The panel reviewing the proposed Mackenzie pipeline resumed hearings about the multibillion-dollar project in Inuvik this week.

The Joint Review Panel is looking at the environmental and social aspects of the project, which includes the 1,200-kilometre pipeline and three gas fields in the Beaufort Delta area.

Inuvik resident Rita Allen told the panel she has already noticed changes on the land since existing oil and gas activity got underway.

"Now our land is all chewed up… I just want to complain about that," Allen told the seven-member panel Tuesday.

The seismic exploration crews mark the land and creeks with their equipment, she said.

"And there's no more animals out there. They all moved to the hills," she said, referring to the caribou.

Other community members also spoke about the pipeline's potential impact on the land they use for hunting and trapping.

This round of Inuvik hearings continues until Jan. 16. The panel then moves to Aklavik for a community meeting Jan. 18.

Once the panel finishes its hearings in April, it will submit its final report to the federal government.