Included are records relating to Administration, Personnel, Policy and Directives, Finance and Budget, Training, Lands and Properties, Associations, Committees and Boards, Native Organizations, Wildlife and Habitat Management, Research and Field Studies, Resource Development, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation and Enforcement, Licenses and Permits, Conservation Education and Pollution Control.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Fort Smith Regional OfficeRecords consist of Ministerial, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister chronos dated from 1985-1993.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateRecords primarily consist of files related to various committees, Hunter and Trapper Associations from the five administrative regions, and various regional, area, and game councils. Records also relate to development and assistance programs and projects, forest fire protection, firearm safety, traps, and the management of bison, muskox, reindeer, and furbearing animals, among other subjects.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife ServiceRecords include files related to land use planning, pipeline development, oil, gas and mineral exploration in the Beaufort Sea and Northwest Territories, water management and planning, departmental administrative and financial records and committee records from the following: Mackenzie River Basin Committee, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Arctic Waters Advisory Committee, Renewable Resources Development Committee, Environmental Advisory Committee on the Arctic, Policy Advisory Committee and the Northwest Territories Water Board.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Environmental Planning and Assessment divisionRecords consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, memorandums, policies and chronos. The records relate to the division's activities, the programs delivered and the transfer of responsibilities for forestry and fire management from the federal government to the GNWT. There are also files documenting the monitoring of animal species, particularly caribou. Some files were produced by the division's predecessors.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management divisionRecords consist of correspondence, minutes, policies, briefing notes, decision papers, copies of submissions to environmental review boards and chronos. The records show evidence of the Directorate's activities, programs delivered, the transfer of responsibilities such as Forest Management and Fire Suppression programs, and the role of the GNWT in land use planning. There are also files documenting submissions prepared for environmental hearings and the monitoring of development projects.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateThese files consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, field project reports, reports of regional and community wildlife officers, fur records, forms and reference material kept by the division. The records relate to a variety of activities such as: hunting, trapping, enforcement of wildlife regulations, animal studies, fisheries, training, and organizational structure. The records show evidence of the division's activities, programs delivered, and the impact the division's policies may have had on the residents of the Northwest Territories. Reports from the five administrative regions of the Government of the Northwest Territories (Fort Smith, Inuvik, Keewatin, Baffin and the Kitikmeot which was once part of the Fort Smith region) have been kept in an effort to document regional activities and responses. Some files were created by the division's predecessors.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services divisionThe records include correspondence, minutes from Regional Superintendents meetings, regional reports from Fort Smith, Inuvik, Baffin, Keewatin and the Kitikmeot, correspondence and minutes from the meetings of the Regional Hunters and Trappers Associations and Renewable Resource Officer reports from the communities and regions of Fort Smith, Inuvik, Kitikmeot and the Keewatin.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services divisionRecords include files related to oil spill management, pesticide regulations, Standing Committee on Toxic Pollutants, mines and pollutant management, solid waste management, recycling and hazardous waste management.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Pollution Control divisionRecords include an invitation to sponsor the Globe '90 International Environment Trade Fair and Conference, a summary of the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) Agreement, and a report on the interests and needs of the NWT in transboundary water negotiations in the Mackenzie River Basin.
Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. DirectorateRecords include correspondence, designs, reports, contracts, and financial information relating to the development of signage, displays at visitor centres, and facilities at territorial parks.
Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks divisionRecords include Explorers Guides, issues of NWT Tourism Today magazine, and other promotional material and booklets related to canoeing, trail hiking, and parks. Some records were created while the division was part of the Department of Economic Development, and some were produced by arm's length agencies such as TravelArctic.
Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks divisionRecords include audit files related to Economic Development Agreement (EDA) contributions, as well as records related to the NWT Business Development Corporation and the NWT Business Credit Corporation. The accession also includes a file from the Department of Renewable Resource regarding the transfer of the Forestry program from the federal government.
Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. DirectorateRecords include files related to strategic planning, policy development, decentralization efforts, assistance to businesses, the Canada-NWT Economic Development Agreement, and planning for a credit union for the NWT. Also included are records from the Department of Renewable Resources, including departmental planning, funding agreements, and records related to forest fire management.
Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. DirectorateRecords include speeches delivered by the Minister, project files that were brought to the attention of the Deputy Minister and records related to the reorganization of the Department.
Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. DirectorateRecords include files related to policy, public relations, and departmental organization; licensing of tourist lodges and outfitters; production and marketing of arts and crafts; and industrial establishments such as sawmills and the Hay River Furniture Plant. The files were managed by the Central Registry. Some records were created by the department's predecessors: the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Industry and Development, and related federal programs.
Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, and brochures from the NWT Hotels Association, Keewatin Tourism Committee, Northern Frontier Country Tourism Committee and the Arctic Coast Tourism Zone Association.
Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks divisionRecords include policy files, reports and studies, correspondence, and case files related to tourism, co-ops, arts and crafts, community stores and other business, and loan programs. The files were held by the Central Registry and include some records created by the department's predecessors, including the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Industry and Development, and records from the federal government.
Records include settlement files and files relating to departmental administration from the Directorate series (60 Block); files relating to camps and lodges from the Tourism series (61 Block); files relating to the operations of co-ops and arts and crafts projects, from the Economic and Industrial series (62 Block); and files documenting applications to the Eskimo Loan Fund from the Loans and Grants series (69 block). The bulk of the records concern the Keewatin region. These records were originally part of the Central Registry system and primarily administered by the Department of Industry and Development. The majority of the records were created by the Department of Industry and Development (1967-1972) and the Department of Economic Development (1973-1976), with the exception of the Eskimo Loan Fund files which were created by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (1977-1995).
Records are from the Central Registry system, Economic and Industrial Series (62 Block) and include files relating to Co-operatives, Arts and Crafts, Business Development, Foods, Settlements, Project Operations, Companies, Forestry, Marketing, Agricultural and Industrial Development and Financial Planning.