October 19, 2011 - Tonight is the third night of the International Forest Film Festival hosted by ENR.
The films are being screened at Northern United Place and start at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the evening’s entertainment will run about two hours long.
Tonight you can catch: Goodwood, Cotton Top, The Forbidden Forest of Dayak, and Yosemite: Big Trees.
October 5, 2011 - Tonight is the second night of the International Forest Film Festival hosted by ENR.
The films are being screened at Northern United Place and start at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the evening’s entertainment will run about two hours long.
Tonight you can catch: North Eastern Diaries, River Dog, 48 Hours in Follensby, and Disturbance.
September 20, 2011 - ENR is hosting an International Forest Film Festival to showcase forests around the world as part of the International Year of the Forests.
The films are being screened at Northern United Place and start at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and each evening’s entertainment will run about two hours long.
Here is a list of films, the dates they will be shown, and the country of origin for the films.
August 24, 2011 - Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Michael Miltenberger details the advances the GNWT has made towards building an environment that will sustain present and future generations.
Mr. Speaker, as we move into the last session of the 16th Legislative Assembly, I would like to take the opportunity to highlight some of the significant progress this legislature has made toward achieving its goal of “an environment that will sustain present and future generations”.
August 16, 2011 - The Government of the Northwest Territories, in partnership with the Governments of Nunavut and Yukon, is proud to host the 2011 Arctic Ungulate Conference in Yellowknife from Aug. 22 to 26. This will be the 13th international conference.
August 3, 2011 - The Government of the Northwest Territories is sending 31 fire management personnel to Ontario as part of the Canadian Interagency Mutual Aid Resources Sharing Agreement (MARS Agreement).
Six five-person crews and an agency representative left for Thunder Bay today to help fight wildfires in the northwest part of the province. The crews are from across the Northwest Territories (NWT).
June 23, 2011 - The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) will meet in Yellowknife, NWT on June 28, 2011 to discuss a range of issues including water, air quality and measures to reduce packaging.
May 2, 2011 - Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) J. Michael Miltenberger has released a report outlining the general status of more than 3400 wild species in the Northwest Territories.
The NWT Species 2011-2015 ranks all species in the NWT including mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, plants and some insects and fulfills GNWT commitments under the Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk in Canada.
April 4, 2011 - Results of the consultation and public engagement on the proposed new Wildlife Act are available on the Environment and Natural Resources here. The results reflect the input on the proposed legislation received at public meetings, meetings with Aboriginal organizations, stakeholder and interest groups, and written submiss
March 17, 2011 - Premier Floyd K. Roland has signed the Cancun Statement of Federated States and Regional Governments today on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).
