About the Sahtu Renewable Resources
Board
The Sahtu Dene & Metis Comprehensive
Land Claim Agreement was signed in 1993. The Agreement
established the Sahtu
Settlement Area, which includes approximately
283,000 square km of land and the communities of Colville
Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Norman Wells, and Tulita.
The Sahtu Renewable Resources Board
(SRRB) was established through the Land Claim Agreement
(13.8) and the Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement
Act (June 24, 1994). The SRRB is the main instrument of
wildlife and forestry management in the Sahtu Settlement
Area.
This organization is deemed a regional
co-management board, thereby representing beneficiaries
as well as non-beneficiaries and the non-aboriginal
population of the Sahtu Settlement Area. The SRRB, with
equal representation from communities and territorial/federal
government agencies, is dedicated to protecting, conserving,
and managing all renewable resources in the Sahtu.
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