How to start working to protect your special places

 

Start with a community meeting or a workshop. Talk about special natural and cultural areas of land.

Talk to your local and regional leaders

Talk to your elders and people who work on the land

Talk to local groups such as the Renewable Resources Council or the Hunters and Trappers Association

Learn about the special areas in your land claim or land use plan, if you have one

Call the NWT PAS Secretariat for more information

Who can help?

 
THE NWT PROTECTED AREAS STRATEGY SECRETARIAT is staffed with both federal and territorial government representatives. They coordinate the NWT PAS process. They can visit your community to talk about the NWT PAS. They can help you develop a proposal and help you get funding.

Michelle Swallow, NWT PAS Secretariat GNWT michelle_swallow@gov.nt.ca (867) 920-3179
Lillith Brook, NWT PAS Secretariat INAC BrookL@inac-ainc.gc.ca (867) 669-2685
Karen Hamre,  PAS Managing Director PASManagingDirector@northwestel.net (867) 873-6717

THE STEERING COMMITTEE represents NWT PAS partners. They guide how the NWT PAS is put into action. For further information and assistance, please refer to the appropriate NWT PAS partner listed below.

Akaitcho Territory Government

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society NWT

Dehcho First Nations

Government of Canada

Government of the NWT

Gwich’in Tribal Council

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

North Slave Métis Alliance

NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines

Northwest Territory Métis Nation

Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated

Tlicho Government

World Wildlife Fund, NWT