Public Registry: Archives

The documents herein make up the list of completed WRRB projects and the subsequent record of proceedings.

Archived Documents

PR (BATH 2019): 030 - Renewing our traditional laws through joint ekwǫ (caribou) management

Key words: caribou; traditional laws; harvest; barrenlands; management system; working together; changes on the land; caribou relationships; responsibility 

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 029 - Monitoring the Relationship between People and Caribou

Key words: Tłı̨chǫ laws; human behaviour; caribou; relationships; caribou populations; migration patterns; Tłı̨chǫ indicators of change

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 028 - Caribou Migration and the State of their Habitat: Tłı̨chǫ Knowledge and Perspectives on ekwò˛ (Barrenland Caribou)

Key words: Tłı̨chǫ knowledge; ɂekwǫ̀ (barren-ground caribou); state of the caribou habitat; monitoring and management; caribou distribution; migration patterns; relationship between the Tłı̨chǫ and the caribou

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 027 - Tłı̨chǫ Knowledge of Environmental Changes: Implications for Caribou Hunting

Key words: climate change; forest fires; implications for caribou and caribou hunting; adaptations; forest fire suppression; ontological understanding

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 026 - JUNE 2019 CALVING GROUND COMPOSITION SURVEYS OF BATHURST AND BLUENOSE‐EAST BARREN‐GROUND CARIBOU HERDS WORKING DRAFT

Key words: calving ground composition surveys; Bathurst and Bluenose‐East caribou herds;breeding females estimate; calf productivity; relative distribution of breeding caribou estimate; relative abundance of predators.

Science
PR (BATH 2019): 025 - A conceptual model for migratory tundra caribou to explain and predict why shifts in spatial fidelity of breeding cows to their calving grounds are infrequent

Key words: calving grounds; gregariousness; spatial fidelity; mechanisms; Rangifer tarandus

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 024 - BATHURST CARIBOU RANGE PLAN DRAFT 2018

Key words: GNWT-ENR; management; cumulative impacts; Bathurst caribou; caribou habitat; Caribou People; human-caused disturbance; natural (fire) disturbance in the Bathurst

Science
PR (BATH 2019): 023 - “These Trees Have Stories to Tell” Linking Denésƍliné Knowledge and Dendroecology in the Monitoring of Barren-ground Caribou Movements in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Key words: Indigenous methodological framework; dendroecology; oral history analysis; caribou movement patterns: Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation; Participatory Action Research (PAR); ethnography; community-based research; participant observation

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 022 - Calf Production and Adult Sex Ratio in the Bathurst and Bluenose East Herds of Barren-Ground Caribou 2006-2016

Key words: monitoring; calf production; adult sex ratio; barren-ground caribou; Bathurst and Bluenose East herds; composition surveys

Science
PR (BATH 2019): 021 - Caribou Consumption in Northern Canadian Communities

Key words: health; caribou (Rangifer tarandus); caribou consumption levels; diet quality; opportunity costs; out-of-pocket costs; household employment activity

Traditional Knowledge
PR (BATH 2019): 020 - AN ESTIMATE OF BREEDING FEMALES AND ANALYSES OF DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE BLUENOSE-EAST HERD OF BARREN-GROUND CARIBOU: 2015 CALVING GROUND PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY

Key words: calving ground photo survey; Bluenose-East barren-ground caribou; breeding females estimate; collared caribou; systematic reconnaissance surveys; calving status; caribou density

Science
PR (BATH 2019): 019 - An Estimate of Breeding Females and Analyses of Demographics For The Bathurst Herd of Barren-ground Caribou: 2012 Calving Ground Photographic Survey

Key words: calving ground photo survey; Bathurst barren-ground caribou; breeding females estimate; collared caribou; systematic reconnaissance surveys; calving status; caribou density

Science
PR (BATH 2019): 018 - Analysis of environmental, temporal, and spatial factors affecting demography of the Bathurst and Bluenose-East caribou herds.

Key words: Bathurst caribou; Bluenose-East caribou; survival and productivity rates; environmental variables; temporal variables; spatial variables; integrated population demographic model; environmental covariates

Science
PR (BATH 2019): 017 - WRRB to TG & ENR Re: Documents Requested

This is a letter from the WRRB to TG and ENR requesting that digital copies of the listed references be provided for posting to the public registry for the 2019 Kokètì Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst Caribou) Proceeding by no later than 12:00 p.m. MDT on August 9, 2019. 

Correspondence
PR (BATH 2019): 016 - WRRB to TG & ENR Re: Supporting Documentation

This is a letter from the WRRB requesting that TG and ENR review the list of supporting documentation and consent to posting on the public registry for the 2019 Kokètì Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst Caribou) Proceeding by no later than 12:00 p.m. MDT on August 9, 2019.  If no response is received, the Board will consider the list acceptable.  Posting will occur by August 12, 2019.

Correspondence