Action Alert
When the caribou is in danger, we are too!
Across the country, CPAWS chapters are working in their provinces and territories to protect Woodland caribou habitat. Together, we’re asking the federal government to meet its obligation to protect Woodland caribou habitat under the Species at Risk Act. Here’s what’s happening:
Nationwide goals:
- April 2008 (expected): To meet its obligation under the Species at Risk Act, the federal government issues a map of critical Boreal woodland caribou habitat – we want to make sure they do this.
- By Fall 2009: Following a public consultation, the government releases a Woodland caribou recovery plan to protect their remaining Boreal habitat.
In the Yukon:
- The Yukon does not have species at risk legislation; however, under the Federal Species at Risk Act the territorial government is participating in the development of a Management Plan that will require Federal approval upon its completion.
The Peel watershed is important refuge for some of the world’s healthiest, intact populations of woodland caribou including the Bonnet Plume herd, which is the Yukon’s largest northern mountain woodland caribou herd.
CPAWS-Yukon is working to protect and conserve the wilderness of the Three Rivers (the Wind, Snake and Bonnet Plume) and the ecological integrity of the greater 77,000 km2 Peel watershed. CPAWS proposes wildland areas in the Three Rivers watersheds, including territorial park protection for the Snake River watershed. We call for special conservation zones in the remainder of the Peel watershed to protect critical wetlands, sensitive river corridors and important biological and cultural features through land use planning.
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