Included are records relating to Administration, Personnel, Policy and Directives, Finance and Budget, Training, Lands and Properties, Associations, Committees and Boards, Native Organizations, Wildlife and Habitat Management, Research and Field Studies, Resource Development, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation and Enforcement, Licenses and Permits, Conservation Education and Pollution Control.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Fort Smith Regional OfficeThe records relate to departmental organization and priorities.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Finance and Administration divisionNine of the audiocassettes contain nine programs from the series entitled "This Land We Share.'" It was a monthly program produced by the department that aimed to educate northerners about the role of the Department of Renewable Resources. One audiocassette is entitled "Knowing Our Resources." It was also produced by the department and contained information on new hunting regulations, legislation, and funding for various projects that affected land use and protection of wildlife. 2 audiocassettes contain the same radio ad entitled "Let's Put Garbage in Its Place." This ad was produced for the Pollution Control Division as part of an anti-litter campaign run by the Department. The recording consisted of several variations of the same radio jingle. The remaining 2 cassettes contain the same program called "Fish and Wildlife Ordinance." The recording contains discussions about responsible game management and the differences between hunting technology in the past and present. The audio reel contains recordings of the proceedings and discussion from the Fur Symposium held in Fort Resolution in 1986.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Conservation Education and Resource Development divisionRecords date from 1970-1996 and relate to devolution of land and water resources, as well as development and negotiation of an agreement and work plan between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and GNWT on a five year recreational fish stocking plan. There are also records related to the porcupine caribou management agreement, management plan for the bluenose caribou herd, correspondence related to hunting rights and historical review of the Peel River wildlife preserve, correspondence between the Department and an individual regarding the bison quota and other wildlife conservation concerns, and a legal opinion on the Dene/Metis Agreement in Principle and muskox quota for Snowdrift (Lutselk'e).
Records date from 1979-1982 and consist of published reports. Records include reports multiple topics, including the objectives of the Board, population studies, imported foods to the Northwest Territories, wind energy, aquatic resources, arctic marine mammals, dietary habits of native populations and animal management.
Northwest Territories. Science Advisory Board of the Northwest TerritoriesRecords date from 1981-1997 and relate to wildlife and fisheries. Records include species management reports, strategic planning for the wildlife division, a fisheries strategy, and historical harvest summaries.
Records include proceedings and reports from a game officers' conference, an annual report of the Forest and Wildlife Organization of the federal governement as well as a list of trappers and wardens by region kept by the department library.
The photograph is of a group of participants at the 1977 Fish and Wildlife Convention.
Records consist of correspondence, reports by regional and community officers, minutes, field project reports, report forms recording information on polar bear and musk-ox kills and fish landings. The records relate to a variety of activities such as hunting, trapping, enforcement, animal studies and fisheries. The records show evidence of the division's activities, programs delivered, and the impact the division's policies may have had on the residents of the Northwest Territories. Reports from the administrative regions of the Government of the Northwest Territories have been kept in an effort to document regional activities and responses.
Northwest Territories. Department of Natural and Cultural Affairs. Wildlife ServiceThe records relate to wildlife enforcement.
Records relate to administrative functions, such as staffing policies. Records also contain correspondence with Hunters and Trappers Associations, records regarding Community Integrated Resource Management Plans and Wood Bison Management, legislation including the Migratory Birds Convention Act and the Game Export Act, licensing (fishing and commercial meat industry). There are also files concerning Wood Bison Hunt Regulations.
Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Wildlife and Fisheries divisionThe records consist of the NWT Energy Plan and the work surrounding its creation as drafted by the Energy Secretariat; meeting minutes of the Arctic Energy Alliance with RWED Deputy Minister participation from 1997-2002; and ministerial and deputy minister chronos from 2004.
Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. DirectorateThis accession consists of records from the Wildlife division of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. The records relate to outfitting, fisheries management, a Bathurst Caribou study, and Wildlife Act revisions, and also include Senior Management committee material and briefing notes for 1999-2004.
This accession consists of 29.4 cm of textual records from the Directorate of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. The records consist of briefing notes and related records, including correspondence, reports, and agreements.
The records relate to wildlife management activities and studies including harversting studies and wildlife conservation management strategies.
Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Wildlife and Fisheries divisionRecords date from 1996-1999 and consist of Ministerial chronos.
Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. DirectorateRecords date from 1979-1983 and include quarterly and annual reports for the division.
Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Wildlife and Fisheries divisionRecords include photographs of men that were NWT Rangers in the 1930s and 1940s. The photographs are mounted on a piece of cardboard. The photographs identify the park rangers and the location where they patrolled. The individuals and locations are identified as follows: Jack Taylor, Pine Lake, Tom Campbell, 30th Baseline, D'Arcy Arden, Rocky Point, Charley [Charlie] Bird, Rocky Point, Jacky Sutherland, Egg Lake, Fred Bennet, Brown's Cabin, Hughie McDermott, Charley Guillion and Bob Allen, Pat Ireland, Quatre Fourche River and Charley Cooper and wife Florence Cooper on the boat Ranger II.
The accession consists of records from the Directorate of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, including departmental, Minister's and Deputy Minister's chronos (correspondence), committee records for the Deputy Ministers' Subcommittee on Science, Arctic Energy Alliance, and Giant Mine Oversight Committee, records relating to an amendment of the Wildlife Act, and a memorandum of agreement with the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
Northwest Territories. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. DirectorateRecords primarily include ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos from 2006. Records also include meeting materials from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED)'s restructuring team as it split into ENR and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI), as well meeting materials from the Giant Mine Oversight and Informatics Steering committees.
Northwest Territories. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Directorate