News & Events

September 12, 2022
The NWT On the Land Collaborative announced on Sept. 2 that applications for grant funding for the land programs in the NWT are now available. (https… READ MORE »
August 02, 2022
The Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board and staff are deeply saddened by the passing of our Board member and former Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief, Eddie “… READ MORE »
July 29, 2022
Welcome to Furbearer Friday! Our focus today is on the Nǫ̀gha (wolverine). Though small in size, the nǫ̀gha is found in low densities in the… READ MORE »
July 13, 2022
The Wek'eezhii Renewable Resources Board is now putting together the 2023 calendar.  We are now accepting photos for the 'Our Favourite Wek'eezhii… READ MORE »
July 13, 2022
The Bathurst (Kǫ̀k’èetı̀ Ekwǫ̀) and Bluenose East (Sahtì Ekwǫ̀) barren-ground caribou herds both had joint management proposals reviewed and… READ MORE »
July 13, 2022
​ A compromise was reached on the status of the Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East caribou) herd this spring after months of deliberation between member… READ MORE »
July 13, 2022
The peregrine falcon has been assessed as being not-at-risk in the Northwest Territories as part of a national trend of recovery for the bird. The… READ MORE »
July 13, 2022
Simon Whitehouse joins WRRB team Simon Whitehouse, a newspaper journalist with Northern News Services joined the Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources… READ MORE »
July 13, 2022
MVLWB hosts second virtual workshop  Closure and Reclamation presentation draws 120 people The Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley hosted… READ MORE »
April 21, 2022
The Canadian Wildlife Service has issued a notice regarding the highly pathogenic avian influenza that is being found in wild birds across Canada.… READ MORE »
March 18, 2022
The Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources Board is currently hiring for a joint Communications Officer position with the Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board,… READ MORE »
February 16, 2022
The WRRB, TG, and GNWT Forest Management Division have joined forces to begin working on the terms of reference for a Wek’èezhìı Forest Management… READ MORE »
February 16, 2022
In 2018, the GWNT put in place the Wolf Harvest Incentive Area located in the North Slave region. This area intentionally overlaps the Kǫk’èetı̀ (… READ MORE »
February 16, 2022
This issue’s WLWB feature is all about the changes in Board Members. Last fall, Joe Mackenzie from Behchokǫ̀ retired from the Board after nine years… READ MORE »
February 16, 2022
2022 has finally arrived, and with it our brand-new calendar! If you have been reading our newsletters you know from our sneak peak last issue that… READ MORE »
February 16, 2022
The last Board Meeting of 2021 was held December 8-9 in Yellowknife at the WRRB office and via Zoom. The business attended to this meeting consisted… READ MORE »
December 02, 2021
This is the final week in our series on climate change, so we wanted to focus on the important work Indigenous people are doing to combat climate… READ MORE »
October 29, 2021
No discussion about climate change would be complete without discussing the very real impact of human activities on our changing climate. The earth… READ MORE »