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The material dates from 1976-1984 and include files relating to the following resource development projects in which the department was involved: Slave River Hydro project, Slave River Sawmill, Polaris Mine, Liard Hydro Project, Norman Wells Pipeline Project, Borealis Mine, Emile River Diversion (Northern Canada Power Commission), Hire North, Quyta Lake Camp Proposal, License Plate Work Project and the Arctic Pilot Project. In addition, there is material related to the Resource Development Policy, Energy Policy and General Development Agreement. There are also several statistical surveys and studies conducted by the department concerning Coppermine Employment, Fisheries, tourism, income sources in the NWT, alternative energy sources, and the Dene Nation Economic Development Program. Records also include Minister's Speeches, and committee files from the Resource Development Committee, Committee on Incentives for the Development of Remote Regions, Technical Committee of the Water Board, Transportation Standing Committee, Environmental Review Committee and the Norman Wells Impact Task Force.

Records were generated by the Pollution Control division.

Nine 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.

Records 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).

The 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).

Records include a report on future organization and direction of the department and its appendices.

This 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.

This 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.

Records consist of subject-specific chronos from the office of Red Pederson during his tenure as minister of Renewable Resources between 1985-1991. Records also consist of correspondence generated by members of the Executive of the Keewatin region, as well as Senior Management Committee (SMC) minutes generated between 1990-1991.

This accession consists of records from the Environmental Affairs division of the Department of Transportation. Records include environmental reviews and assessments, in particular soil and groundwater monitoring and remediation of Arctic 'A' airport sites. Also included are environmental reviews and workshops relating to winter roads, ice roads, and prospective resource extraction (mining) projects.

Records include Environmental Review of the Izok Lake Project (Minnova Inc/Metall Mining), Environmental Guidelines for winter roads and ice roads, and Prairie Creek Environment Review (regarding access road).

The accession consists of records from the Environmental Affairs section of the Department of Transportation, including environmental projects and studies and reports for airports, roads, industrial projects, and contaminated sites. Records relate to general departmental responsibilities in the Mackenzie Valley Review Resource Management Act review process, environmental review of the Ulu Gold Project, environmental assessment and remediation work at the Tuktoyaktuk, Norman Wells, Fort Liard, Rae Lakes (Gameti), Snare Lake (Wekweeti), Fort Resolution, and Arctic "A" airports and Ptarmigan Mine Tailings, Mackenzie Valley Highway Extension environmental scoping, and Yellowknife Highway realignment.

The records include correspondence, reports, studies, meeting materials, presentation slides, requests for proposal, proposals and assessments, plans, terms of reference and comments, contracts, financial records, briefing notes, legal opinions, legal descriptions of airports, reviews, test results, spill response plans, spill reports, reference material, photographs and maps of airport sites, and maps of road routes.

Specific records and reports include Environmental Guideline for Site Remediation (RWED), draft GNWT/Canada Arctic "A" Airports Transfer Agreement, Schedule "J" Environmental Baseline Study Reports to the GNWT/Canada Arctic "A" Airports Transfer Agreement, Petroleum Products Storage Tank Systems Inventory and Management Program (Transport Canada), preliminary environmental audit results on Arctic "A" airports, Emergency Spill Containment Plan Inuvik Airport, draft Transport Canada Workplan Environmental Remediation N.W.T. Sites 1995/96, Preliminary Remediation Plan Status Report, Remedial Action Plan Follow-Up Norman Wells Airport, Environmental Review of the Norman Wells Airport, Asbestos Disposal Guidelines, Initial Environmental Evaluation for Rae Lakes Airport Relocation, Airport Site Selection Rae Lakes report, Initial Environmental Evaluation of Airport Construction at Snare Lake, Phase 1 and Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment Fort Resolution Airport, Draft Report Phase III Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation Plan Ptarmigan Mine Tailings, draft Transportation Infrastructure in the Liard/Mackenzie Valley, draft Description of the Regulatory Regime and Environmental Impact Assessment Process for an Extension of the Mackenzie Valley Highway, Evaluation of a Request to Construct an All-Weather Road to Nahanni Butte, drawings for winter road crossing technical report, Yellowknife Highway (No. 3) km 154 to km 308 Proposed Realignment, Phase III Remedial Excavation Report Fort Liard Airport, Phase II Environmental Site Assessment and Remedial Excavation Report Fort Liard Airport, and 2001 Project Report Remediation of Contaminated Soil at the Tuktoyaktuk Airport.

Records include files related to the department's preparation for division and the creation of Nunavut; mineral development at Thor Lake and the role of the Government of the NWT in mineral development; as well as the development of pulp mill operations in northern Alberta and government response to protect water quality in the Northwest Territories.

Records include senior management committee (SMC) meeting materials and Slave River water quality monitoring data. Records also consist of several policy and strategy documents, including departmental priorities and organization.