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Photo credit: Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources Board (WRRB)
In memory of Eddie Erasmus
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 »
Photo credit: Liam Cowan Photography
FURBEARER FRIDAY: Catching up with the wolverine
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 »
Photo credit: Simon Whitehouse
It's Calendar season again!
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 »
Photo credit: Andy Krisch, ENR
Caribou management proposals reviewed
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 »
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.
WRRB maintains precaution on stabilizing Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East caribou) herd
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 »
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.
Peregrine Falcon assessed not-at-risk in NWT
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 »
Laura Meinert, wildlife management biologist, left, and Simon Whitehouse, communications officer, right, are serving the WRRB.
WRRB Staff Updates
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 »
MVLWB photo
Land and Water Board news
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 »
Photo Credit: Joe Ravi, Creative Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Canada
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 »
Wekweeti, SNP, 2016. Photo credit: WLWB
Employment Opportunity with the WRRB/WLWB
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 »
Photo credit: Susan Beaumont, WRRB.
Forest Management Planning Begins
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 »
Tundra Wolf. Photo credit: Catherine Graydon
Wolf Incentive Program – Updated 2022 Map
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 »
Mason Mantla, WLWB Chair, Jocelyn Zoe, WLWB Board Member. Photo credit: WLWB.
New WLWB Chair and Board Member
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 »
Front cover of our 2022 calendar. Image credit: WRRB.
2022 Calendar Released!
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 »
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.
Board Meeting Update
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 »
Photo credit: South Bend Voice, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change
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 »
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
What Human Activities Contribute to Climate Change?
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 »
A herd of ekwǫ̀ (caribou) grazing in the snow. Photo credit: Anne Gunn, ENR
2022 Calendar Sneak Peek!
October 28, 2021
It’s that time of year again and the WRRB is working hard to get the 2022 calendar finished and out to all of you! Around this time, we like to give… READ MORE »