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Photo credit: Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources Board (WRRB)
August 02, 2022

In memory of Eddie Erasmus

Photo credit: Liam Cowan Photography
July 29, 2022

FURBEARER FRIDAY: Catching up with the wolverine

Photo credit: Simon Whitehouse
July 13, 2022

It's Calendar season again!

Photo credit: Andy Krisch, ENR
July 13, 2022

Caribou management proposals reviewed

Photo credit: John Nagy, ENR. The Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East caribou) herd was reassessed this spring to a red-yellow status by the Advisory Committee for Cooperation on Wildlife Management. The Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources Board is cautioning that it may be too premature to loosen restrictions on a herd that had a red low-level status though numbers appear to be increasing.
July 13, 2022

WRRB maintains precaution on stabilizing Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East caribou) herd

Photo credit: Allastair Franke. The peregrine falcon was assessed for the first time in the Northwest Territories this year and was determined to be not-at-risk.
July 13, 2022

Peregrine Falcon assessed not-at-risk in NWT

Laura Meinert, wildlife management biologist, left, and Simon Whitehouse, communications officer, right, are serving the WRRB.
July 13, 2022

WRRB Staff Updates

MVLWB photo
July 13, 2022

Land and Water Board news

Photo Credit: Joe Ravi, Creative Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0.
April 21, 2022

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Canada

Wekweeti, SNP, 2016. Photo credit: WLWB
March 18, 2022

Employment Opportunity with the WRRB/WLWB

Photo credit: Susan Beaumont, WRRB.
February 16, 2022

Forest Management Planning Begins

Tundra Wolf. Photo credit: Catherine Graydon
February 16, 2022

Wolf Incentive Program – Updated 2022 Map

Mason Mantla, WLWB Chair, Jocelyn Zoe, WLWB Board Member. Photo credit: WLWB.
February 16, 2022

New WLWB Chair and Board Member

Front cover of our 2022 calendar. Image credit: WRRB.
February 16, 2022

2022 Calendar Released!

No photos were taken at our December 2021 Board Meeting, so here is a flashback to our Dec 5, 2018, meeting in Yellowknife before our Boardroom was renovated! Photo credit: Shalyn Norrish, WRRB.
February 16, 2022

Board Meeting Update

Photo credit: South Bend Voice, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
December 02, 2021

Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons. (August 6, 2015). Earth's Greenhouse Effect [Online]. Available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Earth's_greenhouse_effect_(US_EPA,_2012).png
October 29, 2021

What Human Activities Contribute to Climate Change?

A herd of ekwǫ̀ (caribou) grazing in the snow. Photo credit: Anne Gunn, ENR
October 28, 2021

2022 Calendar Sneak Peek!

This graphic shows the present state of biodiversity and what we currently know, versus what we do not know. The project aims to build the data and improve the number of known species and the data available on them. Image credit: LIFEPLAN, University of Helsinki, https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/projects/lifeplan/about 
October 28, 2021

New Research Project for the WRRB

ɂekwǫ̀ (caribou) herd on the tundra during a Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoèhdee K’è outing. Photo credit: Aimee Guile, WRRB.
October 28, 2021

Conservation Biologist for the WRRB goes out on the land with Ekwǫ̀ Nàxoèhdee K’è (Boots on the Ground)

Photo credit: Jiri Hermann
October 28, 2021

September Board Meeting Update

Mission and Vison, Photo credit: Jody Pellissey, WRRB.
October 28, 2021

WRRB Mission and Vision

Photo credit: Age of Arctic Sea Ice at Minimum September week, 1984 to 2020, Source - National Snow and Ice Data Center
September 28, 2021

Climate Change Is Not Just About Warming Temperatures

Barren ground caribou. Photo credit: Dean Biggins, USFWS
September 01, 2021

Announcement: WRRB Takes On “Northern Caribou” Website

Photo credit: Flooding in Fort Simpson on May 12, 2021. FearFighters Mech Drones 3DP Gaming/YouTube https://cabinradio.ca/66605/news/dehcho/nwt-will-cover-all-repairs-for-flood-affected-residents/
August 31, 2021

Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, and the NWT is warming three times faster

Peregrine Falcons. Photo credit: Alastair Franke
August 24, 2021

NWT Species at Risk Update

An aerial view of the Birch Creek Fire complex, 2014. Credit: NWTFire/Facebook, located on: https://www.climatecentral.org/news/nw-fires-weather-climate-change-boreal-forests-17778
July 28, 2021

Understanding Climate Change: Increased Fire Risk

Randi at her going away party in 2020. Photo credit: Jody Pellissey, WRRB.
July 26, 2021

Surprise! Randi is Back!

“Projects and proposed developments at the Ekati diamond mine site as depicted in a briefing document published by the Arctic Canadian Diamond Company.” – via Cabin Radio
July 26, 2021

WLWB Highlight – Ekati’s Point Lake Application

Transverse Lady Beetle. Photo credit: Henri Goulet via https://www.nwtspeciesatrisk.ca/species/transverse-lady-beetle
July 26, 2021

Species at Risk Highlight – Insect Edition: Transverse tehtsà dek'oa; tsı̨ı̨nę̀ (Lady Beetle)

Aimee Guile during the ɂekwǫ̀ surveys, 2021. Photo credit: Aimee Guile, WRRB. Randi Jennings during the Caribou surveys, 2021. Photo credit: Randi Jennings, WRRB.
July 26, 2021

ɂEkwǫ̀ Survey’s with Aimee and Randi

A herd of Bison on the new Tłı̨chǫ Highway. Photo credit: Bruno Pigeon, Peter Kiewit Sons ULC.
July 26, 2021

TASR Tour

Staff and Board members reviewing an item before the Board. Photo credit: Shalyn Norrish, WRRB.
July 26, 2021

Board Meeting Update – May 25-26, 2021

Les cervidés (chap. de l'ouvrage "Disparus? Les mammifères au temps de Cro-Magnon en Europe".) - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Renne-broutant-du-lichen-Photo-Creative-Commons-CC0_fig4_329239800 [accessed 26 Jul, 2021]
July 26, 2021

How Does Lichen Recover after a Wildfire?

Photo credit: Alastair Franke
June 29, 2021

Review Period for Draft Species Status Report for Peregrine Falcon Now Open

Photo credit: Anne Gunn
June 24, 2021

Review Period for Draft Species Status Report for tǫdzı (Boreal Caribou) Now Open

Laura and Aimee sharing the important work we do at the WRRB.
April 30, 2021

WRRB Biologist’s Present Virtually to Students and the University of Wisconsin

Illustration Created During the Workshop by: Corrina Keeling
April 30, 2021

2021 MVRMA - Well-Being

Hearing Poster. Photo credit: Fran Hurcomb
April 30, 2021

WLWB Highlight - Kwetı̨ı̨ɂaà’s (Rayrock) Remediation Project Hearing

Close up of a Short-eared Owl. Photo credit: Photography by Eric Ellingson, creative commons
April 30, 2021

Species at Risk Highlight - Mǫhgwı̨ Wedzıı̀ba Nek’ǫ̀ą (Short-eared Owl)

Board members listen in to a presentation during the meeting. Photo credit: Laura Meinert, WRRB.
April 30, 2021

February Board Meeting Update

April 21, 2021

Feedback Requested on Draft Bathurst Caribou Management Plan

A wolf howling on the Tundra. Photo credit: Catherine Graydon.
January 26, 2021

Wolf Management Proceeding Update

December 2020 Board Meeting. Photo credit: Laura Meinert, WRRB
January 26, 2021

December Board Meeting Update

Boreal Caribou walking through the bushes. Photo credit: Ann Gunn, ENR
January 26, 2021

Highlight on a Species at Risk - Tǫdzı (Boreal Caribou)

Action Plan Logo - ACCWM
January 26, 2021

Advisory Committee for Cooperation on Wildlife Management (ACCWM)

A21 Pit Opening, Diavik Site Visit by WLWB Staff, 2018. Photo credit: WLWB Board Staff.
January 26, 2021

WLWB Update - Diavik Hearing

Tundra Wolf - Photo Credit: Anne Gunn, ENR
January 11, 2021

Media Release - Reasons for Decision Report on Proposed Management Actions for Dìga (Wolf) in Wek’èezhìı

Tundra Wolf - Photo Credit: Anne Gunn, ENR
January 11, 2021

Media Release - Reasons for Decision Report on Proposed Management Actions for Dìga (Wolf) in Wek’èezhìı

TAEMP “Fish Camp”, Gamètì, 2017. Photo Credit: Anneli Jokela, Regulatory Manager, WLWB.
October 27, 2020

Sneak Peak: 2021 Calendar

Little Brown Myotis (dłı̨ą k'et'à) resting on a branch. Photo credit: Jason Headley, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8624831, 2017.
October 27, 2020

Spotlight on a Species at Risk - Little Brown Myotis

Tundra Wolf. Photo credit: Catherine Graydon, 2016.
October 27, 2020

Wolf Management Proposal

Tundra Wolf. Photo credit: Catherine Graydon, 2016.
October 27, 2020

Wolf Management Proposal

Board members and translators during the meeting. Photo credit: Laura Meinert, WRRB, 2020.
October 27, 2020

Board meeting in August

Small group of Caribou swimming across the Kǫk’èetı̀ (Contwoyto Lake). Photo credit: Aimee Guide, WRRB, 2020.
October 27, 2020

Boots on the Ground Interview Feature