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 divisionRecords include files related to land use planning, pipeline development, oil, gas and mineral exploration in the Beaufort Sea and Northwest Territories, water management and planning, departmental administrative and financial records and committee records from the following: Mackenzie River Basin Committee, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Arctic Waters Advisory Committee, Renewable Resources Development Committee, Environmental Advisory Committee on the Arctic, Policy Advisory Committee and the Northwest Territories Water Board.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Environmental Planning and Assessment 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 divisionRecords date from 1994-1998 and relate to policy development for resource community infrastructure, an economic policy framework, development of the Protected Areas Strategy, correspondence and meeting notes from the Technical Advisory Committee to the NWT Water Board, reports and meeting notes from the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on mineral development, including a report on Aboriginal involvement in the mineral industry, as well as files from the Working Committee on Traditional Knowledge. There are also record regarding the consolidation of the Departments of Renewable Resources, Economic Development and Tourism and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Records relate to Land Use Planning, harvest studies, Management Steering Committee, Dene-Metis negotiations, Departmental Planning Committee, program reviews and mineral policies.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateThe 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 date from 1983-1997, and relate to the NWT Wildlife Act, and the identification of critical wildlife habitats and wildlife sanctuaries.
Records include a report on future organization and direction of the department and its appendices.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateThis accession consists of Volumes 1 and 2 of "Evaluation of the "Protected Area" Concept for the Northwest Territories" report from March 1986, prepared for the Department of Renewable Resources (GNWT) and Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada) by E.B. Peterson, L.M. Allison, and W.M. Peterson.