Bears are active in the NWT. We’re reminding everyone that avoiding bear encounters starts with you.

Residents can take quick and easy steps to be bear safe this season.

Don’t invite them in!

Avoiding encounters starts with not inviting bears to your home, cabin, or community. Attractants are almost always the cause. Negative encounters are more likely when bears are in populated areas, and if bears get habituated to human food and garbage they are more likely to stay close to people and less likely to survive in the wild.

The attached release is being distributed on behalf of the Conference of Management Authorities.

Backgrounder:

The attached release is being distributed on behalf of the Conference of Management Authorities.

Backgrounder:

Regional fire restrictions are being extended prohibiting any open flames and other activities effective immediately. The restrictions are effective through the end of the day August 2, 2024, and may be extended if necessary.

They apply to the following communities and land between them not under federal jurisdiction:

South Slave

The attached release is being distributed on behalf of the Conference of Management Authorities.

Backgrounder:

news_release_-_nwt_peary_caribou_recovery_strategy_finalized.pdf

To support Northwest Territories (NWT) students interested in pursuing an education in forestry or wildfire management, the first annual intake for the Adam Yeadon Memorial Scholarship is now open for applications.

Regional fire restrictions are being implemented prohibiting any open flames and other activities effective immediately. The restrictions are effective through the end of the day July 26, 2024, and may be extended if necessary.

They apply to following communities and land between them not under federal jurisdiction:

South Slave

Regional fire restrictions are being implemented prohibiting any open flames and other activities effective immediately. The restrictions are effective through the end of the day August 2, 2024, and may be extended if necessary.

They apply to following communities and land between them not under federal jurisdiction:

Dehcho

• Fort Liard
• Nahanni Butte
• Wrigley
• Jean Marie River
• Fort Simpson

North Slave

The Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP) is providing $2.2 million in 2024-25 to support thirty new or ongoing environmental monitoring and research projects.

Of the thirty projects funded, seven are focused on Traditional Knowledge, twenty-one are science-focused and two combine Traditional Knowledge and science. All projects address key cumulative impact monitoring priorities for caribou, water and fish, and project results will provide valuable knowledge for resource managers, governments and communities to inform decision-making.

Today, Minister Jay Macdonald expressed his condolences following last week’s helicopter crash near Fort Good Hope:

“On June 28, 2024, the Northwest Territories experienced the tragic death of a helicopter pilot while in the line of duty for the Fort Good Hope wildfire. There are no words to express how deeply saddened I am by the loss of a member of the wildfire family.