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EnvironmentWildlife7TuesdayFebruary18201440SEFORTSMITHLEAGUEHOCKEYWALLYSDRUGSGAPHILLIPSTRENTON20132014SEASONGauthierRealGAFORTSMITHLEAGUEHOCKEYIIIIIISOOFORTSMITHLEAGUEHOCKEY1220132014SEASONELLSWORTHGATROYTheCreeLanguageProgramisprintingHockeyCardsSendinyourhockeyphotosWEWANTYOURACTIONSHOTSWEWANTYOURACTIONSHOTS000044EEEE44WEWANTYOURACTIONSHOTSFormoreinformationcontactVanceSandersonatcree.nwtmnnorthwestel.net.NWTCreeLanguageProgramNWTMtisNationByMARIACHURCHAnotherthreespeciesintheterritoryareatriskaccordingtothe2013assessmentresultsfromtheNWTSpeciesatRiskCommitteeSARCreleasedlastweek.TheDolphinandUnionCari-bouherdshavebeenidentiedasaspecialconcernandthenorthernleopardfroghasbeenassessedasthreatened.AccordingtotheSARCcat-egoriesaspeciesidentiedasaspecialconcernmaybecomeendangeredorthreatenedbe-causeofthreatsandbiologicalfactorswhilethreatenedmeanstheyarelikelytobecomeen-dangeredifnothingisdone.Thisisthesecondbatchofspeciestobeassessedbythe2year-oldcommitteeestab-lishedbytheGNWTsSpeciesatRiskActin2010.InDecem-bertherstgroupingofspe-ciesassessedwhichincludedtheborealcaribouPearycari-boupolarbearandthehairybrayaplantwerethersttomaketheNWTsofciallistofSpeciesatRisk.JamesFirthchairofSARCtoldTheJournaltheassess-mentsareaslow-goingprocesswithonlythreeorfourdoneayearinorderforthecommitteetoconsultwithallstakehold-ersintheterritoryandfactorinallavailableknowledgein-cludingtraditionalcommunityandscientic.ThreatsidentiedFirthsaidthecommitteehasconsistentlyidentiedclimatechangeasathreatfactorforallspeciesassessed.Othercon-cernsspecictothenorthernleopardfrogincludepollutionandproposedhydroelectricdevelopmentswhilecariboufacethreatsfrombig-gamehuntingandincreasedcoastalshippingtrafc.SARCsriskandthreatas-sessmentwillnowbesubmit-tedtotheConferenceofMan-agementAuthoritiesCMAthebodyresponsibleforde-terminingtheSpeciesatRiskintheNWT.BasedonthecommitteesrecommendationstheCMAwilldecideonwhatactionstotaketorecoverthespeciesandpreventfuturethreats.Allde-cisionsbytheCMAmustbeapprovedandimplementedbytheterritorialgovernment.ResidentscalledtoprotectSARCrecentlyputoutacallaskingcommunitiesacrosstheterritorytoapplytothe2014-15SpeciesatRiskStewardshipProgram.Theprogramencour-ageslocalstostartupprojectsthataimtoprotectspeciesatriskofferingupto5000perregiontofundtheefforts.PeoplethatareonthelandpeoplethatliveupherearetheeyesandearsofwhatsgoingonandtheyspeakforthespeciesFirthsaid.Wevecomeupwithlotsoflittleprojectsthatweworkonwithschoolsandwithon-the-landprojectsandIthinkitsworkedquitewell.Firthwhoisaretiredtrap-perinInuviksaidprotectingthreatenedspeciesinhiscom-munityisclosetohisheart.AccordingtotheSpeciesatRiskActprotectionofwildanimalsplantsorotherspe-ciesatriskmanagedbytheGNWTappliestoallpublicandprivatelandsintheNWTincludingthoseownedunderlandclaimagreements.In2014SARCwillassessthewolverinethewesterntoadandthenahanniaster.ThreemoreNWTspeciesidentifiedasatriskPeoplethatareonthelandpeoplethatliveupherearetheeyesandearsofwhatsgoingonandtheyspeakforthespecies.JamesFirthSpeciesatRiskCommitteePhotoKimPooleTheDolphinandUnionCaribouherdsalongwiththenorthernleopardfroghavebeenidentiedasatriskbythe2year-oldNWTSpeciesatRiskCommittee.HostedbyFineArtCultureThebachaFACTFundraiserforCircleofFriendsandtheFortSmithFoodBankSponsoredbytheTownofFortSmithWILDMarketplace5pm-7pm-FREEWILDFashionShow7pm-830pm-1512andunder-10WILDTasteesWineTasting9pm-11pm-35Feb.222014FortSmithRec.Centre