"Provides guidance on the construction and operation of roads and trails on Crown land in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Due to the remote nature of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, road construction is often required to conduct land use activities. This volume presents strategies for planning, constructing, operating and reclaiming roads in an efficient and environmentally responsible manner."--Pub. desc.

The Northern Land Use Guidelines series was designed to guide land use activity on Crown land in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon and to help land use operators and land use regulators to become better environmental managers. This document provides an overview of the series as well as some general information on project management.

Presents land use guidelines for planning, development, operation, and abandonment of access roads and trails in NWT and Yukon. Intended to provide understanding of associated impacts and mitigative meaures and show that environmental protection and cost-efficient road construction and maintenance are compatible.

The Northern Land Use Guidelines series was designed to guide land use activity on Crown land in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon and to help land use operators and land use regulators to become better environmental managers. This document discusses the concept of sustainable development and its importance to northern Canada. The Department's commitment to sustainable development is presented in the form of 10 principles. The life cycle approach to sustainable development is described as it applies to the 4 phases of project development. The document concludes with a case example illustrating how the principles of sustainable development were applied in the development of the Brewery Creek Mine, located on the North Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon.