@article {25053,
	title = {Wildlife movement traditional environmental knowledge workshops: Wildlife movement in the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Consulting firm commissioned by CEMA},
	abstract = {The intention of this report is to summarize the traditional environmental knowledge information gathered during workshops with Aboriginal communities in the fall of 2005. The overall project objective was "to collect information from selected traditional environmental knowledge holders on wildlife "corridors{\textquoteright} for seven animal species" (black bear, moose, woodland caribou, wolf, lynx, fisher, and marten). The report would then be used by the Wildlife Movement Task Group of the Cumulative Environmental Management Association{\textquoteright}s Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group to develop management strategies to help "ensure maintenance of effective habitat connectivity in order to sustain wildlife populations." One-day workshops were held with Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, M{\'e}tis Local $\#$125, Fort McKay First Nation, Fort McKay M{\'e}tis Local $\#$63, Fort McMurray First Nation, Anzac Willow Lake M{\'e}tis Local $\#$780, Fort McMurray M{\'e}tis Local $\#$2020, Chard M{\'e}tis Local $\#$214, and M{\'e}tis Local $\#$193. The number of Elder participants for each workshop varied between one and six; workshops lasted on average three hours. Discussions began with the seven selected indicator species and distinguished between past movement patterns (pre-1960) and current ones (post-1960). The results of the workshops are presented by five community areas: Fort Chipewyan, Fort McKay, Anzac, Chard, and Conklin. The TEK information is then further organized by indicator species, with traditional environmental knowledge on other species presented in the appendix. In addition to movement patterns, information is also provided on habitat, behaviour, seasonality, sex, population levels, and changes to these components over time. Following this, there is a brief section on "areas that are "still good{\textquoteright}" for animals and/or hunting, where there is little or no industrial or recreational development, clean water and air, no pollution, and abundant, healthy wildlife and vegetation. Finally, there is also a substantial section of the report on "survival areas," that is, areas that are essential for the survival of both the animal species and Aboriginal traditional lifeways. It is recommended that these areas be preserved.},
	keywords = {traditional environmental knowledge, wildlife corridors, wildlife movement}
}
