Thaydene Nene National Park

Infobox Protected area
name = Thaydene Nene National Park
iucn_category = II

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caption = Location of Thaydene Nene in Canada
locator_x = 82
locator_y = 111
location = flag|Northwest Territories
CAN
nearest_city = Yellowknife
coords = coord|62|30|N|111|00|W|scale:2000000_region:CA|name=Thaydene Nene National Park|display=inline,title
area = convert|33000|km2|0|abbr=on
established = November 21, 2007
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = Parks Canada

Thaydene Nene National Park (from Dene, meaning "land of our ancestors"Cite web
url=http://www.naturecanada.ca/newsroom_oct_17_06_NPs.asp
title=Nature Canada Applauds Federal Government’s Renewed Commitment to National Park System
publisher=Nature Canada
date=2006-10-16
accessdate=2007-11-21] ; also East Arm of Great Slave Lake) is a proposed national park located on the northern edge of the boreal forest in the Northwest Territories, Canada.Cite web
url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071121.wpark21/BNStory/
title=NWT to get new national park
last=Gandhi
first=Unnati
publisher=Globe and Mail
date=2007-11-21
accessdate=2007-11-21] It covers an area of approximately convert|33000|km2|sqmi|0.

The area is subject to an "interim land withdrawal" until 2012, by which "no new mining claims or oil and gas rights will be issued for the area".Cite web
url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/11/15/nwt-ramparts.html
title=N.W.T.'s Ramparts gain interim protection
publisher=CBC News
date=2001-11-15
accessdate=2001-11-22] However, existing industrial and commercial activities will be allowed to continue, as will the construction of any facility associated with Talstom Dam. Designation as a national park would prevent the expansion of uranium and diamond mines located just north of the park's boundaries, and protects caribou and pelt animals such as "lynx, wolf, red fox, wolverine, martin, moose and black bear". It features red granite cliffs, as well as "a spectacular array of peninsulas, canyons and waterfalls as the forests give way to northern tundra".Cite web
url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e2d14597-911d-409e-9305-4a55713f6bb5
title=Harper earns green stripes by protecting vast areas of northern land
last=Martin
first=Don
publisher=The Calgary Herald
date=2007-11-21
accessdate=2007-11-21] Various migratory bird species also stage and nest in the area, including ducks and songbirds.Cite web
url=http://www.borealbirds.org/news_pages/news_detail.php?a_id=339
title=The Pew Charitable Trusts applauds Canadian Boreal Forest protection
publisher=Boreal Songbird Initiative
date=2006-10-13
accessdate=2007-11-21]

History

Consideration for the creation a national park in the region was withdrawn in 1970 under the Territorial Lands Act, but in 2001 the Lutsel K’e (previously "Snowdrift") Dene First Nations band re-considered the proposal.Cite web
url=http://www.parcscanada.pch.gc.ca/docs/pc/rpts/etat-state-2001/sec5/par2_e.asp
title=State of Protected Heritage Areas 2001 Report
publisher=Parks Canada
date=2001
accessdate=2007-11-21] Consultations for a feasibility study proceeded from 2002 to 2004, which drew the inclusion of the Métis Nation in the process.Cite web
url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/pc/rpts/etat-state-2003/sec05_e.asp
title=State of Protected Heritage Areas 2003 Report
publisher=Parks Canada
date=2003
accessdate=2007-11-21] By 2005, the Lutsel K’e produced a Band Council Resolution "supporting consideration of a national park as part of a broader protection initiative for their traditional territory"Cite web
url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/pc/rpts/etat-state-2005/app-ann-1_E.asp
title= STATE OF PROTECTED HERITAGE AREAS for the period ending March 31, 2005
publisher=Parks Canada
date=2005
accessdate=2007-11-21] , in cooperation with other Akaitcho First Nations. In 2006, the Environment Minister Rona Ambrose signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lutsel K’e which expanded the area for consideration for the national park.Cite web
url=http://www.wwf.ca/NewsAndFacts/NewsRoom/default.asp?section=archive&page=display&ID=1509&lang=EN
title=WWF-Canada Supports Dene Initiatives and Ambrose’s Announcements for Protection in the Mackenzie Watershed
publisher=World Wildlife Fund
date=2006-10-13
accessdate=2007-11-21] cite web
url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2006/13/c7886.html
title=Canadian Boreal Initiative applauds agreement for a new northern National Park between Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation and Parks Canada
publisher=Canada Newswire
date=2006-10-13
accessdate=2007-11-21] Originally expected to be designated in 2009Cite web
url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/14/nwt-park.html
title=Ottawa, Dene agree to create vast national park
publisher=CBC News
date=2006-10-14
accessdate=2007-11-21] , the approval was fast-tracked by the federal government, which allocated $3 million for a final feasibility study for the areas to be protected by the national park, and a further convert|62000|km2|sqmi|0 of adjacent land.Cite web
url=http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/278613
title=Ottawa moves to protect forest, tundra
publisher=Canadian Press
date=2007-11-21
accessdate=2007-11-21]

References

External links

* [http://www.akaitcho.info/the_akaitcho_treaty_8_tribal_corporation_008.htm Thaydene Nene National Park map]