Wolves and caribou and moose, oh my! A mix of wildlife managers, scientists and the public came together in Fort Smith last week for the biannual South Slave Regional Wildlife Workshop, hosted by the local office of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR).
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has hit a new low in strategic thinking with its Draft Conservation Action Plan. ENR is proposing that as much as 40 per cent of land in the territory be set aside for conservation. By comparison, Canada’s commitment internationally is for 17 percent of the national land mass to be designated as conservation areas.
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Caribou herds in the Northwest Territories will top the priority list for territorial species at risk assessments over the next five years.
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