Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board

Gwich'in Environmental Knowledge Project (GEKP): "The GEKP is recording and mapping Gwich'in Elders' knowledge. The local knowledge collected is used to provide information about the area's ecosystems and to produce more informed wildlife management plans, conservation strategies, and land and water use licensing procedures. The GRRB is making Gwich'in Traditional Knowledge easily accessible to Board, staff, community members, and other researchers by developing a database of all recorded information and by publishing books on Gwich'in local ecological knowledge. The books and the database provides a tool for educators in the area and other people interested in traditional knowledge." Database data available via CD-ROM, various reports are available in PDF format for viewing and download. Harvest and other studies, registries, and consultation overviews are also available online. The existing Jàk Park Northern Forest Interpretive Trail Guide is available as a PDF, as well as other PDF documents, which contain technical information as well as stories, placenames, plant uses, and other resources. Numerous programs are managed by the GRRB in areas of education, monitoring, conservation, and research. See website for details.