The Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP) is providing $1.7 million in 2022-23 to support 29 monitoring and research projects.
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The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Shane Thompson, is pleased to announce that the Government of the Northwest Territories has adopted a Statement of Environmental Values.
As of July 1, 2022, the cost of hunting licences, tags and harvest fees in the NWT will increase. The increase is in line with Consumer Price Index cost of living increases. For most licenses and tags, the increase is only a few dollars more.
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Mr. Speaker, wildfires are an important part of the boreal forest, and naturally occurring fires are essential to ensuring forests remain healthy and sustainable.
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Shane Thompson, Minister of Lands and Minister of Environment and Natural Resources announced today that effective April 1, 2023, the two departments will be amalgamated to form a single department.
A strain of avian influenza that is highly contagious among birds is currently spreading from the United States into southern Canada.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has completed the 2022 snow surveys and the spring outlook for water levels has been released.
For the second year in a row, the Government of the Northwest Territories is offering funding to organizations to help families get out on the land. The program is designed to help offset the costs of participating in on the land experiences, so more residents can get involved.
Harvesters and trappers are now able to capitalize on the demand for beaver castors in the global market.
Under the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur program, trappers can be advanced $65 for each pound of dried beaver castors, or approximately eight dried castors.