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This item consists of part three of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held on September 10, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Fort McPherson Renewable Resources Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0021A, 0021B, and 0022B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including licencing (use of beneficiary cards as licences, General Hunting Licences, Indigenous harvesters, special GHLs, border licences, Indigenous hunters from out of territory, residency requirements), who is making decisions for the community (Elders, young people), and hunter training (mandatory attendance, who will pay, providers, content). Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members. The group goes on break at 38:28, but the tape is left running until the meeting resumes at 46:56.

This item consists of part four of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held on September 10, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Fort McPherson Renewable Resources Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0021A, 0021B, and 0022A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including outfitting and guiding, buddy hunting, tags and quotas (for resident hunters, area specific, various species), trapping, harvest reporting (harvest studies, mandatory harvest reporting), minimum and maximum firearm calibre standards for big game, baiting, wildlife harassment (use of aircraft, research), minimum waiting period after fly-in, age requirements, minor's permit, no hunting corridor along highways, wastage, and mandatory meat handling course. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part one of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held on October 15, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0025B, 0026A, and 0026B. The meeting focuses on the Species at Risk Legislation, naming animals currently on the SAR list and going through the proposed SAR Legislation and taking feedback. Topics include: what it applies to, purpose and guiding principles, definitions, purpose and composition of the SAR Committee, what species status assessment is based on, process for approval, automatic prohibitions, managment plans, recovery teams and strategies, reassessment timeline, emergency listings by Minister, protecting critical habitat, penalties and fines or intentional or unintentional harm, and increased wildlife officer capacity. Questions and comments are offered by the HTC members.

This item consists of part two of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 15, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0025A, 0026A, and 0026B. The recording covers the end of the Species At Risk Act presentation, including penalties and fines for intentional or unintentional harm, monitoring compliance, and stewardship on private land. It also covers part of the presentation and discussion on the Wildlife Act, including out of territory Indigenous hunters, licencing, residency requirements, hunter training, outfitting and use of guides, and guide training and certification. Questions and comments are offered by the HTC members.

This item consists of part three of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 15, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0025A, 0025B, and 0026B. The recording covers discussion of elements of the Wildlife Act, including licencing, buddy hunting, number of tags issued, mandatory reporting, hunting moose, wolf, and wolverine, issuing tags to non-resident hunters, trapping, harvesting methods, big game baiting, traditional harvesting methods, wildlife harassment, harassment by aircraft, waiting time between fly in and hunt, minors hunting, and no hunting corridors beside highways. Questions and comments are offered by the HTC members.

This item consists of part four of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 15, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0025A, 0025B, and 0026A. The recording covers discussion of elements of the Wildlife Act, including wastage, commercial operations, feeding game meat to domestic animals, exporting meat and export permits, possession and export of live wildlife, and compliance/enforcement. Questions and comments are offered by the HTC members. The recording concludes with a discussion of gathering feedback from public forums versus one-on-one and payment of honoraria.

This item consists of part one of an eight-part consultation meeting held on February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001B, 0002A, 0002B, 0003A, 0003B, 0004A, and 0004B. The presenters introduce the proposed legislation, why it is being developed, the development and approval process, scope of the Wildlife Act, and enforcement and penalties. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part two of an eight-part consultation meeting held on February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0002A, 0002B, 0003A, 0003B, 0004A, and 0004B. The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including tags, harvest reporting, licences, and hunting on private and crown land. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part three of an eight-part consultation meeting held on February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0001B, 0002B, 0003A, 0003B, 0004A, and 0004B.The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including no shooting corridors beside roads, use of vehicles when hunting, wildlife harassment, and baiting. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part four of an eight-part consultation meeting held on February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0001B, 0002A, 0003A, 0003B, 0004A, and 0004B. The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including baiting, wildlife harassment, and licencing (residency requirements, Indigenous people from other jurisdictions). There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part five of an eight-part consultation meeting held February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0001B, 0002A, 0002B, 0003B, 0004A, and 0004B. The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including minor's permits, trapping, outfitting (big game and tourism), buddy hunting, possession of live wildlife, and importing and exporting live wildlife. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part six of an eight-part consultation meeting held February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0001B, 0002A, 0002B, 0003A, 0004A, and 0004B.The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including commercial wildlife products and meat inspection, use of hunting license as export permit, gifting meat, meat wastage, feeding edible meat to domestic animals, wastage due to spoiling, and responsibility for defensive kills. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part seven of an eight-part consultation meeting held February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0001B, 0002A, 0002B, 0003A, 0003B, and 0004B. The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including defensive kills (compensation, government responsibilty), penalties (maximum fine, jail time, licence suspension), poaching, and time limits allowed before a charge must be issued. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part eight of an eight-part consultation meeting held February 15, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) and Renewable Resource Council (RRC) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0001A, 0001B, 0002A, 0002B, 0003A, 0003B, and 0004A. The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including fish wastage. Next, the Species at Risk Act is presented and discussed, including purpose of the proposed legislation, how would it work, creating lists of species at risk, protection and recovery, which species to cover, composition of committee, sources of knowledge, how to decide need/use of management tools, creating a list of criteria, applying management principles, procedure for recovery plan approval, decision making, consultation, plan implementation, stewardship on private lands, how to encourage stewardship, and offenses (intentional and unintentional harm). The recording concludes with mentions of upcoming public meetings, the production of a discussion paper, drafting of a promised MOU with the Minister, and the desireability of having an RWED representative at meetings. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC and RRC.

This item consists of part three of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held November 27-28, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Dettah on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Wiilliideh. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0047A, 0047B, and 0048B. Presenters are Ron Graf, Raymond Bourget, and Ernie Campbell. The meeting continues with the presentation on the new Wildlife Act, including tags and quotas (by species), collecting harvest information, firearm calibre minimum and maximum standards, hunting equipment, baiting, wildlife harassment, use of aircraft (wait time after fly-in), age requirements, no-hunting corridors along roads, wastage (including commercial), feeding game meat to domestic animals, exporting (permits, limits), possession and export of live wildlife, and compliance (education, monitoring, penalties). There are comments and questions on purpose of meeting, tags, skinning practices and fur buyers' preferences, types of hunting licences, age of wildlife act, use of Treaty card as licence, buddy hunting, tag sales by vendors or possibly by YKDFN, hunting by non-resident Indigenous people, joint monitoring of species, buffalo intruding on caribou range, guide certification, sending meat from community freezer to people out of territory, and penalties, with responses made by the RWED representatives. Some comments are made in Wiiliideh, but not all of them are clearly translated.

This item consists of part four of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held November 27-28, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Dettah on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Wiilliideh. The original source item is side B of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0047A, 0047B, and 0048A. Presenters are Ron Graf, Raymond Bourget, and Ernie Campbell. The meeting continues with comments and questions on penalties and guiding and outfitting licences and payment. Some comments are made in Wiiliideh, but not all of them are clearly translated.

This item consists of part one of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held November 27-28, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Dettah on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Wiilliideh. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0047B, 0048A, and 0048B. The first segment of the meeting is in an Indigenous language, likely Wiiliideh Yatii, including an opening prayer. The presenters introduce themselves: Raymond Bourget (Senior Wildlife Officer in Yellowknife, Ron Graf (Manager with Wildlife and Fisheries), and Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave Region). The meeting continues with the introductory presentation, including purpose of meeting, legislation development process and timelines, and how to make comments. Then there is a presentation of proposed Species at Risk legislation, including examples of endangered species in the NWT, reasons for developing legislation, general process (assessment, listing, automatic prohibitions, recovery plan and implementation, reassessment), committee (composition, role), categories of risk, listing, recovery (team composition, strategy content and timelines, plan implementation and participants, recovery cycle), reassessment and delisting, emergency listing, habitat protection, compliance, intentional and unintentional harm, and stewardship. After the presentation are comments and questions, with responses, including what species the Act will apply to, decline in muskrat populations, increase in number of injured caribou, impact of mine sites, phone number to call and make a report, hunting bison, and compensation for losses. There are several comments made in Wiiliideh, which are not translated on the tape, but are responded to in English.

This item consists of part two of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held November 27-28, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Dettah on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Wiilliideh. The original source item is side B of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0047A, 0048A, and 0048B. Presenters are Ron Graf, Raymond Bourget, and Ernie Campbell. The recording starts with discussion following the presentation of the proposed Species at Risk Act. The presenter adds some additional remarks about woodland caribou and other animals of special concern. Comments are made about getting tags for buffalo, numbers of caribou tags issued, poaching, hiring people from Ndilo and Dettah to monitor the winter road, animals of special concern to the YKDFN (caribou, muskrat, some fish, some ducks), plans for a picture book on diseased animals for education purposes, and concerns about medicinal plants. Reponses are made by the RWED staff who suggest questionable animals be brought in for testing and that more frequent meetings are held to address areas of concern. There is a reminder about the meeting the following evening and another request for feedback. The recording continues with the meeting the following evening. There is an explanation of available literature and questionnaires. The meeting continues with presentation on the new Wildlife Act, including reasons for revision, improving consultation, use of traditional knowledge, what it applies to, licencing (General Hunting Licences, beneficiary cards, non-resident and resident Indigenous people, residency requirements), hunter training, outfitting, guide certification, buddy hunting, and tags and quotas. There are comments and statements made in Wiiliideh, which are not translated on the tape.

This item consists of part one of a four-part consultation meeting held on April 6, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Fort McPherson Renewable Resources Council on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side A of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0015B, 0016A, and 0016B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including what it should include (species, habitat), restricting moose hunting to bulls only, access to crown land and private land, number of tags issued, no-hunting corridors along highways, use of hunting equipment and vehicles, baiting, and harassment. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part two of a four-part consultation meeting held on April 6, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Fort McPherson Renewable Resources Council on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English. The original source item is side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0015A, 0016A, and 0016B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including licencing (residency requirements, out-of-territory Indigenous people, Special GHLs, age requirements), who can trap, outfitting and guiding (residency requirements, training and certification), buddy hunting, possession and export of live wildlife, import of live wildlife, and commercial wildlife products. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.