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From Left to Right: Mary Drake, Amanda Weltman.
October 28, 2024

WRRB Staff Updates

Photo Credit: Amanda Weltman, WRRB.
October 28, 2024

Kw'iahnǫ dekwoo (bumble bees)

Photo Credit: Mary Drake, WRRB.
October 28, 2024

Update on Dlı̨̀ą k'et'aa (Bats) and the Tłı̨chǫ Highway

Photo Credit: Jody Pellissey, WRRB.
October 28, 2024

Mackenzie Bison Working Group

Nàı̨lı̨ı̨ (Whatı̀ Falls): Starting from the far left, is Travis Washie, followed by Eddie Chocolate, Tom Lafferty, and Stu Niven. From the center, standing front row, is Amanda Weltman, followed by Jonas Lafferty, Laura Meinert, James Rabesca, and Joseph Judas.
October 28, 2024

Board and Staff make progress on the Joint Management Proposal for the Sahti (Bluenose-East) Ekwǫ̀ Herd

WRRB
August 21, 2024

WRRB Seeking Input on 2024 Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ Management Proceeding

Community Supper in Gamètì
April 29, 2024

Community Supper, Gamètì, Hosted by the WLWB & WRRB

Caribou antlers on the barrens. Photo credit: WRRB
March 04, 2024

NEW! We’re Hiring! Employment Opportunities at the WRRB

Photo credit: John Nagy/GNWT-ENR
January 15, 2024

WRRB does not support a calving ground survey of Kǫ̀k’èetı̀ Ekwǫ̀ in 2024

Photo credit: John Nagy/GNWT-ENR
January 15, 2024

Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ sees ‘statistically significant’ improvement in numbers

Happy Holidays
December 18, 2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the WRRB

Shifting Trails: The Shrinking Range of Bathurst Caribou
December 01, 2023

New storymap on Kǫk’èetì Ekwǫ̀ unveiled

Remembrance Day closure notice
November 09, 2023

Notice of office closure in observance of Remembrance Day

Boreal Caribou and Changing Climate
October 19, 2023

INFOGRAPHIC: Understanding the Changing Habitat of Boreal Caribou in the NWT

Boreal Caribou
October 19, 2023

INFOGRAPHIC: The Umbrella Species Concept and Biodiversity Conservation

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2023

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

In memory of Moise Rabesca
August 10, 2023

In memory of Moise Rabesca

The WRRB accepted a recommendation from the Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee's (BCAC) annual status review which states that Kǫk’èetı ekwǫ̀ (bathurst caribou) numbers are at historic low numbers. Photo by Andy Krisch/ENR
June 24, 2023

WRRB approves proposed status and action plan for Kǫk’èetı Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst Caribou)

Landscape in and around Kugluktuk in June 2023. Photo by Aimee Guile
June 24, 2023

In the air for Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East) calving survey 2023

Wildlife Management Biologist Laura Meinert talks with students about the primary diet of local northern species. Simon Whitehouse/WRRB
June 24, 2023

Water Gun Fun with Hungry Creatures

WRRB member Eddie Chocolate, left, and and Chair Joseph Judas take part in May’s Board meeting in Behchokǫ̀. Chair Judas’ term will be extended for another five years. Simon Whitehouse/WRRB photo
June 23, 2023

Board welcomes chair's return, extends term to 2029 

WRRB closed on National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 20, 2023

Office closed for National Indigenous Peoples Day

Mary Adele Football and Violet Mackenzie pick last year’s Įtł'ǫ̀ (cranberries) in Wekweètìi in May. Aimee Guile/WRRB
June 19, 2023

What we know and don't know about northern jìe (berries)

Rhiannon Pankratz, Christina Howell, and Eric Reed gave updates to the WRRB on migratory birds during the Board meeting in Behchokǫ̀, May 24-25. Simon Whitehouse/WRRB photo
June 19, 2023

Board updated on migratory birds

WRRB staff attended the 2023 North American Caribou Workshop and Arctic Ungulate Conference in Anchorage, AK in May. WRRB photo
June 19, 2023

WRRB staff travel to Alaska for ɂekwǫ̀, ungulate event

The WRRB will mark World Ocean's Day and Rivers to Oceans Day this week. photo sourced from Wikipedia Commons
June 07, 2023

WRRB celebrates and honours our world’s oceans

The Blue Marble, NASA/Apollo 17
April 22, 2023

WRRB celebrates Earth Week

Image credit: NBCKC Secretariat
March 16, 2023

Beyond Conservation Toolkit launched

Past WRRB member Charlie Jeremick'ca accepts a landscape painting from WRRB acting Chair Suzanne Carrière during the December 2022 Board meeting. In the inset photo, WRRB Conservation Biologist Aimee Guile presents a painting to the late Eddie Erasmus' family members Edie Erasmus and Anna Smith.  Photos by Simon Whitehouse/WRRB
March 07, 2023

Paintings celebrating departing friends 

Eddie (Ediiwa) Erasmus Memorial Scholarship
February 28, 2023

Eddie (Ediiwa) Erasmus Memorial Scholarship

Deadline extended for Species Conservation Recovery Fund
February 28, 2023

DEADLINE EXTENDED to apply for Species Conservation Recovery Fund is March 15

Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East) received approval for a proposal from the Advisory Committee for Cooperation on Wildlife Management (ACCWM) that will see the herd status improve to a yellow (increasing). Photo by John Nagy/GNWT-ENR
February 27, 2023

Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East) status upgraded as numbers appear to be improving

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported during the February Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources Board (WRRB) meeting that there were 69 dìga harvested over the winter of 2022 as part of the five-year Dìga Management Program. Photo by Anne Gunn/GNWT-ENR
February 27, 2023

Wolf management program shows signs of success in third annual report

The WRRB did not approve the GNWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources moving forward with a reconnaissance survey for Kǫ̀k’èetı̀ Ekwǫ̀ this June. During its February board meeting, Board Members maintained that the survey will introduce unnecessary noise disturbance while the ɂekwǫ are calving. WRRB file photo
February 26, 2023

WRRB reviews monitoring actions

Kǫ̀k’èetı̀ Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst caribou) remain in a critical-low state according to the Bathurst Caribou Advisory Committee. WRRB staff attended the January BCAC meeting where the status was decided upon. A draft action management plan is expected to be presented to the Board later this year.  Anne Gunn/GNWT-ENR
February 18, 2023

Kǫ̀k’èetı̀ Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst caribou) to remain at critical low status