Arsenic occurs naturally in the Earth’s soil and water. Arsenic is also used to make products such as glass, paper, textiles, pesticides, and is also released into the environment through industrial...

L’arsenic est naturellement présent dans le sol et dans l’eau. De plus, il entre dans la fabrication de divers produits, par exemple le verre, le papier, les textiles et les pesticides. Les activités...

2025 Cooperation Agreement Giant Mine Remediation Project En anglais seulement

The NWT State of the Environment (NWT SOE Report) provides information on topics relevant to the environment. Un résumé est disponible en français dans ce document

Wildlife Manuscript Report 155a. Brett Elkin, Terry Armstrong, Troy Ellsworth, 2020. Anthrax Emergency Response Plan (AERP) 2020. 97 pp.

Wildlife Manuscript Report 155b. Supplemental list to file report #155a 2020. 11 pp.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) has maintained a database of all hazardous material spills reported in the Northwest Territories (NWT) since 1971.This report briefly...

Le ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) tient une base de données des déversements de matières dangereuses qui ont été signalés aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest (TNO) depuis...

Help us collect fish samples! The Government of the Northwest Territories, in partnership with the Government of Canada, is studying the extent of contamination in the environment from former mining...

Questions and Answers - Arsenic Monitoring in the Yellowknife Area

Fact sheet about legacy arsenic monitoring in the Yellowknife area.

State of the Knowledge of the Slave River and Slave River Delta A Component of the Vulnerability Assessment of the Slave River and Delta Final Report: April 2016 Prepared for the Slave River and Delta...

Vulnerability Assessment of the Slave River and Delta Summary report for the Community Workshop convened in Fort Smith, January 24–26, 2012 Prepared for the Slave River and Delta Partnership Final...

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: Modeling Store and Release Covers at Three Northern Mining Properties Using SoilCover (January 2006)

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: Northern Hard Rock Mining: Effects on Riparian Zones and Passive Biological Treatment of Impacted Waters (January 2006)

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: Revegetation of Lands Impacted by Northern Hard Rock Mining:Case Studies (December 2005)

West Kitikmeot Slave Study: A Literature Review of the Use of Native Northern Plants for the Re-Vegetation of Arctic Mine Tailings and Mine Waste (September 2005)

Wildlife Manuscript Report 162. Macdonald, C., Elkin, B, Gunn, A. 2005. Analysis of the Elemental Composition of Tissues and Faecal Ash in a Moose (Alces Alces) Exposed to Tailings at the Abandoned...

Evaporation Calculations at the Salmita-Tundra Mine Site, 1993 to 2004

Annual Report to the West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society: Investigation of Aquatic Impacts of On-Ice Exploratory Diamond Drilling: May 15, 2000 Submitted by Anne Wilson