The Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur (GMVF) Program provides NWT trappers with direct access to the international fur market through fur auctions. The result of this sale helps demonstrate the benefit of trapping for NWT residents and the need for continued support of this important traditional lifestyle. The Government of the Northwest Territories is fully committed to continuing to support this activity to help ensure this healthy lifestyle continues.
Publication date:
September 2026
Resource Category:
Wildlife and nature, Harvesting: Hunting, Gathering, Trapping, Fishing, Education and outreach
Boreal caribou play an important role in the lives of people in the Northwest Territories (NWT). They are highly valued from a spiritual, cultural, and harvesting perspective. On a spiritual level, Indigenous people hold tremendous respect toward boreal caribou, and for many non-Indigenous people, boreal caribou are an indicator of a healthy ecosystem and a symbol of the North.Boreal caribou play an important role in the lives of people in the Northwest Territories (NWT). They are highly valued from a spiritual, cultural, and harvesting perspective. On a spiritual level, Indigenous people hold tremendous respect toward boreal caribou, and for many non-Indigenous people, boreal caribou are an indicator of a healthy ecosystem and a symbol of the North.
The Interim Resource Management Assistance program (IRMA) was designed to strengthen Indigenous governments and Indigenous organizations’ capacity to participate meaningfully in land and resource management processes in areas without a settled land claim agreement.
Publication date:
July 2026
Resource Category:
Wildlife and nature, Research and data, Monitoring, Climate change
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a disease of hibernating bats caused by a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). WNS affects bats during the winter
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Publication date:
June 2026
Resource Category:
Wildlife and nature, Research and data, Monitoring, Conservation planning
List of the manuscript report, identification done by their manuscript number.
En anglais seulement
Publication date:
April 2026
Resource Category:
Wildlife and nature, Water Monitoring and Stewardship, Research and data, Monitoring, Air quality, Climate change, Conservation planning, Harvesting: Hunting, Gathering, Trapping, Fishing, Forest resources
