Publications

The Grizzly Bear and Wolverine Biological and Management Feasibility Working Group (WG) was formed to compile information about grizzly bear predation on Bluenose-east and Bathurst Caribou, as well as management options and their risks.  Grizzly bear management options are to be provided to management authorities, who in turn, and depending on their decisions, will submit specific management proposals for review in a public forum to allow for further discussion. 

This framework is to assess the monitoring data that becomes available throughout the year and to reassess the implementation success of management and monitoring activities. The framework will encourage collaborative understanding and discussions considering the different sets of indicators. The need to step co-management forward using both Indigenous and Scientific knowledge is being increasingly recognized.  

The goal of the five-year wolf (dìga) management program is to sufficiently reduce wolf (dìga) predation on the Bathurst and Bluenose-East herds to allow for an increase in calf and adult caribou (ekwǫ̀) survival rates to contribute to the stabilization and recovery of both herds. This report summarizes wolf management and monitoring activities undertaken by GNWT and TG through winter 2021. It provides an update to the previous report on wolf management activities in Wek’èezhìı during winter 2020 (Nishi et al. 2020) and is intended to fulfill the WRRB's recommendation (#20-2020) that an “annual report be prepared by GNWT and TG and presented to the Board at a scheduled board meeting to allow for the discussion of adjustments in methodology based on the evidence, beginning fall 2021”. This is Part 1 of 2 of this report.

The goal of the five-year wolf (dìga) management program is to sufficiently reduce wolf (dìga) predation on the Bathurst and Bluenose-East herds to allow for an increase in calf and adult caribou (ekwǫ̀) survival rates to contribute to the stabilization and recovery of both herds. This report summarizes wolf management and monitoring activities undertaken by GNWT and TG through winter 2021. It provides an update to the previous report on wolf management activities in Wek’èezhìı during winter 2020 (Nishi et al. 2020) and is intended to fulfill the WRRB's recommendation (#20-2020) that an “annual report be prepared by GNWT and TG and presented to the Board at a scheduled board meeting to allow for the discussion of adjustments in methodology based on the evidence, beginning fall 2021”. This is Part 2 of 2 of this report.

A summary of harvest and monitoring activities for the Bathurst, Bluenose-East, and Bevery/Ahiak caribou herds in 2017/2018.