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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

2023 WRRB Calendar
January 04, 2023

HOT OFF THE PRESS! 2023 Calendar Now Available

The WRRB will be closed over the holidays and will reopen on Jan. 3, 2023.
December 22, 2022

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tłı̨chǫ Arts Holiday Sale and Showcase
November 19, 2022

Tłı̨chǫ Arts Holiday Sale and Showcase

The Wek'èezhìı Renewable Resources Board (WRRB) approved the first Bathurst Caribou Action Plan at its board meeting on Sept. 14. Photo by Simon Whitehouse/WRRB
October 28, 2022

Board approves Bathurst Caribou Action Plan

ENR reported that 41 forest fires were actioned in 2022 in the North Slave region. Photo courtesy of the GNWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources
October 28, 2022

Forty-one forest fires actioned in North Slave in 2022

The WRRB recently approved three status re-listings of migratory birds. Photos by Gordon Court and Government of Canada.
October 28, 2022

WRRB approves three status re-listings of migratory birds

WRRB Conservation Biologist Aimee Guile consults with Bobby Lafferty during a presentation on tǫdzı (boreal caribou) in Behchokǫ̀, Oct. 12.
October 25, 2022

Tǫdzı (Boreal Caribou) tour through Tłı̨chǫ Communities

Orange Shirt Pin design courtesy of Tribal Roots. Photo credit: Simon Whitehouse
September 29, 2022

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

On the Land Collaborative
September 12, 2022

NWT On the Land Collaborative Funding Now Available

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