The following documents provide a historical timeline and record of communication from the Porcupine Caribou Management Board and the Parties of the Porcupine Caribou Management Agreement (PCMA) in response to Alaska’s Bureau of Land Management’s process of implementing an oil and gas leasing program within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The most recent documents are listed first. Some of the comments refer to an “international agreement”. The full title of this agreement is Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on the Conservation of the Porcupine Caribou Herd.
Documents
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
PCMB Response
PCMA Parties’ Responses
PCMB Response to Notice of Intent
PCMA Parties’ Responses to Notice of Intent
PCMA Parties’ Correspondence on Record of Decision
PCMB Comments on Final EIS
PCMA Parties’ Comments on Final EIS
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PCMB Submission on Draft EIS
PCMA Parties’ Submissions on Draft EIS
- Government of Canada submission (pdf)
- Government of Yukon cover letter (pdf)
- Government of Yukon submission (pdf)
- Government of Northwest Territories submission (pdf)
- Inuvialuit Game Council, Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope), Wildlife Management Advisory Council (Northwest Territories), and Fisheries Joint Management Committee submission (pdf)
- Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in submission (pdf)
- Gwich’in Tribal Council submission (pdf)
- Gwich’in Tribal Council current knowledge and gaps assessment (pdf)
- Vuntut Gwitchin Government submission (pdf)
PCMB Response to Notice of Intent
PCMA Parties’ Responses to Notice of Intent
- Government of Canada (pdf)
- Government of Northwest Territories (pdf)
- Gwich’in Tribal Council (pdf)
- Inuvialuit Game Council (pdf)
- Tr’ondek Hwech’in (pdf)
- Vuntut Gwitchin Government (pdf)
- Yukon Government (pdf)
Government of Canada request re EIS comment period extension (pdf)
News Release – BLM extends comment period to March 13, 2019 (pdf)
Marsh Creek East Seismic Exploration
- Government of Canada (pdf)
- Government of Yukon (pdf)
- Government of Northwest Territories (pdf)
- Inuvialuit Game Council, Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope), and Wildlife Management Advisory Council (Northwest Territories) (pdf)
- Gwich’in Tribal Council (pdf)
- Vuntut Gwitchin Government (pdf)
Scientific Studies Commissioned by PCMA Parties
- Date: February 3, 2019
- Authors: Don Russell and Anne Gunn, Shadow Lake Environmental Inc
- Submitted to: Environment Yukon, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and NWT Environment and Natural Resources
The following links show comments from other stakeholder organizations regarding the EIS process: