Edéhzhíe spans over 14,000 square kilometers in the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories. These lands were designated an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area by the Dehcho First Nations in 2018. It includes lands, waters and ice where Indigenous leadership guides the decisions and actions that protect and conserve it. In 2022, it was designated a National Wildlife Area by the Government of Canada, complementing the Dehcho First Nations’ conservation and stewardship goals and the protection of wildlife and their habitats.