Twenty-nine new and ongoing projects will receive $2.2 million collectively in funding this financial year, the NWT government announced on Tuesday.
Funding will be provided as part of the Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP).
A news release states every project will provide valuable knowledge to natural resource managers, governments, and communities to inform decision-making.
As part of the $2.2 million, federal agency Polar Knowledge Canada will provide $650,000 for barren-ground caribou monitoring and research.
Other funding recipients include universities, Indigenous governments and organizations, as well as territorial and federal government departments. Successful recipients receive up to $70,000 per year for three years.
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“These monitoring and research projects help us to better understand cumulative impacts to caribou, water and fish in the Northwest Territories,” environment minister Jay Macdonald was quoted as saying.
“I’m happy that NWT CIMP continues its support working with Indigenous knowledge to better inform decision-making through collaboration.”
According to the NWT Government, out of 29 projects, seven focus on traditional knowledge, 21 are science-focused, and one combines traditional knowledge and science. The government also stated that seven projects are new, seven are mid-term, and 15 are in their final year.
In full: The list of 2025-26 recipients
The projects receiving funding focus on a wide variety of environmental issues, such as the development of a water monitoring program along the Slave River, and the assessment of how wildfires and thawing permafrost affect water resources in the Dehcho and South Slave regions.
Other projects include mapping and monitoring permafrost in the Sahtu, studies of boreal caribou survival and population trends, and a North Slave Métis Alliance winter road monitoring program.
