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Guiding documents
Supporting documents
Comments and presentations to government agencies and regulatory boards
- Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Plan 2005-2012 [2005]
(1.3MB)
- Beverly Qamanirjuaq Barren Ground Caribou Management Agreement [revised April 2002]
- Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Plan 1996-2002 and Part II – Action Plans [1996]
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BQCMB 27th Annual Report: 2008-2009 [2008] (11.8MB)
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BQCMB 26th Annual Report: 2007-2008 [2008] (10.8MB)
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BQCMB 25th Annual Report: 2006-2007 [2007] (5.5MB)
- BQCMB 24th Annual Report: 2005-2006 [2006]
- BQCMB 23rd Annual Report: 2004-2005 [2005]
(4.5MB)
- 20th Anniversary Report: Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board 1982 - 2002 [2002]
- Report: Economic Valuation and Socio-Cultural Perspectives of the Estimated Harvest
of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Herds [prepared by InterGroup Consultants, Winnipeg. May 2008] (1.4MB)
- Plain language summary: Protecting Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou for All Time [2005]
- PowerPoint presentation: An Introduction to the BQCMB [updated September 2005] (4.9MB)
- Position paper: Protecting Calving Grounds, Post-Calving Areas and Other Important Habitats for Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou [2004]
- Profile: The Beverly Caribou Herd -- Continental Wilderness Travelers [2001]
- Profile: The Qamanirjuaq Caribou Herd -- An Arctic Enigma [2001]
- Part I (Report): Protecting Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou and Caribou Range [1999]
- Part II (based on CD-ROM): Protecting Beverly and Qaminirjuaq Caribou and Caribou Range [2000]
- Part III (Data CD): Containing SPANS GIS data and mapping files created for mapping caribou distribution and movements, and supporting documentation, this Data CD is on deposit with the NWT Centre for Remote Sensing in Yellowknife, the Manitoba Conservation Data Centre in Winnipeg, and the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre in Regina. For contact information, see Part 2: Map Atlas and Documentation -- Information about Data Sources
- Poster: Conserve Caribou – Hunt Wisely [1998]
- Report: A Review of Fire Management on Forested Range of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Herd of Caribou, Technical Report 1 [1994] (5.3MB)
- Report: Fire Management Recommendations for Forested Range of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Herds of Caribou. Management Report 1. (1.7MB) (including foldout map 1 and foldout map 2) [1994]
Comments and presentations to government agencies and regulatory boards
Due to limited capacity, the BQCMB usually only addresses land use applications for particularly sensitive areas such as calving and post-calving areas, and migration routes.
2010
March 3, 2010 – Comments on the Tlicho and NWT governments' joint proposal on Bathurst caribou management actions in Wek'e`ezhi`i. The BQCMB applauded conservation efforts but also outlined some concerns stemming from overlap of the seasonal ranges of Bathurst and adjacent caribou herds (including the Beverly herd), the decline of the Beverly herd, and the reduced availability of caribou to communities that have always depended on hunting the Beverly herd. Comments submitted to the Wek'e`ezhi`i Renewable Resources Board.
2009
January 12, 2009 – Comments on the draft EIS guidelines for Uravan’s Garry Lake project. The BQCMB is very concerned about Uravan’s proposal to expand exploration activities on the Beverly herd's core traditional calving ground. Comments submitted to NIRB.
February 10, 2009 – Comments on AREVA Resources Canada's Kiggavik uranium mine and mill project proposal. The BQCMB urges NIRB to recommend to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada that a review of the proposal be conducted under Part 5 or 6 in accordance with Article 12 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. The Kiggavik proposal reflects a major project, situated west of Baker Lake, that is likely to cause significant adverse eco-systemic and socioeconomic effects, including effects on caribou, caribou habitat and caribou harvesting activities. Given that the Beverly caribou herd is in serious decline, the proposed project would harm residents not only of Nunavut, but of Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories as well. Comments submitted to NIRB.
March 26, 2009 – Titan (application for a one-year extension to its land use permit for the “Thelon” uranium exploration project, which lies on the traditional calving ground of Beverly caribou, northeast of the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary). Comments submitted to NIRB.
April 2, 2009 – Western Uranium Corporation (application for a second one-year extension to its land use permit for the “Thelon Basin” uranium exploration project, which lies on the traditional calving ground of Beverly caribou, northeast of the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary). Comments submitted to NIRB.
July 27, 2009 – Uranium North Resources (application for a one-year extension to its land use permit to conduct uranium exploration in the Amer Lake area, 150 km north-northwest of Baker Lake and about 60 km east of the traditional Beverly calving ground). Comments submitted to NIRB.
2008
Feb. 8, 2008 – Comments on workplans developed by MVEIRB for conducting the environmental assessments of four uranium exploration proposals in the upper Thelon Basin: the Crab Lake project (Bayswater), the El Lake project (Bayswater), the South Boomerang Lake project (Uravan), and the North Boomerang Lake project (Uravan).
Feb. 8, 2008 – Bayswater’s North Thelon project proposal, which would see uranium exploration activities being conducted on Beverly calving and post-calving areas in 2008. Comments submitted to NIRB.
March 4, 2008 – Matrix Aviation (proposal to haul fuel and supplies from Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet to mineral exploration camps within the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut). Comments submitted to NIRB.
March 17, 2008 – Cameco Corporation (proposed uranium exploration on its Turqavik and Aberdeen properties northwest of Baker Lake). Comments submitted to NIRB.
April 17, 2008 – Ur-Energy (proposed Nowleye Lake/BUGS uranium exploration project, mid-way between Baker Lake, Nunavut and Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan). Comments submitted to NIRB.
April 23, 2008 – Uravan (proposed uranium exploration project on its Garry Lake property, which lies on Beverly caribou traditional calving ground, northeast of the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary.) Comments submitted to NIRB.
April 28, 2008 – Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (extension and amendment to Pacific Ridge's land use permit for mineral exploration on its Baker Lake project near the Kazan River.) Comments submitted to NIRB.
May 23, 2008 – Further comments on four upper Thelon uranium exploration proposals undergoing environmental assessment by the MVEIRB. The proposals include Bayswater’s Crab Lake project, Bayswater’s El Lake project, Uravan’s South Boomerang Lake project and Uravan’s North Boomerang Lake project. The BQCMB submitted identical letters on the four environmental assessments (the example posted here addresses Bayswater’s Crab Lake proposal). Comments submitted to MVEIRB.
June 9, 2008 – Further comments on Uravan's proposed Garry Lake uranium exploration project, as requested by NIRB. Attachment A provides additional background information. Uravan's Garry Lake project, on Beverly caribou traditional calving ground, is in an area that has been proposed by parties to the Thelon Game Sanctuary Management Plan for designation as a special management area, specifically to help protect the Beverly caribou herd and its habitat. Comments submitted to NIRB.
June 17, 2008 – Uranium North (proposed uranium exploration near Dubawnt Lake, about 320 kilometres southwest of the community of Baker Lake). Activities will occur when Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou may be using the area. Comments submitted to NIRB.
June 29, 2008 – Forum Uranium (proposed uranium exploration for its North Thelon Project, in the Schultz Lake area west of Baker Lake). This area can provide important habitat to barren-ground caribou from the Beverly, Qamanirjuaq, Wager Bay and Lorillard herds throughout most of the year, including spring migration, post-calving, late summer, fall migration and rut, and winter. Comments submitted to NIRB.
July 18, 2008 – Kivalliq Energy Corp. (proposed uranium exploration for its Angilak Project, west of Whale Cove and southwest of Baker Lake, Nunavut). Kivalliq Energy's proposed activities will occur when Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou may be using this area. Comments submitted to NIRB.
September 15, 2008 – Comments on a February 2007 report prepared by Golder Associates Ltd. entitled Report on Qualitative Assessment of the Cumulative Effect from UR-Energy’s Exploration Program on the Beverly Caribou Herd. The report stems from the public review of Ur-Energy's proposed Screech Lake, NWT uranium exploration project. The BQCMB was asked by the Akaitcho Implementation Measures Office in Lutselk'e to comment on the Golder report .
October 29, 2008 – Comments on the draft scope of NIRB's review of Uravan's proposed Garry Lake uranium exploration project. The Garry Lake area is part of the Beverly herd's core traditional calving ground, and the BQCMB strongly recommends that no exploration or development activities be permitted on the traditional calving ground. Both the Beverly and Ahiak caribou herds could be affected by the Uravan project. This would impact not only Inuit harvesters living nearby, but also Akaitcho Dene, Athabasca Denesuline, Métis and non-Aboriginal people who hunt the herds. Comments submitted to NIRB.
November 5, 2008 – Presentation to NIRB's Uravan-Garry Lake Scoping and Guideline Development Workshop, held in Baker Lake, Nunavut. (9.5 MB) 
(For best results, download the file to your desktop and open with PowerPoint. A dialog box may ask if you want to update links in the document. If so, click on "Cancel." Read the accompanying notes by clicking on the "Notes Page" view in PowerPoint.)
December 16, 2008 – Comments on AREVA Resources Canada's request for a second one-year extension to its land use permit for uranium exploration on its Kiggavik and Sissons properties west of Baker Lake. Comments submitted to NIRB.
2007
Jan. 15, 2007 – Presentation, with maps, to the MVEIRB’s Environmental Assessment Public Hearing in Lutselk’e, NWT, regarding Ur-Energy’s proposed uranium exploration near Screech Lake, NWT. The presentation by the BQCMB was in two parts, with Part A provided jointly by the BQCMB and NWT Government, and Part B provided by the BQCMB alone. (9.5 MB) (For best results, download the file to your desktop and open with PowerPoint. A dialog box may ask if you want to update links in the document. If so, click on "Cancel." Read the accompanying notes by clicking on the "Notes Page" view in PowerPoint.)
- Spring Range of Beverly Caribou – Concentration Areas and Primary Movement Corridors
- Late Summer Range of Beverly Caribou
- Range used during Fall Migration and Rut by Beverly Caribou
- Beverly Herd's Total Range and Calving Grounds
- Water and Ice Crossings used by the Beverly Caribou Herd in the Western Northwest Territories
- Mineral Rights on Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Calving Grounds – September 2006
- Thelon Basin – Potential Uranium Deposit
- South Thelon Basin Mineral Claims
- Collared Cows from the Ahiak and Beverly Herds (1995 - 2006)
- Locations of Collared Beverly and Ahiak Caribou – General Screech Lake Region
- Locations of Collared Beverly and Ahiak Caribou – Local Screech Lake Project Area
Jan. 15, 2007 – Comments on barren-ground caribou and cumulative effects provided for the MVEIRB’s Environmental Assessment Public Hearing in Lutselk’e, NWT, regarding Ur-Energy’s proposed uranium exploration near Screech Lake, NWT.
Feb. 1, 2007 – Starfield Resources Inc. (Ferguson Lake project proposal). Comments submitted to NIRB.
Feb. 12, 2007 – Post-hearing recommendations from the BQCMB and the NWT Government regarding Ur-Energy’s proposed uranium exploration near Screech Lake, NWT. Comments submitted to MVEIRB.
March 2, 2007 – Starfield Resources Inc. (Ferguson Lake project proposal).
Comments on Starfield’s response to comments from parties. Submitted to NIRB.
March 12, 2007 – Western Uranium Corporation (Thelon Basin project proposal). Comments submitted to NIRB.
March 12, 2007 – AREVA Resources Canada Inc. (Kiggavik-Sissons project proposal). Comments submitted to NIRB.
March 24, 2007 – Cameco Corporation (Aberdeen-Turqavik project proposal). Comments submitted to NIRB.
March 28, 2007 – Presentation to a Government of Nunavut/Department of Environment uranium workshop entitled “Cumulative Impacts in the Thelon Geological Basin.” (7.87 MB) (For best results, download the file to your desktop and open with PowerPoint. A dialog box may ask if you want to update links in the document. If so, click on "Cancel." Read the accompanying notes by clicking on the "Notes Page" view in PowerPoint.)
June 6, 2007 - Presentation to the Nunavut Planning Commission's uranium workshop reviewing the social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects of uranium exploration and development
(10 MB) (For best results, download the file to your desktop and open with PowerPoint. A dialog box may ask if you want to update links in the document. If so, click on "Cancel." Read the accompanying notes by clicking on the "Notes Page" view in PowerPoint.)
June 22, 2007 – Forum Uranium Corporation (proposed exploration in the Schultz Lake area west of Baker Lake, Nunavut). Comments submitted to NIRB.
June 26, 2007 – Terrane Metals Corp. (permit renewal for mineral exploration at Maze Lake, Nunavut). Comments submitted to NIRB.
Aug. 7, 2007 – Response to assessment of Caribou Protection Measures, prepared for INAC by Anne Gunn and co-authors. Comments submitted to INAC. To view the March 2007 report in question, download Assessment of Caribou Protection Measures. (1.3MB)
Aug. 10, 2007 – Bayswater Uranium Corporation (proposal to conduct mineral exploration activity in the areas of Crab Lake and El Lake, Upper Thelon watershed, NWT). Comments submitted to MVLWB.
Sept. 5, 2007 – Ur-Energy (BQCMB letter of support for MVEIRB recommendations on Ur-Energy proposal for uranium exploration near Screech Lake, Upper Thelon watershed, NWT.) Submitted to Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl.
2006
April 13, 2006 – NTI (process and content of draft uranium policy and draft consultation document). Comments submitted to NTI.
May 1, 2006 – NTI (draft uranium policy and draft consultation document).
Comments submitted to NTI.
April 10, 2006 – Uravan Minerals (Boomerang Lake, NWT, project proposal). Comments submitted to MVLWB. (3.45 MB)
July 26, 2006 – Pacific Ridge (proposed exploration near Kazan River, Nunavut). Comments submitted to NIRB.
Aug. 4, 2006 – Pacific Ridge (application amendment for exploration near Kazan River, Nunavut). Comments submitted to NIRB.
Aug. 18, 2006 – Ur-Energy (land use application to conduct exploration near Screech Lake, NWT). Comments submitted to MVLWB.
Oct. 5, 2006 – Ur-Energy (draft workplan for environmental assessment of proposed exploration near Screech Lake, NWT). Comments submitted to MVEIRB.
Nov. 1, 2006 – Ur-Energy (information requests relating to environmental assessment of proposed exploration near Screech Lake, NWT). Comments submitted to MVEIRB.
Nov. 3, 2006 – Athabasca Draft Stage 1 Land Use Plan. Comments submitted to Saskatchewan Environment.