About

Lands and Resources

Cold Lake First Nations Lands and Resources Department is responsible for protecting Denesuline Indigenous, Treaty, and Aboriginal Rights, to preserve Denesuline Culture, Land Use and Traditional Ways. We ensure stewardship by engaging members in consultation and land use planning, improving relationships and understanding with stakeholders, and upholding CLFN’ “A livelihood for a livelihood” philosophy. In so doing, the Department actively facilitates relationships with the Crown, Industry proponents, the Nation and other parties on matters related to resource management and decision-making within Denne Ni Nenne.  The Department’s work involves carrying out due diligence in regulatory and Crown consultation processes; ensuring that Denesuline knowledge is respected and considered in land and resource management; upholding and negotiating impact benefit agreements with Industry; supporting economic and business development; and supporting the increased capacity of the Nation and community members to participate in land and resource management, decision-making and development.

The Lands and Resources Department was recently restructured from the Consultation Department in order broaden its scope from just consultation. Lands and resources still handles all of the formal consultation processes that the nation engages on with both industry and government. In these processes, the department often works with members who are directly impacted by development and with land users to ensure that it is able to effectively communicate the impacts that decisions may have on people.

Lands and resources also contains the 4 Wing Liaison role where we work closely with DND on issues related to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range. Our records management office keeps copies of all correspondence with industry and government as well as manages all of the Traditional Land Use information collected over time by CLFN. With it’s new broader focus, the department is looking at new strategies such as forest management plans to achieve the Nation’s goals. In addition, it works proactively on issues such as Climate change to maximize benefit for the nation through grants and programs available from outside entities.

For Proponents

Trigger for Consultation

CLFN expects that consultation will occur on any activity that could impact the Treaty, Aboriginal and/or Indigenous Rights of its members whether or not such an activity is inside or outside of Denne Ni Nenne.

Notification

CLFN’s Contact Information for Consultation is: 

Access Committee

c/o Nicole Nicholls, Consultation Manager

Email: nicole.nicholls@clfns.com with cc to consultation@clfns.com

PO Box 389

Cold Lake, AB T9M 1P1

Office: 780-594-7183

Cell: 780-815-1647

Upon notification, please provide one email per FNC notification with the following information attached, at minimum:

• Zipped shapefiles specific to the FNC (i.e., one zipped shapefile per FNC, containing ONLY the activities under that FNC)
• Project description for the activity
• A map specific to the activity

The Subject line for a FNC notification email should contain the FNC number and a unique and distinguishable name for the proposed activity that can be utilized consistently in communications throughout the consultation process for that FNC.

The Lands and Resources Department will review information received upon Notification and identify whether further information is required from the proponent.