This is the WRRB's final 2019 Reasons for Decision Report for the Sahtì Ekwǫ̀ (Bluenose-East Caribou) Herd with the corrected Appendix I. The Report is related to the joint management proposal, entitled "Joint Proposal on Management Actions for the Bluenose-East Ɂekwǫ (Barren-ground caribou) Herd 2019 – 2021".
Keywords: Wolf, wolves, feasibility assessment, Bathurst, Caribou, predators.
Keywords: Bathurst, Public Hearing, Management Proposal, Total allowable harvest, conservation.
Key words: traditional knowledge; Tłı̨chǫ; Bathurst caribou; hunting economy; Tłı̨chǫ culture, language and way of life; cumulative impacts; ecosystem; biological and cultural diversity
Key words: Boots on the Ground; caribou monitoring; Traditional Knowledge; Tłı̨chǫ; Bathurst caribou; “We Watch Everything”; holistic monitoring approach; field-based methodology; "Do as Hunters Do”
Key words: Boots on the Ground; caribou monitoring program; Traditional Knowledge; Tłı̨chǫ; Inuit; Bathurst caribou; post-calving range; predators; industrial development; “We Watch Everything”; holistic monitoring approach
Key words: Boots on the Ground; caribou monitoring program; Traditional Knowledge; Tłı̨chǫ; Inuit; Bathurst caribou; post-calving range; predators; industrial development; climate change; “We Watch Everything”; holistic monitoring approach; field-based methodology; "Do as Hunters Do”
Key words: Gitga’at people; stewardship; Guardians; traditional foods; harvest; abundance and quality of resources; health; monitoring; ecological change; Indigenous knowledge
Key words: aboriginal; biocultural diversity; biodiversity; caribou; collaborative research; ecology; First Nation; genetic variation; indigenous communities; population genetics; population structure; Rangifer tarandus; resource management; social-ecological systems; traditional knowledge
Key words: caribou; traditional laws; harvest; barrenlands; management system; working together; changes on the land; caribou relationships; responsibility