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Records date from 1985-1994 and include a report from the NWT Business Council regarding participation in a Nordic Tour and the Department's response to the recommendations in the report. Records also include a legal opinion from Department of Justice and departmental strategy for the marketing and distribution of eggs in the NWT, an Inland Fisheries Marketing Study concerning the marketing and distribution of arctic char and whitefish, correspondence and documentation related to the management and development of forest resources in the NWT and a proposal for the Mount Pelly Land Preserve.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks division
G-1994-004 · Accession · 1953-1985
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Records consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, memorandums, policies and chronos. The records relate to the division's activities, the programs delivered and the transfer of responsibilities for forestry and fire management from the federal government to the GNWT. There are also files documenting the monitoring of animal species, particularly caribou. Some files were produced by the division's predecessors.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management division
G-1999-017 · Accession · 1986-1992
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

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 Office
G-2019-046 · Accession · 1985-1987
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Records relate to the transfer (devolution) of forestry and fire management from the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to the territorial Department of Renewable Resources and include correspondence, work plans, asset inventories, lists of positions being transferred, organizational charts, and meeting minutes. The content of the records overlaps with the records in G-2007-078 and G-2020-004.

G-2020-004 · Accession · 1984-1988
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

This accession consists of records relating to the transfer (devolution) of Forestry and fire management from the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to the territorial Department of Renewable Resources. The records include draft agreements, correspondence, work plans, reports, news reports, organizational charts, job descriptions, and meeting minutes. The content of the records overlaps with the records in G-2007-078 and G-2019-046.

G-2020-009 · Accession · 1994-1997
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

This accession consists of records primarily from the Department of Renewable Resources, although some files also include Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development records. The records document some facets of the management of forests, including timber licensing, woodlots, forest utilization, and timber export.

G-2022-077 · Accession · 1987, 1991-1999, 2005
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

This accession consists of records relating to the management of forests in the Northwest Territories, including a copy of the Forest Resources Transfer Agreement (1987), Annual Operating Plan and Timber Harvest Inspection Guidelines, Timber Cutting Licence Issuance Process, Application Review Procedures, Pre-Harvest Silvicultural Prescription, and Terms of Reference Protection of Communities from Forest Fires. The accession also includes proposals from the Hay River Dene Band Council on forest fire protection projects and records relating to the Liard/Nahanni Valley Integrated Resource Management Project, including the plan and reports.

G-2023-045 · Accession · 1974-1993
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

This accession consists of records from the Department of Renewable Resources and its predecessors, relating primarily to caribou and forests. The records include correspondence and notes, a map of registered trapping areas in the Fort Fitzgerald area, a number of caribou studies and reports, wildlife regulations and amendments, a news article, and drafts of “Forests for Tomorrow: Forest Management in the Northwest Territories A Public Policy Discussion Paper” and related feedback.

Records date from 1983-1996 and primarily consist of project report files related to a variety of departmental programs and initiatives, in particular the forest fire management program. There are also records related to a departmental operational review, preparation for division of the NWT, strategic planning documents, policy development, and files created by departmental committees and working groups that involved representatives from the department such as Deputy Minister Land Use Planning Committee, Director's Meetings, Demonstration Project Review Committee, Environmental Assessment Working Group, Inuvialuit Environmental Review Board and the Polar Commission. There are also operations manuals for Fire Operations, Enforcement, Conservation Education, Resource Development, Fishery Management, Forestry Management, Pollution Control and Wildlife Management Divisions. The remaining records concern specific projects and initiatives that involved the Department. These records relate to the Bent Horn project, Kiggavik Uranium Mine, Colomac (Neptune) Mine, Upper Snare Hydro, Aklavik Fur Tannery Feasibility Study, Harvester Assistance Program and Community Freezer surveys.

Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Policy, Legislation and Communications division

Records date from 1985-1996 and include NWT annual forest fire operations reports, reports on recommendations pertaining to fire management on the winter and forested ranges of the barren-ground, Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds of caribou, as well as an evaluation and summary of the transfer of fire and forest management from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs to the GNWT. The majority of the files consist of project reports that were prepared by Peat Marwick Stevenson and Kellog for the GNWT related to forest and fire management practices and policies.

Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Directorate