The national park reserve and territorial protected area have different rules and regulations for visitors, though some things are the same throughout Thaidene Nëné. See below for more details.

Within the national park reserve

• Registration is required*
• Parks Canada fishing permit is required*
• Only Indigenous peoples with harvesting rights and holders of a Special Harvester’s Licence are permitted to hunt
• Visitors are permitted to carry firearms for defense against wildlife only*
• Artisanal uses of plants and animal resources are not permitted*/**
• ​Recreational drone use is prohibited; commercial drone use requires a permit

Within the territorial protected area

• Registration is not currently required
• NWT sport fishing licence is required*
• NWT hunting licence is required*
• Visitors are permitted to carry firearms (subject to all firearms laws)
• Artisanal uses of plant and animal resources are permitted (with a valid Protected Area Permit)**
• Recreational drone use is permitted, but not for hunting (as per Wildlife Act)​

Throughout Thaidene Nëné
Picking berries and gathering healing plants for personal use is allowed
Cutting and collecting wood for personal campfires or temporary shelters is allowed
Travelling by snowmobile is allowed
Disturbing or collecting historic structures, resources, and artifacts is illegal

* Indigenous peoples with harvesting rights are exempt from these rules and regulations.
** Artisanal use refers to the use of local skills and knowledge to produce value-added products for individual sale, domestic use, or community purposes.

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