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NWT Wildlife Research Permits Cover Photo: N Annual Report of 2011 NWT Wildlife Research Permits Cover Photo: N. Larter Contents ENR Administrative Regions of the NWT . 4 Map of the Northwest Territories . 5 Introduction . 7 Wildlife Species Research Bats. 8 Swarming Survey of Bats Near Wood Buffalo National Park. 8 Bears. 10 Movement and Habitat Use by Adult Female Polar Bears. .10 Black Bear Ecology in the North Slave Region . 12 Birds. 14 Population Management of Geese and Swans in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Using Aerial Surveys and Banding Studies. .14 Arctic Shorebird Monitoring Program. .16 Long-Term Population Monitoring of Songbirds at Fort Liard, NWT. 18 Cooperative Waterfowl Population Surveys in the Northwest Territories . 20 Aerial Waterfowl Survey on Banks Island, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, and Western Victoria Island, 2011. 22 Western Canada Cooperative Duck Banding Program at Willow Lake. 24 Western Canada Cooperative Banding Program. 26 Western Canada Cooperative Pre-season Waterfowl Banding Program Mills Lake Station, NWT. 28 Whooping Crane Ecology and Rehabilitation. 30 Latitudinal Variation in Life History Traits and Carry-Over Effects of Yellow Warblers. 34 1 CariBou. 36. Late Winter Recruitment of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Cape Bathurst, and Bluenose-West Barren-ground Caribou Herds . 36 Population Monitoring of the South Nahanni and Coal River Caribou Herds. 38 Population Parameters, Movements, Distribution, and Habitat Use of the Beverly and Ahiak Barren-ground Caribou. 40 Aerial and Ground-based Caribou Surveys of the Winter Road. 44 Bathurst Caribou Health, Condition and Contaminant Monitoring. 46 Continued Monitoring of the Bathurst and Bluenose-East Caribou Herd. 50 Dehcho Boreal Caribou Population Monitoring. 52 Aerial Surveys of the Prairie Creek Mine Access Road for Caribou. 56 Moose . 58. Moose Abundance and Composition Survey. 58 Monitoring Moose Population in the Dehcho. 60 Geospatial Moose Surveys in the Dehcho. 62 Moose Baseline Health Study in the South Slave Region. 64 Moose Population Survey in the Slave River Area (Fort Smith and Fort Resolution Areas). 66 Wolverine. 68 Wolverine DNA Sampling on the Central Barrens . 68 Wolves . 70 Index of Abundance for Tundra-Denning Wolves. 70 Wood.Bison. 72 Monitoring the Nahanni Wood Bison Population. 72 Nahanni Wood Bison Population Survey. 76 2 2011 Annual Report of NWT Wildlife Research Permits Wildlife Health . 78 Wildlife Health and Genetic Monitoring. 78 Community-based Monitoring of Wildlife Health . 82 Wildlife and Habitat Monitoring . 86 Small Mammal and Hare Surveys. 86 Protected Areas . .90 Marsh Bird Surveys in Kwets’ootłàà Candidate Area. 90 Avian Species at Risk Surveys and Nest Searches in the Ka’a’gee Tu Candidate Protected Area. 92 Ecological Regions (ecosystem classification) of the Northwest Territories Arctic Islands. 94 Research Related to Development . 96 Darnley Bay Resources Ltd. 2010-2013 Field Program: Pre-Activity Nest Surveys. 96 Monitoring Wildlife along Enbridge Right of Way. 98 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program. 100 Wildlife Monitoring Program for the Diavik Diamond Mine. 108 Courageous Lake Project Baseline Program. 110 Baseline Wildlife Studies: Gahcho Kue Project. 112 Baseline Wildlife Studies for the Fortune Minerals NICO Project. 114 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Snap Lake Study Area. 116 Chemicals Management Plan Wildlife National Monitoring Program . 118 INDEX . 120 3 Department of Environment and Natural Resources Administrative Regions Aulavik Inuvik! Sachs Harbour Ulukhaktok Tuktoyaktuk ! ! Aklavik ! ! Inuvik ! Paulatuk Fort McPherson ! Tsiigehtchic ! Tuktut Nogait ! Colville Lake ! Fort Good Hope SaNormahn Wells tu ! Délîne ! Tulita ! ! Gamètì ! Wekweètì ! Wrigley North Slave ! Whatì ! Behchokõ Ndilo Dehcho De!tah Åutselk`e !Yellowknife ! Nahanni ! Fort Simpson ! Jean Marie River Nahanni Butte ! ! Fort Providence Fort Resolution Kakisa ! Hay !River Dene Reserve Hay River Fort Liard Trout Lake !! ! ! Enterprise ! South Slave Produced by the Fort Smith NWT Centre for Geomatics ! August 3, 2011 Wood Buffalo Centre for Geomatics 4 2011 Annual Report of NWT Wildlife Research Permits 5 Photo: B Ossenburg 6 2011-2012 Wildlife Research Permits Under the Wildlife Act (section 24), a valid Wildlife Research Permit is required to study wildlife or wildlife habitat in the Northwest Territories (NWT). It is an offence to conduct a survey or census of wildlife or wildlife behaviour, administer drugs, collect or purchase specimens, or carry out any scientific research relating to wildlife without a permit. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) is responsible for issuing Wildlife Research Permits. Each year, researchers carry out studies on all types of wildlife and wildlife habitat, throughout the NWT. As a requirement of an NWT Wildlife Research Permit, researchers must submit a summary report of their activities and findings to ENR. These summary reports are published each year in an annual report. This publication provides summary reports for the wildlife research carried out during 2011. Contact information for the main investigator leading each project has been included if you wish to obtain more information on a specific project. For more information on Wildlife Research Permits, please go to www.enr.gov.nt.ca or contact your local Environment and Natural Resources office. The contents of each summary are the sole responsibility of the team leads for each project and do not reflect any official policy of ENR or the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT). Photo: B Ossenburg 7 Swarming Survey of Bats Near Wood Buffalo National Park septeMBer.2010.to.MarCh.2011 RATIONALE: Main.investigator:. Little is known about bat diversity in the Northwest Dr. Cori Lausen, Independent Research Biologist, Territories (NWT). One of the four main bat hibernacula Bat Specialist known in Alberta is in Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP). It was thus hypothesized that bats also hibernate Wildlife ResearCh PerMit NuMBer: in NWT areas around WBNP. WL004812 oBJeCtives: LOCATION: ´ To locate bat hibernacula; and The study took place in the Fort Smith area, around ´ To determine what species of bats are still present Wood Buffalo National Park (South Slave Region). in NWT in mid-September, during the mating period PARTNERS: just prior to hibernation. ´ Parks Canada METHODS: ´ Environment and Natural Resources (GNWT) We used information from local residents regarding ´ Birchdale Ecological Ltd. potential bat hibernacula in caves, and investigated these areas. Using mist nets for bats captured, and bat detectors CONTACt: to record ultrasounds we inventoried the general area Dr. Cori Lausen to determine species diversity at this time of year. Independent Research Biologist, Bat Specialist IRDF Research Fellow, RESULTS AND Main.ConCLUSIONS: Wildlife Conservation Society Canada We determined that there are three species of bats that PO Box 606 overwinter in this region of the NWT: big brown bat Kaslo, BC V0G 1M0 (Eptesicus fuscus), little brown myotis (Myotis (P) 250-353-7339 lucifugus), and northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis). (E) [email protected] We located one major hibernaculum, containing approximately 3,000 individuals (almost exclusively males). Captures in the vicinity of this cave were of all three species, but internal observation was only of little brown myotis. There are many fissures inside this cave that could be used by big brown bats and northern myotis, and thus these species may also be hibernating in this cave, but they were not visible. The bat hibernaculum located during the study is the largest bat hibernaculum currently known in western Canada. 8 2011 Annual Report of NWT Wildlife Research Permits Wildlife Species Research: Bats LONG-terM.plans.. more likely to be detected from airplane. This may lead and.reCoMMENDATIONS: to finding mixed species hibernacula. The following recommendations are made regarding Locate local Myotis lucifugus maternity colonies. This the South Slave Region and the surrounding WBNP area: will provide opportunity to radio track adult females at Acoustic monitoring year-round along Highway 5 in the end of the summer to potentially locate hibernacula; WBNP to determine if this highway is a migration route this may facilitate an understanding of the male bias in for bats in the spring and/or fall. Simultaneous monitoring the hibernacula and mist net captures during this study. along the Slave and Peace Rivers may also illustrate Exploration and late summer investigation of sinkholes patterns of bat migration especially that of the known by local people, such as in the Lobstick Creek area. tree-roosting bats (hoary, red and silver-haired) that are likely to move out of the area by late summer. CoMMunitY INVOLVEMent: Following the inventory work, I made a public presentation Summer bat surveys (acoustic and capture). It would about bats including the findings from this survey at the be especially interesting to determine whether big brown Parks Canada office in Fort Smith, NWT. bats reside in the area during summer given its absence from the Fort McMurray / Fort McKay areas to the south of WBNP. Monitoring of the hibernacula described in this survey, including regular annual or biennial inspections (counts and checking for signs of White-Nose Syndrome). Acoustic monitoring year-round would be informative to understand patterns of use. Periodic mist netting would allow for patterns of use by species and sex to be known. Continuous population estimates will be needed to monitor this hibernaculum
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