Protecting Fish and Fish Habitat with the Imaryuk Monitors

“It's important to ensure that we have community members that are giving us an indication of the health of our fish in the creeks.” Every day, Imaryuk Monitors are out on the land patrolling to track the health of invertebrates that fish consume and measure the health of the wetlands, lakes, and streams that run along the vast stretch of tundra and boreal habitats between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in the NWT. Their work to improve water quality includes addressing the rise in beaver populations, which are an invasive species in this region whose dams constrict water flow and disrupt fish habitats.