds Inc., Yellowknife). Contains Support Document H Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan, Support Document I Quarry Management Plan, the Archaeological Management Plan (1998 subsurface sampling and surface-collection mitigation methodology, GPS-positioning of newly located sites for accurate relocation, proposed Misery road between Lakes survey and Misery camp areas with eastern extension to the Lupin winter road), and the Enviro-Test Labs Edmonton SCC/CAEAL Phenol-Water GC/MS Method 62 accreditation.
Wildlife Monitoring Caribou Habitat Assessment
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 1998)
1 March 1998Report
This Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan for BHP's Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories describes a risk-based monitoring framework for valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, upland breeding birds, loons, and raptors. The plan establishes null and alternate hypotheses, monitoring methodologies (aerial surveys, focal sampling, snow tracking, incident reporting), and measurement endpoints to assess mine impacts during exploration, construction, operation, decommissioning, and post-closure phases.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring
New Parks North Newsletter, March 1998 (Parks Canada, March 1998)
1 March 1998Report
New Parks North is a March 1998 annual newsletter reporting on natural and cultural heritage conservation initiatives across northern Canada, including updates on national parks, territorial parks, historic sites, and wildlife areas established through land claim settlement processes and Aboriginal-government partnerships.
Traditional Knowledge Wildlife Regulatory Caribou

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