The importance of continuous dialogue in community-based wildlife monitoring: case studies of dzan and łuk dagaii in the Gwich’in Settlement Area

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dc.contributor.authorHovel, Rachel A.
dc.contributor.authorBrammer, Jeremy R.
dc.contributor.authorHodgson, Emma E.
dc.contributor.authorAmos, Amy
dc.contributor.authorLantz, Trevor C.
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Chanda
dc.contributor.authorProverbs, Tracey Angela
dc.contributor.authorLord, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-11T21:12:31Z
dc.date.available2025-09-11T21:12:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractRapid environmental change in the Arctic elicits numerous concerns for ecosystems, natural resources, and ways of life. Robust monitoring is essential to adaptation and management in light of these challenges, and community-based monitoring (CBM) projects can enhance these efforts by highlighting traditional knowledge, ensuring that questions are locally important, and informing natural resource conservation and management. Implementation of CBM projects can vary widely depending on project goals, the communities, and the partners involved, and we feel there is value in sharing CBM project examples in different contexts. Here, we describe two projects in the Gwich’in Settlement Area (GSA), Canada, and highlight the process in which local management agencies set monitoring and research priorities. Dzan (muskrat; Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766)) and łuk dagaii (broad whitefish; Coregonus nasus (Pallas, 1776)) are species of great cultural importance and are the focus of CBM projects conducted with concurrent social science research. We share challenges and lessons from our experiences, offer insights into operating CBM projects in the GSA, and present resources for researchers interested in pursuing wildlife research in this region. CBM projects provide rich opportunities for benefitting managers, communities, and external researchers, particularly when the projects are built on a foundation of careful and continuous dialogue between partners. Arctic gwinagoo’ee gwa’àn khanhts’àt ejùk t’igwinjik k’iighè’ nan kak jidìi nihàh goo’aii tthak ts’àt nits’òo tr’igwindaii geenjit gwiiyeendoo niinji’gwidhat. Ejùk t’igwinjik gwizh’it tr’igwiheendaii ts’àt guk’andehtr’ahnahtyaa geenjit gwijiinchii goo’àii ts’àt kaiik’it gwizhìt yi’eenoo nits’òo tr’igwiindài’ gwinjik guk’andehtr’ahnahtyaa k’iighè’ kaiik’it gwizhìt t’angiinch’uu geenjit guuhadahkat gwijiinchii gwihee’aa ts’àt daginuu, juudin nan ts’àt nan kak gwinahshii tthak k’aginahtii kat guuvàh gugwitaandak. Nits’òo gwitr’it gugwahahtsaa, kaiik’it kat, ts’àt diiyah gwizhìt tr’iinlii nits’òo gwihee’aa k’iighè’ nihłinehch’i’ gwinjik kaiik’it gwizhìt guk’andehtr’ahnahtyaa goo’aii geenjit diiyah gugwaandàk gwijiinchii goo’aii niidadhanh. Canada gwizhìt Gwich’in Nan Sridatr’igwijiinlik gwizhìt nits’òo gwitr’it gugwahahtsaa ts’àt guk’andehtr’ahnahtyaa ts’àt nits’òo gwizhìt tr’igwahnah’aa zhat danh geenjit diiyah gugwaandàk. Dzan ts’àt łuk dagaii, tr’igwindaii geenjit gwiiyeendoo t’atr’ijąhch’uu k’iighè’ kaiik’it gwizhìt guk’andehtr’ahnahtyaa gwijiinchii gòo’aii aii geenjit jùk nits’òo tr’igwindaii gwinjik gwizhìt tr’igwahnah’aa geenjit gwitr’it gugwahahtsah. Nikhwigwitr’it gwizhìt gwits’agwighah gwįį’è’ ts’àt dagwiidi’ìn’ geenjit diiyah gwaandàk k’iighè’, nits’òo GSA gwizhìt geenjit gwitr’it gugwahahtsaa ts’àt juudìn nan kak nin gwindaii gwizhìt gugwahnah’aa giiniindhan guuts’àt tr’ihiidandal niidadhanh. Juudìn jii geenjit gwitr’it gugwahtsii kat nihts’àt gigįįkhii k’iighè’ kaiik’it gwizhìt gwiinzii guk’andehtr’ahnahtyah, gwitr’it gwichìt kat, kaiik’it kat ts’àt uu’òk gwizhìt gugwinah’in jii k’iighè’ gwiinzii digugwitr’it gugwahahtsah.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding for these projects was provided through the NWT Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the GRRB Wildlife Studies Fund, the Northern Scientific Training Program, the Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellowship, Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk, Hotiì Ts’eeda, and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
dc.identifier.citationHovel, R. A., Brammer, J. R., Hodgson, E. E., Amos, A., Lantz, T. C., Turner, C., Proverbs, T. A., & Lord, S. (2020c). The importance of continuous dialogue in community-based wildlife monitoring: case studies of dzan and łuk dagaii in the Gwich’in Settlement Area. Arctic Science, 6(3), 154–172. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0012
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22759
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherArctic Science
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcommunity-based monitoring
dc.subjectMackenzie River
dc.subjectmuskrat
dc.subjectbroad whitefish
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledge
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.titleThe importance of continuous dialogue in community-based wildlife monitoring: case studies of dzan and łuk dagaii in the Gwich’in Settlement Area
dc.typeArticle

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