WKSS Final Report 1996-2001 - Environment and Natural ...

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West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Final Report
The strength of the West Kitikmeot / Slave Study comes from the people and
organizations that have a direct interest in understanding and managing the resources
of the West Kitikmeot / Slave area. The Study has received strong support from all its
Partners as well as from many organizations and individuals who are interested in
helping the Study achieve its goals. The support received has come in as many forms
as the variety of individuals prepared to help out. These include people from
communities and aboriginal organizations, from within three governments, the
mineral exploration and development sector, environmental organizations, research
organizations and institutes and the general public. Such people are from all walks of
life: researchers, hunters, administrators, politicians, business people, advocates and
many others. The Society would like to thank all of you for your interest and support,
and encourage you to continue to assist, inquire about, support and use this work.
We would like to express our thanks to the kind hospitality of the community of Rae
for hosting meetings this year and making us welcome. Many other communities have
also generously hosted us over the years: Cambridge Bay, Ekati Diamond Mine,
Kugluktuk, Lutselk’e, Wha Ti and Yellowknife.
Peer Review
The Study would especially like to acknowledge the many independent experts who,
anonymously and on their own time, reviewed proposals to the Society and/or each
project’s annual report and/or our State of Knowledge report to ensure that the
information we released publicly was accurate and unbiased: (in alphabetical order):
Marie Adams, Keith Ainsley, Tom Andrews, Chuck Arnold, Fikret Berkes, Peter
Boothroyd, Margo Burgess, Suzanne Carriere, Ray Case, Stewart Cohen, Andy
Didiuk, Helmut Epp, Marlene Evans, Brian Falck, Janet Ficht, Max Friesen, Cormack
Gates, Brad Griffith, Anne Gunn, Doug Halliwell, Tony Hamilton, Chris Hanks,
Steve Harbicht, Doug Heard, Greg Henry, James Hooper, David Huggard, Marc
d’Iorio, Michael Jay, Dan Kerr, Peter Kershaw, Gary Kofinas, Ingrid Kritsch, Paul
Latour, Peter Lee, Allice Legat, Rick Lowell, Dave MacDonald, Micheline Manseau,
Evelyn Marlowe, Pat McCormack, Bruce McLellan, Paule McNicoll, Dave Milburn,
Frank Miller, Erica Myles, John Nagy, John O’Neil, Brenda Parlee, Brent Patterson,
Wayne Puznicki, Roger Reid, Rick Riewe, Roger Ruess, Juanetta Sanderson, Dale
Seip, Glen Stephens, Michael Stone, Frank Tester, Don Thomas, Al Veitch, Lori
Wilkinson, Anne Wilson and Rob Wright.