Dehcho leaders vote to ban fracking in traditional territory – CBC
May 06, 2015
Dene and Métis leaders in Dehcho passed resolution to ban fracking on 215,000 km territory last week
Dene and Métis leaders in the Northwest Territories’ Dehcho region have voted to ban fracking on their traditional lands, passing a resolution during a meeting last week.
The resolution states that fracking can not happen within the 215,000 square kilometre traditional territory of the Dehcho, which stretches from the west point of Great Slave Lake through the Nahanni National Park Reserve near the Yukon border, and as far north as Wrigley.
Grand Chief Herb Norwegian says the territorial government never consulted with the Dehcho while it was drafting its proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations, adding that people cried out against the practice at a recent public meeting in Fort Simpson.
