The GNWT is currently seeking public input on two key water stewardship and management initiatives: a new Water Stewardship Strategy Action Plan (2021-2025); and Intentions Documents for Transboundary Water Management Agreements with Yukon.
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Yellowknife –
February 18, 2021
News Releases
Yellowknife –
February 9, 2021
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
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Yellowknife –
January 15, 2021
News Releases
Results of water quality monitoring completed by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) indicate that concentrations of some metals and hydrocarbons in the Slave and Hay Rivers were elevated in July, due to unprecedented high flows, but the majority returned to their normal range in A
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Yellowknife –
January 11, 2021
News Releases
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released its first progress reports on our territory-wide approach to climate change.
Yellowknife –
December 4, 2020
Public Service Announcement
The Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone (Mobile Zone) is now in effect for the 2020/21 winter season. This no-harvest zone is one of several management actions established by the GNWT and co-management partners to protect the declining Bathurst caribou herd.
Yellowknife –
November 19, 2020
Public Service Announcement
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources would like to advise the public of higher than normal water levels and flow rates on many lakes, rivers and streams across the Northwest Territories (NWT).
Yellowknife –
October 30, 2020
News Releases
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to share the results of the 2020 Northwest Territories (NWT) Environmental Audit, released today.
Yellowknife –
October 30, 2020
Ministers' Statements and Speeches
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Yellowknife –
October 29, 2020
Public Service Announcement
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) has released two new videos promoting the NWT-wide Community-based Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Yellowknife –
October 21, 2020
Public Service Announcement
Two new programs to support harvesters and families going out on the land in 2020-2021 are now taking applications.