NWT Species at Risk

The call for application for the 2024-2025 program year is now closed.

The next call for applications for 2025-2026 projects will open on January 15, 2025.

The NWT Species Conservation and Recovery Fund provides funding for projects that support the long-term conservation, recovery and protection of species that are at risk in the NWT.

Applications for funding for 2024-2025 projects (beginning April 1, 2024) are being accepted from January 15 to March 1, 2024.

Please submit your completed application form if you have an idea for a project that:

• Addresses threats to species, habitats, landscapes, or ecosystems
• Fills knowledge gaps related to species, habitats, or threats
• Contributes to outreach, education, and awareness about species

Apply now! The application package is available here (also available in French).

For more information, please see the NWT Species Conservation and Recovery Fund web page or read the brochure.

Photo: Northern leopard frog, Leslie Bol

This engagement opportunity is now closed. Thank you for your comments! 

The species status report for Peary caribou was finalized in May 2022.

• Read the species status report here

The NWT Species at Risk Committee (SARC) has released the draft Species Status Report for Peary Caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) in the NWT for review. The species status report is a comprehensive report that compiles and analyzes the best available Indigenous, community, and scientific information on the biological status of Peary caribou in the NWT, as well as existing and potential threats and positive influences. The report was prepared in advance of the scheduled 2022 re-assessment of Peary caribou in the NWT and updates the information available in the previous (2012) status report for Peary caribou in the NWT.

If you are interested in reviewing the report and submitting comments, please use the following questions to guide your review:

• Has the report fully investigated the best available sources of information?
• Is the information from those sources portrayed accurately?

Comments on the draft report must be submitted to the Species at Risk Secretariat by no later than January 7, 2022 (commenting on this document is now closed).

Comments can be submitted via email (sara@gov.nt.ca), fax (867-873-0293), or via standard mail at the address below:

Species at Risk Secretariat
SC6, c/o Environment and Natural Resources
Government of the Northwest Territories
PO Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9

Please note that the report is a draft and is not to be cited without permission of the Species at Risk Committee Chairperson. If you have any questions about reviewing draft status reports, or if you require the report in a different format, please contact the Species at Risk Secretariat.