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“We Have Been Living with the Caribou All Our Lives…” “We have been living with the caribou all our lives…” A report on information recorded during Prepared by: community meetings for: Janet Winbourne and the Bluenose Caribou Management ‘Taking Care of Caribou - the Cape Bathurst, Plan Working Group for: Advisory Committee for Bluenose-West, and Bluenose-East Barren- Cooperation on Wildlife Ground Caribou Herds Management Plan’ Management October 2014 Suggested citation: Advisory Committee for Cooperation on Wildlife Management. 2014. We have been Living with the Caribou all our Lives: a report on information recorded during community meetings for ‘Taking Care of Caribou – the Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-West, and Bluenose-East Barren-ground Caribou Herds Management Plan’. Yellowknife, NT. Production note: Drafts of this report were prepared by Janet Winbourne (under contract with the ACCWM) and the Bluenose Caribou Management Plan Working Group. For additional copies contact: Advisory Committee for Cooperation on Wildlife Management c/o Wek’ èezhıì Renewable Resources Board 102 A 4504 49th Avenue, Yellowknife, NT X1A 1A7 Tel.: (867) 873-5740 Fax: (867) 873-5743 Email: [email protected] About the ACCWM: The Advisory Committee for Cooperation on Wildlife Management was established to exchange information, help develop cooperation and consensus, and make recommendations regarding wildlife and wildlife habitat issues that cross land claim and treaty boundaries. The committee consists of Chairpersons (or alternate appointees) of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT), Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board, Ɂehdzo Got’ın̨ ę Gots’e ̨̨́ Nákedı (Sahtú Renewable Resources Board), Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resources Board, Kitikmeot Regional Wildlife Board, and Tuktut Nogait National Park Management Board. About this report: The ACCWM has developed a plan for the Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-West, and Bluenose-East barren-ground caribou herds, addressing the needs to: develop a cooperative approach to managing for the herds; protect the habitat in the herds’ range; and make decisions on the shared harvests in an open and fair manner. The plan was developed in consultation with most of the communities that harvest from the three herds. The ultimate goal was to ensure that there are caribou today and for future generations. The Management Plan is a working document used in developing specific management tools such as Action Plans. This report is a companion document to the Management Plan that provides further community knowledge. A second report summarizing scientific knowledge about these caribou herds also supports and informs the Management Plan. Cover and section title page photo credits: Cover – Caribou antlers at sunset in Sahtú, Robert Kershaw; p. 19 – Community engagement meeting in Tsiigehtchic, GRRB; p. 63 – Meeting in Aklavik, ENR, GNWT; p. 83 – Training session with Kugluktuk harvesters, Mathieu Dumond, GN; p. 127 – Caribou feeding in Bluenose-West range, Dave Stewart, Inuvialuit Communication Society. Table of Contents Executive Summary ......................................................................................... viii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................... xi Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 Background ........................................................................................................................ 1 The Caribou ........................................................................................................................................... 1 The People ............................................................................................................................................ 2 The Plan ................................................................................................................................................. 4 The Process ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Limitations ....................................................................................................................... 14 Methods ........................................................................................................... 16 How this report was put together..................................................................................... 16 How to use this report ..................................................................................................... 16 Results from Community Engagement Sessions: ............................................... 19 1. Have you seen any changes in the herds? ...................................................... 19 1a. Changes in Caribou Population, Distribution and Migrations: Overview ...................... 20 Inuvialuit Settlement Region .............................................................................................................. 22 Inuvialuit and Gwich’in Shared Meetings, Round 1 ............................................................................ 26 Gwich’in Settlement Area ................................................................................................................... 27 Sahtú Settlement Area ........................................................................................................................ 28 Wek’ èezhıì (Tłıc̨ hǫ Region) ................................................................................................................. 31 Dehcho Region .................................................................................................................................... 32 NWT Métis Nation .............................................................................................................................. 32 Kugluktuk, NU ..................................................................................................................................... 33 1b. Changes in Predators: Overview ................................................................................ 34 Inuvialuit Settlement Region .............................................................................................................. 35 Inuvialuit and Gwich’in Shared Meetings, Round 1 ............................................................................ 35 Gwich’in Settlement Area ................................................................................................................... 36 Sahtú Settlement Area ........................................................................................................................ 37 Wek’ èezhıì (Tłıc̨ hǫ Region) ................................................................................................................. 38 Dehcho Region .................................................................................................................................... 40 [i] North Slave Métis Alliance .................................................................................................................. 40 Kugluktuk, NU ..................................................................................................................................... 40 1c. Changes in the Environment: Overview ...................................................................... 42 Inuvialuit Settlement Region .............................................................................................................. 43 Inuvialuit and Gwich’in Shared Meetings, Round 1 ............................................................................ 43 Gwich’in Settlement Area ................................................................................................................... 43 Sahtú Settlement Area ........................................................................................................................ 45 Wek’ èezhıì (Tłıc̨ hǫ Region) ................................................................................................................. 46 NWT Métis Nation .............................................................................................................................. 46 Kugluktuk, NU ..................................................................................................................................... 47 1d. Changes in Development: Overview ........................................................................... 48 Inuvialuit Settlement Region .............................................................................................................. 49 Inuvialuit and Gwich’in Shared Meetings, Round 1 ............................................................................ 49 Gwich’in Settlement Area ................................................................................................................... 50 Sahtú Settlement Area ....................................................................................................................... 50 Wek’ èezhıì (Tłıc̨ hǫ Region) ................................................................................................................ 51 Dehcho Region .................................................................................................................................... 51 NWT Métis Nation .............................................................................................................................. 51 Kugluktuk, NU
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