Records include files related to oil spill management, pesticide regulations, Standing Committee on Toxic Pollutants, mines and pollutant management, solid waste management, recycling and hazardous waste management.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Pollution Control divisionRecords consist of correspondence, minutes, policies, briefing notes, decision papers, copies of submissions to environmental review boards and chronos. The records show evidence of the Directorate's activities, programs delivered, the transfer of responsibilities such as Forest Management and Fire Suppression programs, and the role of the GNWT in land use planning. There are also files documenting submissions prepared for environmental hearings and the monitoring of development projects.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateRecords were generated by the Pollution Control division.
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 1991-1997 and relate to the involvement of the division with interdepartmental committees and includes records from a departmental planning committee on a Renewable Resources Development Strategy, records from the Mackenzie River Basin Task Force Committee, Regional Environmental Review Committee, and records from the Science Institute of the NWT. In addition, there are records from the Nothern Oil and Gas Action Program and a corresponding report titled "Generic Plans and Operating Procedures of a Remediation Facility For Contaminated Hydrocarbon Materials in the NWT" that was done for the division by an NWT Environmental consulting firm (Bryant Report).
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Environmental Planning and Assessment divisionRecords date from 1989-1994 and include records related to resource development projects such as proposals for tanneries in the NWT, divisional review and input on projects related to the NWT Power Corporation, departmental legislative initiatives such as the Environmental Protection Act, working agreement between the department and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development on oil spills in the NWT and material from Director’s Meetings that include staff meeting minutes and divisional activity reports. The remaining material consists of committee or working group records from the following: Departmental Planning Committee, NWT Water Board Technical Committee, Environmental Assessment Review Panel (EARP), NWT/Federal Pesticide Review Committee which includes the Pollution Control Division input into the report, GNWT Land Use Planning Working Group and Commissioner's Land and Review Committee (CLRC), NWT Climate Advisory Committee, and the Renewable Resource Committee files on traditional knowledge.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Environmental Protection divisionThe records consist of Deputy Minister's chronos dated from 1994-1996, just prior to the Department's amalgamation with Economic Development and Tourism to form Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED).
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateRecords include a report on future organization and direction of the department and its appendices.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateThis accession consists of records from the Policy and Planning division of the Department of Renewable Resources, including a functional inventory of the Government of the Northwest Territories and reviews and responses to policies, strategies, initiatives, and guidelines.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Policy and Planning divisionThis accession consists of records from the Pollution Control Division of the Department of Renewable Resources. The records include minutes of the Yellowknife Anti-Litter Committee and resource material, correspondence, information on the Anti-Litter Campaign, Litter Kit Evaluation, radio scripts, and "True North" #2 comic book produced by the Department of Renewable Resources.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Pollution Control division