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Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan - July 2008 1 OLOKHAKTOMIUT COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLAN __________________________________ A PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND LANDS WITHIN THE INUVIALUIT SETTLEMENT REGION IN THE VICINITY OF ULUKHAKTOK, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES GNWT Prepared by The Community of Ulukhaktok The Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT), and the Joint Secretariat July 2008 Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan - July 2008 2 IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS The following important words and abbreviations have been used in the Community Conservation Plan and are explained below. Community Refers to all the Inuvialuit individuals living in the area and the local organizations which represent them. Those organizations include the Hunters and Trappers Committee, Elders, Community Corporation, Community Education Council and Hamlet. Conservation Is ensuring that if we take caribou, there will be caribou the next year and the year after that. The same for anything else. This applies to all uses of the land: if it is used and enjoyed now, it must be left and preserved so that it will be there for the next year and for future years. Ecosystem Refers to all of the plants and animals in an area, including the air, water and land on which they depend. The parts of the ecosystem are interconnected and influence one another. Food and energy flow through the ecosystem and are returned to it. Successful conservation and management depend on the recognition that changing one part of the ecosystem may affect the other parts. CCIW - Canadian Centre for International Waters CWS - Canadian Wildlife Service DFO - Department of Fisheries and Oceans DIAND - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development DOT - Department of Transportation DENR - Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) EIRB - Environmental Impact Review Board EISC - Environmental Impact Screening Committee FJMC - Fisheries Joint Management Committee GNWT - Government of the Northwest Territories GRRB - Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board GTC - Gwich’in Tribal Council HCC - Ulukhaktok (Holman) Community Corporation HTC - Hunters and Trappers Committee IBP - International Biological Programme IFA - Inuvialuit Final Agreement IGC - Inuvialuit Game Council ILA - Inuvialuit Land Administration ILAC - Inuvialuit Land Administration Commission IRC - Inuvialuit Regional Corporation ISR - Inuvialuit Settlement Region NWMB - Nunavut Wildlife Management Board NWT - Northwest Territories OHTC - Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee PWNHC - Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre RRC - Renewable Resource Committee (Gwich’in) SRRB - Sahtu Renewable Resource Board WMAC(NS) - Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope) WMAC(NWT) - Wildlife Management Advisory Council (Northwest Territories) YTG - Yukon Territorial Government Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan - July 2008 3 July 2000 The Ulukhaktok (Holman) Community Conservation Plan has been prepared in consultation with the Inuvialuit Community in Ulukhaktok (Holman) and Inuvialuit and non-Inuvialuit bodies with an interest in the area. The undersigned representatives hereby adopt this document for the purpose of guiding policy and resource management in the planning area. Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan - July 2008 4 Conservation (Nungorutitailinahuaknik) starts by taking care of the land, if it is looked after it will replenish itself, the same goes for our wildlife. If we limit how much we take and do not waste, future generations will continue to harvest successfully from the land. Ulukhaktok (Holman) Working Group, Ulukhaktok (Holman), NWT, 1994 Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan - July 2008 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................... 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................. 10 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 11 1.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ULUKHAKTOK (HOLMAN) AREA .............................................. 14 1.2 INUVIALIUT FINAL AGREEMENT AND RENEWABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............ 18 1.2.1 Inuvialuit Final Agreement.............................................................................................. 18 1.2.2 Wildlife Management Advisory Councils (NWT and North Slope) and Fisheries Joint Management Committee ........................................................................ 18 1.2.3 Inuvialuit Game Council and Hunters and Trappers Committees ................................... 18 1.2.4 Inuvialuit Land Administration ........................................................................................ 18 1.2.5 Environmental Impact Screening Committee and Environmental Impact Review Board ............................................................................. 18 2 COMMUNITY VALUES ............................................................................................................... 20 3 GOALS .......................................................................................................................................... 21 4 SPECIAL AREAS AND RECOMMENDED LAND USE PRACTICES FOR THE PLANNING AREA ........................................................................................................................ 22 4.1 ULUKHAKTOK (HOLMAN) SUBREGION - SPECIAL DESIGNATED LANDS ......................... 23 4.1.1 General Land Use Guidelines ........................................................................................ 58 4.2 INUVIALUIT COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR LAND USE DECISIONS .................................... 59 4.3 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS MANAGEMENT ............................................................................... 59 4.4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING & REVIEW .......................................................................... 60 4.4.1 Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 60 5 EDUCATION, TRAINING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE ............................................. 62 6 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH .................................................................... 63 6.1 GENERAL GUIDELINES ......................................................................................................... 63 6.2 SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL HARVESTING - GENERAL GUIDELINES .................... 65 6.3 TOURISM GUIDELINES .......................................................................................................... 66 6.4 SPECIES CONSERVATION SUMMARIES ............................................................................. 67 Arctic Hare ..................................................................................................................... 68 Caribou .......................................................................................................................... 69 Foxes ............................................................................................................................. 73 Muskox .......................................................................................................................... 74 Polar Bear ...................................................................................................................... 76 Wolf ............................................................................................................................... 79 Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan - July 2008 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont’d) Page Wolverine ....................................................................................................................... 80 Beluga Whale ................................................................................................................ 81 Bowhead Whale ............................................................................................................. 86 Seals ............................................................................................................................. 89 Ducks ............................................................................................................................ 91 Geese and Tundra Swan ............................................................................................... 94 Gulls .............................................................................................................................. 97 Loons ............................................................................................................................. 98 Ptarmigan ...................................................................................................................... 99 Sandhill Crane ............................................................................................................. 100 Peregrine Falcon, Gyrfalcon and Rough Legged Hawk ................................................ 101 Snowy Owl ................................................................................................................... 102 Bird Species List .......................................................................................................... 103 Arctic Charr .................................................................................................................