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This item consists of part two of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 24, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Whati on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side B of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0033A and 0034A. Government representatives at the meeting include Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave), Dean Clough (biologist), Ron Graf (Manager of Wildlife and Fisheries, Headquarters), Raymond Bourget (North Slave Office), and Dan McStravick (Business Development Office, Rae (Behchoko)). Presenter Raymond Bourget invites questions and comments about the new Wildlife Act and receives feedback from several Tlicho speakers referencing the land claim and self-government agreement in progress, thanking the presenters, and sharing stories about hunting in the past. A comment is also made with respect to the use of high-powered rifles. Raymond Bourget continues with the presentation of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including why the Act is being developed, monitoring and assessment, listing (SAR committee, sources of information, process, levels of risk), automatic prohibitions, recovery (team, plan, timelines, approval, implementation), reassessment, delisting, emergency listing, habitat protection, intentional and unintentional harm, stewardship, and the purpose of the Act. A Tlicho speaker comments about caribou numbers, wastage, and using caribou wisely. Bourget asks that wastage be reported so it can be investigated. A comment from an English speaker is unintelligible. Another Tlicho speaker suggests swifter action to develop the legislation.

This item consists of part one of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 24, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Whati on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0033B and 0034A. The meeting begins with brief introductions of the government representatives at the meeting: Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave), Dean Clough (biologist), Ron Graf (Manager of Wildlife and Fisheries, Headquarters), Raymond Bourget (North Slave Office), and Dan McStravick (Business Development Office, Rae (Behchoko)). Raymond Bourget leads the presentation of the new Wildlife Act, including process of developing new Wildlife legislation (what has been done, upcoming steps), how to improve consultation, ability to submit comments, how to use traditional knowledge in managing wildlife, what kind of animals Act applies to, licencing (land claims beneficiaries, out of territory Indigenous people), hunter training (mandatory, for whom), outfitting (residency requirements, guide training and certification), buddy hunting (licence requirement), tag allowances (by licence type, area-specific, by species), trapping, harvest reporting (harvest studies, mandatory reporting), hunting methods (calibre restrictions, weapon or firearm restrictions, baiting), harassment of wildlife (chasing, photography, aircraft), using airplanes for hunting (waiting period), age requirements, no-shooting corridors along roads, wastage of meat (personal, commercial operations), feeding game meat to dogs, export (permits, quantities), possession and export of live wildlife, and penalties and enforcement.

This item consists of part three of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 24, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Whati on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0033A and 0033B. Government representatives at the meeting include Ernie Campbell (Manager of Wildlife, North Slave), Dean Clough (biologist), Ron Graf (Manager of Wildlife and Fisheries, Headquarters), Raymond Bourget (North Slave Office), and Dan McStravick (Business Development Office, Rae (Behchoko)). Many comments are offered by Tlicho speakers regarding the change to a new kind of trap that Elders are not comfortable with. Responses are given as to why the trap change was necessary, indicating that funding is available to support the design of new traps, that trapping workshops are being offered, and about the former Western Harvester Assistance Program. Another Tlicho speaker comments about caribou numbers and migration patterns. Regional Biologist Dean Clough responds giving information on wildlife studies and results. Some comments are unintelligible. A question is also asked whether local people have seen bison moving up to Whati. The meeting closes with encouragement to the people to bring ideas for studies and comments, to stop in and visit if they come to Yellowknife, and thanks.

This item consists of part three of an eight-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held November 6-7, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the Sahtu Renewable Resources Board in Norman Wells 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 0042A, 0042B, 0044A, 0044B, 0045A, 0045B, and 0046A. The meeting includes presentation and discussion of the new Wildlife Act, including licences (non-resident Status Indians, border licences). The meeting ends around 25 minutes, but the recording continues with a what appears to be another meeting. This portion is very quiet and has lots of static. The meeting may relate to Species at Risk and makes reference to status, reporting, a deadline for information submission, and sending representatives to the CITES conference.

This item consists of part two of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held January 15, 2002 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Rae (Behchoko) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side B of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0052A and 0053A. The recording begins with comments from a Tlicho speaker on a number of topics, including caribou migration, big game outfitters and wastage, and the traditional use of caribou. Responses are made and then the meeting proceeds with the presentation of the new Wildlife Act, including improving consultation, using traditional knowledge, scope of act (what animals it applies to), licencing (various kinds, out-of-territory Indigenous people (resident or not), residency requirements), and hunter training. Comments and responses are made regarding the Tlicho land claim (in-progress), the importance of wildlife, and the purpose of the meeting to gather opinions.

This item consists of part one of a three-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held January 15, 2002 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and the community of Rae (Behchoko) on proposed new wildlife legislation. The meeting is in English and Tlicho. The original source item is side A of a 120 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0052B and 0053A. The meeting includes presentation and discussion of the new wildlife legislation, including process for developing wildlife legislation and timelines. Some comments are made by Tlicho speakers but the translations are difficult to hear. The meeting continues with presentation on the proposed Species at Risk legislation, including introduction, examples on endangered species in the NWT, reason for developing SAR Act, purpose of the Act, underlying principles, assessment, committee, recommendations, automatic prohibitions, reassessment, process for listing, categories of risk, recovery (team, timelines, plan, habitat protection, implementation), emergency listing, habitat protection, enforcement, stewardship, intentional and unintentional harm, and penalties.

This item consists of part four of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 18, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and 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 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0027A, 0027B, and 0028A. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including export permits, possession of live wildlife, live export, and fines and penalties (possible 3-tier system). 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 18, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and 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 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0027A, 0027B, and 0028B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including quantity of tags, mandatory reporting of harvest, harvesting methods, baiting, harassment of wildlife or interruption of harvesting, minimum waiting period between fly-in and hunt, minimum age for licence, minor's permit, non-hunting corridor along highways, wastage (personal and commercial), feeding big game to domestic animals, and export permits or use of license as export permit. 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 18, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and 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 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0027A, 0028A, and 0028B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including licencing, mandatory reporting of harvest, residency requirements, hunter training, requirements to hire outfitters and guides, guide training and certification, buddy hunting, and quantity of tags available. Questions and comments are offered by the HTC members.

This item consists of part one of a four-part consultation meeting (Phase 2) held October 18, 2001 between staff from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED) and 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 90 minute audio cassette. The meeting also includes items 0027B, 0028A, and 0028B. The meeting consists of presentation and discussion of the proposed Species at Risk Act, including composition of the committee, responsibilities of the recovery team, automatic prohibition, recovery implementation, status reassessment, current Order in Council covering some species, quota systems, emergency listings, critical habitat definition and examples, enforcement and penalties, acts causing harm (intentional or unintentional), monitoring compliance, and stewardship. After a break, the meeting resumes with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including introduction, use of traditional and scientific knowledge, what the Act should apply to (species and habitat), and licencing (particularly General Hunting Licences). Questions and comments are offered by the HTC members.

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 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 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 five 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, 0008A, 0008B, 0009A, and 0009B.The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including outfitting, buddy hunting, possession of live wildlife, import and export of live wildlife, commercial sale of game meat and meat inspection, and use of licence as meat export permit. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC.

This item consists of part four 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, 0007B, 0008A, 0008B, 0009A, and 0009B.The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including minor's permits, trapping, guiding and outfitting, and guide training and certification. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC.

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 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 three 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, 0007A, 0007B, 0008A, 0008B, 0009A, and 0009B.The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including whether baiting should be allowed, wildlife harassment, and licencing (relationship to Treaty or Land Claim rights, residency requirements, rules for Indigenous people from out of jurisdiction, classes of licences). There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC.

This item consists of part two 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, 0006B, 0007A, 0007B, 0008A, 0008B, 0009A, and 0009B.The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including how people are treating the land, habitat protection, whether baiting should be allowed, and the responsiveness of officers. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC.

This item consists of part one 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 0006A, 0006B, 0007A, 0007B, 0008A, 0008B, 0009A, and 0009B. The presenter describes the consultation and approval process, why a Wildlife Act is necessary, where to get additional information, why the Species at Risk Act is being proposed, and the purpose of the Wildlife Act. The recording continues with presentation and discussion of the Wildlife Act, including scope (which species the Act should apply to), what animals can be hunted, and tags. There are questions and comments from the members of the HTC.