Project Overview
The Tahltans Guardian Program has been active since 2015. The Tahltan Guardian Program will continue to focus on environmental stewardship monitoring measures and ongoing data collection processes based on local, Indigenous, and scientific knowledge sources. Guardians actively participate in various aspects of wildlife management including monitoring the effectiveness of hunting regulation changes, land use and hunter activity within and outside of new regulation areas, conflict wildlife and wildlife human interactions in Tahltan Territory.
Project Overview
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Project Background
The Tahltan Guardian Program started up in the fall of 2016, due to concerns around wildlife in our territory. Mainly decrease in animal populations and increase in resident hunters. We started to expand it a little more with others and on-the-ground initiatives around environment, industry, and other concerns that were brought forward. The key priority was to get out on the land and make a presence. Regulation enforcement wasn’t good enough, no “On-the-Ground” data was being collected, and we just needed to be out there to see for ourselves what is really going on. The first year went well. We learned a lot about how big our territory is and some of the activities that are taken place. Showing our presence out there and collecting data to better wildlife management was the focus and to learn how we can adapt our program to best suit our territory. Being out on the land showed us what we need to keep an eye on it, and to better educate the general public and Tahltan members on other initiatives out there.
Get Involved
As the lead for Tahltan stewardship planning, I commit to you that we will do our best to ensure that you have the opportunity to learn about Tahltan Territory and that your voices have every opportunity to be heard. If you have any suggestions or want to be part of this work, then please let me know at garry.merkel@tahltan.org.
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Contact
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Operational Project Team
The Operational Project Team supports delivery of this project.
Westin Creyke
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Wildlife Guardian
Coordinator - E: guardiancoordinator@Tahltan.org
Westin Creyke
Wildlife Guardian
Coordinator
I am from the Thud ga family and am excited to be working with the Tahltan Central Government (TCG) as the Wildlife Guardian Coordinator. I lived in Dease Lake until I was twelve years old. My family then moved to Smithers where I completed high school. After high school, I moved to Prince George to pursue a degree in biomedical studies but was unable to find any interest in my program. I transferred to the biology program in my third year of university with hopes of eventually managing wildlife in Tahltan Territory. I received my degree in the spring of 2020.
Previously, I worked for Skeena Resources as an environmental technician at the Eskay and Snip Mine sites but never felt like I was on the career path that I studied for. I have always been passionate about wildlife and wildlife conservation. This position will allow me to contribute further to wildlife conservation and will undoubtedly aid in fulfilling my career goals.
If I am not at work, I am most likely hiking, hunting, fishing, or reading.
I was always taught to respect the land and animals while growing up enjoying the outdoors in Tahltan Territory.
However, my definition of respecting the land and animals has broadened as I have grown. Now, I view it as using the opportunities that the land provides in a way that allows for the same or better opportunities for future generations. Everybody needs to do their part if we want future generations to enjoy the land and animals in the same way that we do. I look forward to working with TCG and to the future of Tahltan wildlife.
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