Boots on the Ground (BOTG) is a caribou monitoring program based upon the Traditional Knowledge (TK) of  Tłı̨chǫ and Inuit indigenous elders and harvesters. The program is a collaboration between the Tłı̨chǫ Government, Government of Northwest Territories-Environment and Natural Resources (GNWT-ENR), the Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resource Board (WRRB) and Dominion Diamond Mines ULC (DD). Funding was provided by Tłı̨chǫ Government, DD and the GNWT-Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program1 (CIMP).

 The program commenced in the summer of 2016 and is expected to extend to 2021 or longer. The objectives are to monitor the conditions of Bathurst caribou on the post-calving range herd, focusing on four key indicators: (1) habitat; (2) caribou; (3) predators, and (4) industrial development. 

This document is a yearly report presenting the results from the second field season of summer 2017.