WILDLIFE ACT - LOI SUR LA FAUNE ET LA FLORE

The Minister, in accordance with an accepted decision of the NWMB, under section 144 of the Wildlife Act and every enabling power, makes the annexed Conservation Management Order.

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Dated,
Fait le ………………………….…… 2006.

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Patterk Netser
Minister of Environment
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WILDLIFE ACT

CONSERVATION AREAS MANAGEMENT ORDER

Harvesting and Possession Prohibitions

1.	(1) No person shall harvest or possess wildlife in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall harvest or possess wildlife in the
			(a)	Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary;
			(b)	James Bay Area; or
			(c)	Twin Islands Wildlife Sanctuary.

	(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to
			(a)	an Inuk;
			(b)	a person who is exercising his or her right to harvest wildlife under section 12, 13 or 14 of the Act;
			(c)	a person who is an assignee exercising his or her right to harvest a quantity of wildlife under section 16 of the Act; or
			(d)	[a person who is exercising an aboriginal or treaty right to harvest, in an area outside the Nunavut Settlement Area].

Polar Bear Protection Measures

2.	No person shall engage in any activity in a conservation area that may reasonably be expected to disturb a polar bear that is denning or constructing a den.

Caribou Protection Measures

3.	No person shall in a caribou calving area set out in the Conservation Area Regulations, during the period starting on May 15 and ending on July 15 in any year, engage in any activity that may reasonably be expected to disturb caribou that are calving or about to calve, including
			(a)	constructing any camp, building or other structure;
			(b)	caching fuel by means of an aircraft;
			(c)	operate a vehicle or other conveyance outside the immediate vicinity of a camp operated under a territorial land use permit;
			(d)	prospecting, mining or drilling or setting off explosives;
			(e)	conducting an airborne geophysics surveys;
			(f)	operating any heavy equipment; or
			(g)	operating an aircraft at an altitude of less than 300 metres above ground level, except for the purpose of landing or taking off.

4.	No person shall conduct any land development activity in a conservation area that may block or cause a substantial diversion to caribou migration, including the crossing by caribou of a water course.

Exception

5.	Sections 2, 3 and 4 do not prohibit 
			(a)	activities normally conducted in the course of lawful harvesting or camping for recreational or harvesting purposes; or
			(b)	the normal operation of an outpost camp within the meaning of the Agreement.