The records were from the Churchill Administration and transferred by the Cambridge Bay Regional Office.
Records primarily consist of files related to various committees, Hunter and Trapper Associations from the five administrative regions, and various regional, area, and game councils. Records also relate to development and assistance programs and projects, forest fire protection, firearm safety, traps, and the management of bison, muskox, reindeer, and furbearing animals, among other subjects.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife ServiceRecords consist of Ministerial, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister chronos dated from 1985-1993.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateRecords consist of various committee reports and minutes, harvest reports, reports on the monitoring of different wildlife species, records of international and national committees, and human resources files.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management divisionThe records include correspondence, minutes from Regional Superintendents meetings, regional reports from Fort Smith, Inuvik, Baffin, Keewatin and the Kitikmeot, correspondence and minutes from the meetings of the Regional Hunters and Trappers Associations and Renewable Resource Officer reports from the communities and regions of Fort Smith, Inuvik, Kitikmeot and the Keewatin.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services divisionThis block consists of the following series:
- [400-409] Game
- [420-429] Warden Service
- [430-439] Fishing
- [440-449] Forestry
- [460-469] Settlement Fire Protection
- [470-479] Special Projects
The photographs depict Wood Buffalo National Park, Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Resolution, Jean Marie River and the Great Slave region. The photographs include images of park wardens and their stations, forest fire monitoring and control, an abattoir for butchering bison, and fishing operations in the Great Slave Lake area. The fishing vessel 'Peter Pond' is featured prominently. Many of the pages of the first album that originally housed the photos were stamped with 'Conservation and Management Services' which appears to be a federal government division responsible for renewable resource management and conservation enforcement in the area.
Fougere, RobertIncluded 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 divisionRecords 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 ServiceThese files consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, field project reports, reports of regional and community wildlife officers, fur records, forms and reference material kept by the division. The records relate to a variety of activities such as: hunting, trapping, enforcement of wildlife regulations, animal studies, fisheries, training, and organizational structure. 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 five administrative regions of the Government of the Northwest Territories (Fort Smith, Inuvik, Keewatin, Baffin and the Kitikmeot which was once part of the Fort Smith region) have been kept in an effort to document regional activities and responses. Some files were created by the division's predecessors.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services divisionRecords 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 divisionSome of the records were produced by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Records include maps and memos related to land use, correspondence from Hunters and Trappers Associations (HTAs), caribou studies, submissions to the Beaufort Sea Environmental Assessment Panel and outfitter reports.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management divisionThe records include evalutions from the Community Harvest Assistance Program (CHAPS), policy documents related to orphaned wildlife, proceedings from a conservation workshop and files from the department's internal Wildlife Legislation Committee.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management division