Traditional Knowledge

Report on a Public Hearing held by the WRRB 6-8 April 2016 & Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part A--Bluenose-East Caribou Herd (June 2016)

The WRRB held a public hearing to address harvest limitations for the Bluenose-East caribou herd in April 2016.  The Board's Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part A—Bluenose-East Caribou Herd includes the WRRB's final determinations on harvest for the Bluenose-East caribou herd, as well as its recommendations on the proposed wolf feasibility assessment. 

Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part B--Bathurst Caribou Herd (October 2016)

The WRRB held a public hearing to address harvest limitations for the Bathurst caribou herd in February 2016.  The Board’s Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part B—Bathurst Caribou Herd includes the Board’s recommendations on additional management actions, biological and environmental monitoring, and cumulative effects. 

Report on a Public Hearing held by the WRRB 23-24 February 2016 & Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part A--Bathurst Caribou Herd (May 2016)

The WRRB held a public hearing to address harvest limitations for the Bathurst caribou herd in February 2016.  The Board's Reasons for Decision Final Report, Part A--Bathurst Caribou Herd includes the WRRB's final determinations on harvest for the Bathurst caribou herd, as well as its recommendations on the proposed mobile wolf hunter camp and the wolf feasibility assessment. 

PR (BNE) - 128: Ekwò zò gha dzô nats’êdè “We Live Here For Caribou” Cumulative Impacts Study on the Bathurst Caribou

The Ekwò zò gha dzô nats’êdè - “We Live Here For Caribou” report is a cumulative impacts study that investigates the connection between Tłıc̨hǫ and the Bathurst caribou from three perspectives: 1) the importance of caribou in the hunting economy, and thus as a foundation for maintaining the Tłıc̨hǫ culture, language and way of life; 2) cumulative impacts on the herd and 3) the connection between ecosystem and culture, and the co-dependent erosion of biological and cultural diversity.