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This item consists of part five of a five-part consultation meeting held on June 14, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Paulatuk 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 0018A, 0018B, 0019A, and 0019B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including time allowed before charges must be laid, penalties, and procedure and timeline for passage of the Act. The meeting continues with presentation and discussion of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including purpose of developing legislation, what species it should cover (including habitat), who should determine the status of a species, composition of committee, what information is used to determine status and assessment criteria, creation and approval of list, how to protect species at risk, recovery plan development and implementation, delisting of species, stewardship, prevention, and intentional or unintentional harm. Questions and comments are offered by HTC members. The meeting concludes with an encouragement to share input, mention of literature to take, and thanks.

This item consists of part two 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, 0022A, and 0022B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including intentional and unintentional harm, penalties and enforcement, and stewardship and compensation. Questions and comments are offered by RRC members. The group goes on break at 16:46, but the tape is left running.

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 five of a five-part consultation meeting held on April 4, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Tsiigehtchic 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 0012A, 0012B, 0013A, and 0013B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including development process, committee (composition), purpose of legislation, what species should be covered (including habitat), information and criteria used to assess status, approval of criteria and list, recovery process (team, strategy, approval, implementation, review), delisting, application to private land (stewardship, land appropriation or exchange), prevention (education, reporting, good management on lower risk species), offences (intentional or unintentional harm), request for input, and informing the public. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

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 one of a five-part consultation meeting held April 4, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Tsiigehtchic 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 0012B, 0013A, 0013B, and 0014A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including the development process, what Act should include (species, habitat), restricting hunting of moose to bulls only (seasonally), caribou tags, resident access to hunt game on private land, non-hunting corridors along public highways, types of hunting equipment, minimum calibre of firearms, and traditional harvesting methods. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part two of a five-part consultation meeting held on April 4, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Tsiigehtchic 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 0012A, 0013A, 0013B, and 0014A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including minimum calibre of firearm, use of vehicles, baiting, wildlife harassment, wastage, hunting education program, residency requirements, out of territory Indigenous peoples, age requirements, minor's permit, trapping, and outfitting. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part four of a five-part consultation meeting held on April 4, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Tsiigehtchic Renewable Resources Council 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 0012A, 0012B, 0013A, and 0014A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including penalties and enforcement, restrictions on shooting females, resourcing of wildlife officers, and Dempster Highway (corridor, protecting habitat, coordination with Yukon). Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part one of a two-part consultation meeting held on May 9, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and a board in Holman (Ulukhaktok) 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 item 0017B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including purpose, what species should it cover (including habitat), composition of committee, what information decisions will be based on (traditional, local, and scientific knowledge), criteria for assessment, process under the Act, how to protect Species at Risk, immediate protection, recovery plans, how much habitat to protect, protection of ecosytems, how to help species recover, plan approval and implementation, delisting, and penalties. Questions and comments are offered by the meeting participants.

This item consists of part three of a five-part consultation meeting held on April 4, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Tsiigehtchic Renewable Resources Council 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 0012A, 0012B, 0013B, and 0014A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including allowing edible game meat to be fed to domestic animals, wastage and spoilage, defence kills (obligations, compensation, government responsibility), and penalties and enforcement. 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.

This item consists of part three 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 0015A, 0015B, and 0016B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including export (permits, use of hunting licence as export permit, commercial products), gifting meat, meat wastage, feeding edible game meat to dogs, defence kills (reporting, compensation, prevention), and penalties and enforcement. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part four of a four-part consultation meeting held 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, 0015B, and 0016A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including why legislation is being proposed, list of species at risk, prevention, what does it cover (species, habitat, ecosystems), committee composition, sources of information (scientific, traditional and local knowledge), how should status be determined (criteria, approval), immediate protection, how to help species recover (recovery team and plan, implementation, review process), stewardship, status report, and offences (intentional or unintentional harm). The recording concludes with a request for input and a description of the process for developing the Act. Questions and comments are offered by the RRC members.

This item consists of part of nine of a nine-part consultation meeting held February 22, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Tuktoyaktuk Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) 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 0005A, 0006A, 0006B, 0007A, 0007B, 0008A, 0008B, and 0009A.The recording continues presentation and discussion on the proposed Species at Risk Act, including offenses (intentional and unintentional harm, neglect), notification of public about recovery plans, and purpose of the SAR Act. The meeting concludes with the presenters emphasizing the importance of community involvement and consultation and describing next steps (public open house and presentation, discussion paper). Questions and comments are made by HTC members.

This item consists of part one of a three-part consultation meeting held February 23, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the public in Tuktoyaktuk 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 0010B and 0011A. The meeting is an open house style, so only the conversation nearest the recorder is captured clearly. The conversation is mainly a discussion between two RWED employees and a representative of the Inuvialuit Land Administration (ILA) discussing how access permissions to Inuvialuit private land are supposed to work. The ILA representative describes the misconception that Hunters and Trappers Committees can grant land access, when that is actually a responsibility of the ILA, and difficulties in getting outfitters and hunters to comply with getting permits for land use from the ILA. The RWED employees make comments and ask a number of follow-up questions.

This item consists of part three of a three-part consultation meeting held February 23, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the public in Tuktoyaktuk 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 0010A and 0010B. The meeting is an open house style, so only the conversation nearest the recorder is captured clearly. The recording is a continuation of a discussion between two RWED employees and a representative of the Inuvialuit Land Administration (ILA) on topics including facilitating access to Inuvialuit land by RWED officers and an access rules and revision in progress. Another person approaches and starts a new conversation with the RWED representative and they discuss who attended the Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) meeting the previous day, the total allowable harvest and how it is determined, how Species at Risk will help address problems with declining numbers, determining numbers of animals harvested (mandatory reporting), how RWED deals with offences and enforcement, problems with continuity in HTCs and RWED officers, ways to submit comments on the Act, and the timeline and process for creating the new Wildlife Act.

This item consists of part eight of a nine-part consultation meeting held February 22, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development and members of the Tuktoyaktuk Hunters and Trappers Committee (HTC) 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 0005A, 0006A, 0006B, 0007A, 0007B, 0008A, 0008B, and 0009B.The recording continues with a fairly lengthy discussion on the responsiveness of officers to reports from community members, specifically referencing a recent issue. The meeting then shifts to presentation and discussion on the proposed Species at Risk Act, including what should be included (animals, plants, habitat protection), composition of committee, sources of information to be used, assessing level of danger based on criteria, immediate protection, protection plans, the process, purpose and composition of the recovery team, approval of recovery plans, stewardship, prevention of species at risk, and offences (intentional and unintentional harm). There was some disruption to the meeting and people went in and out. Questions and comments are made by HTC members.

This item consists of part two of a three-part consultation meeting held February 23, 2000 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the public in Tuktoyaktuk 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 0010A and 0011A. The meeting is an open house style, so only the conversation nearest the recorder is captured clearly. The recording is a continuation of a discussion between two RWED employees and a representative of the Inuvialuit Land Administration (ILA) on topics including ILA possibly delegating authority to the Hunters and Trappers Committees, the lack of trespass legislation in the NWT, possibly having the GNWT assist in fee collection for the ILA, finding ways for the ILA and RWED to work together, stewardship and land appropriation as it relates to the Species at Risk Act and how that might work with land claims agreements, the process of identifying species at risk and old Orders in Council that are still in effect, access to Inuvialuit land for research purposes, and facilitating access to Inuvialuit land by RWED officers.

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.