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The NWT government says 30 environmental monitoring and research projects will receive a collective $2.24 million in funding.
In a Wednesday news release, the territory announced the recipients of funding under its cumulative impact monitoring program for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
The program, funded by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, aims to monitor and understand environmental impacts and how the territory’s caribou, water and fish are affected by humans and natural processes over time.
Of the funding for 2024-25, $650,000 comes from Polar Knowledge Canada for barren-ground caribou monitoring and research.
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“By combining Indigenous, scientific and local knowledge, we make better decisions for our environment’s future. Our commitment to this research today means a healthier environment for tomorrow,” environment minister Jay Macdonald said in a statement.
The 30 projects receiving funding focus on a range of environmental issues including recovering the landscape contaminated by Giant Mine roaster emissions, monitoring water quality in Akaitcho Territory and assessing the impact of an aerator installed on Frame Lake.
Other projects include aquatic monitoring on the Slave River, understanding the impacts of beaver activity on streams in the Beaufort Delta, and mapping and monitoring permafrost in Sahtu communities.
Of the recipients, the territory said seven focus on traditional knowledge, 21 focus on western science and two combine both. Eight of the projects are new, 14 are mid-term and eight are in their final year.
