Documents
NWT Species at Risk
- Guide to NWT species at risk, including range maps:
- In English: Species at Risk in the NWT (2018)
- In French: upon request
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources Action Plan for Boreal Woodland Caribou Conservation in the Northwest Territories 2010-2015 and its Implementation Plan
- Amphibians & Reptiles in the NWT Pamphlet and Amphibians & Reptiles in the NWT Pamphlet Update (2006)
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources Wood Bison Management Strategy for the Northwest Territories 2010-2020
- Translation Workshop:
- Bats of the Northwest Territories
NWT Species at Risk Stewardship Program
- Species at Risk Stewardship Program brochure
- Species at Risk Stewardship Program brochure (French)
- Species at Risk Stewardship Program application form
- Species at Risk Stewardship Program application form (French)
Species at Risk (NWT) Act
- Species at Risk (NWT) Act – full text
- Understanding the Species at Risk (NWT) Act - brochure
- Flow charts for processes under the Species at Risk (NWT) Act
- Fact Sheet - Status of Species Being Processed Under the Species at Risk (NWT) Act
- Minister of Environment & Natural Resources (ENR)'s Annual Reports
- Northwest Territories Gazette notices of species listing
NWT General Status Ranking Program
- Reports on General Status Ranks for NWT species are published every 5 years.
- Detailed procedures manual: General status ranks of wild species in the Northwest Territories (2002)
Conference of Management Authorities
- Conference of Management Authorities Rules of Conduct
- Guidelines for Management Plans & Recovery Strategies
- Template for Management Plans & Recovery Strategies
Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) Annual Reports
- 2009-10 Annual Report
- 2010-11 Annual Report
- 2011-12 Annual Report
- 2012-13 Annual Report
- 2013-14 Annual Report (English)
- 2013-14 Annual Report (French)
- 2014-15 Annual Report (English)
- 2014-15 Annual Report (French)
- 2015-16 Annual Report (English)
- 2015-16 Annual Report (French)
- 2016-17 Annual Report (English)
- 2016-17 Annual Report (French)
- 2017-18 Annual Report (English)
- 2017-18 Annual Report (French)
- 2018-19 Annual Report (English)
Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) Consensus Agreements on Implementation of Management Plans & Recovery Strategies
- Hairy braya - consensus agreement on implementation of recovery strategy (2016)
- Amphibians - consensus agreement on implementation of management plan (2017)
- Boreal caribou - consensus agreement on implementation of recovery strategy (2017)
- Polar bear - consensus agreement on implementation of joint management plan and framework for action (2018)
- Dolphin and Union caribou - consensus agreement on implementation of management plan for NWT and Nunavut (2018)
Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) Management Plans & Recovery Strategies
- Hairy braya - recovery strategy (2015)
- Notice of extension - boreal caribou, polar bear, Peary caribou (2015)
- Notice of extension - Dolphin and Union caribou (2016)
- Boreal caribou - recovery strategy (2017)
- Amphibians - management plan (2017)
- Polar bear - joint management plan (2017)
- Polar bear - framework for action (2017)
- Notice of extension - Peary caribou (2017)
- Dolphin and Union caribou - management plan for NWT and Nunavut (2018)
- Notice of extension - Peary caribou (2019)
Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) Consensus Agreements on Recovery Strategies/Management Plans
- Hairy braya - consensus agreement on accepting a recovery strategy (2015)
- Boreal caribou - consensus agreement on accepting a recovery strategy (2017)
- Amphibians - consensus agreement on accepting and adopting a management plan (2017)
- Polar bear - consensus agreement on adopting a joint management plan and framework for action (2017)
- Dolphin and Union caribou - consensus agreement on adopting a management plan for the NWT and Nunavut (2017)
Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) Consensus Agreements on Listing
- Barren-ground caribou - consensus agreement on listing (2018)
- Grizzly bear - consensus agreement not to list (2018)
- Little brown myotis - consensus agreement on listing (2018)
- Northern myotis - consensus agreement on listing (2018)
- Wood bison - consensus agreement on listing (2017)
- Western toad - consensus agreement on listing (2015)
- Northern leopard frog - consensus agreement on listing (2014)
- Dolphin and Union caribou - consensus agreement on listing (2014)
- Boreal caribou - consensus agreement on listing (2013)
- Hairy braya - consensus agreement on listing (2013)
- Peary caribou - consensus agreement on listing (2013)
- Polar bear - consensus agreement on listing (2013)
Conference of Management Authorities (CMA) Meeting Minutes
- August 2010
- January 2011
- June 2011
- November 2011
- January 2012
- June 2012
- December 2012
- February 2013
- June 2013
- October 2013
- December 2013
- January 2014
- June 2014
- September 2014
- November 2014
- January 2015
- July 2015
- September 2015
- October 2015
- April 2016
- May 2016
- October 2016
- December 2016
- January 2017
- May 2017
- June 2017
- October 2017 (SARC-CMA workshop)
- October 2017
- December 2017
- January 2018
- February 2018
- May 2018
- September 2018
- November 2018
- February 2019
Species at Risk Committee
Administrative Documents
- Assessment process and objective biological criteria
- Checklist to prioritize species for assessment
- Member list and biographies
- Guidelines for species status reports:
- SARC Rules of Conduct
Annual Reports
- 2009-10 Annual Report
- 2010-11 Annual Report
- 2011-12 Annual Report
- 2012-13 Annual Report
- 2013-14 Annual Report (English)
- 2013-14 Annual Report (French)
- 2014-15 Annual Report (English)
- 2014-15 Annual Report (French)
- 2015-16 Annual Report (English)
- 2015-16 Annual Report (French)
- 2016-17 Annual Report (English)
- 2016-17 Annual Report (French)
- 2017-18 Annual Report (English)
- 2017-18 Annual Report (French)
- 2018-19 Annual Report (English)
Species Assessments
Completed Species Status Reports and Assessments:
- Grizzly bear status report and assessment
- Porcupine caribou and barren-ground caribou status report and assessment
- Big brown bat, little brown myotis, northern myotis, long-eared myotis, and long-legged myotis status report and assessment
- Wood bison status report and assessment
- Western toad status report and assessment
- Wolverine status status report and assessment
- Dolphin and Union caribou status report and assessment
- Northern leopard frog status report and assessment
- Boreal caribou status report and assessment
- Hairy braya status report and assessment
- Peary caribou status report and assessment
- Polar bear status report and assessment
Canada - National
- Environment Canada guidance document on species at risk and environmental assessment: Environmental Assessment Best Practice Guide for Wildlife at Risk in Canada
- For documents related to the federal Species at Risk Act, including species status reports, recovery strategies, action plans and management plans for species on the federal Species at Risk Act list, go to www.sararegistry.gc.ca.
- Status reports for some species assessed by COSEWIC that have not been added to the federal Species at Risk Act list may still be found at www.sararegistry.gc.ca
- For the current list of species assessed by COSEWIC and being considered by the federal government for listing under the federal Species at Risk Act, go to www.cosewic.gc.ca, click on Wildlife Species Assessment and examine the Assessment Results (which describes species that were assessed at the most recent COSEWIC meeting), and the Canadian Species at Risk document (which describes all species that COSEWIC has assessed and where they are in the listing process).