CPAWS Yukon News Releases Archive

This section includes archived news releases, announcements, letters to the editor and other correspondence issued by CPAWS Yukon.

See current CPAWS Yukon news releases.

December 3, 2007

CPAWS to raise issue of wilderness protection at Bali UN Climate Change meetings
(CPAWS National)

June 5, 2007

CPAWS Wins Silver at Canadian Environment Awards

May 30, 2007

CPAWS-Yukon Welcomes New Executive Director Mike Dehn

May 24, 2007

Three Rivers National Tour Ends in Whitehorse After Six Successful Shows in the West

May 15, 2007

Yukon’s Three Rivers Project a Finalist for Canadian Environment Award

April 27, 2007

Three Rivers National Tour Completes Successful Swing Through Eastern Canada

March 22, 2007

CPAWS-Yukon's Three Rivers Project Featured in National Tour

March 1, 2007

CPAWS-Yukon congratulates northern community elders on their vision of protection for the Yukon's Peel River Watershed, home to the Three Rivers

Community People Call For High Level of Protection for the Peel Watershed
(Peel River Watershed Working Group)

February 2, 2007

The world will need our help when it gets hot
by Nikita Lopoukhine, Chairman of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

October 19, 2006

CPAWS welcomes federal environment minister's commitment to protect more wilderness
(CPAWS National)

October 17, 2006

Will Ottawa protect our Made in Canada wilderness?
Recommendations for a Federal Nature Conservation Action Plan
(CPAWS National)

September 12, 2006

CPAWS welcomes new National Executive Director
La SNAP accueille chaleureusement sa nouvelle directrice exécutive nationale
(CPAWS National)

August 17, 2006

Conservation High Priority for Yukon Voters
Voters looking for action on protected areas and other issues

May 30, 2006

BC Resident Wins A Coveted Wind River Trip Sponsored by the Three Rivers tour

May 4, 2006

Sierra Club forest management database flunks Yukon for protected areas
(Sierra Club of Canada)

May 3, 2006

Green Budget Coalition Disappointed By 2006 Federal Budget
(Sierra Club of Canada)

March 30, 2006

CPAWS-Yukon Releases Summary of Two Research Studies on the Economic Impact of National Parks in the Yukon and Northern B.C.

March 16, 2006

Three Rivers Shortlisted for a BC Book Prize

February 22, 2006

CPAWS Yukon Releases the Snake River Suite
Stunning fine art prints by nationally known realist painter Ron Bolt feature one of the celebrated Three Rivers in the northern Yukon

February 19, 2006

Three Rivers Art Exhibition Opening in Kelowna Draws Big Crowd
Highlighting a Successful Three Rivers Tour in Interior BC

January 9, 2006

National tour to protect Nahanni wilderness stops in Whitehorse

November 14, 2005

CPAWS-Yukon Launches New Book on the Three Rivers

November 8, 2005

Conservation Group Calls For Protection of Yukon’s Three Rivers Wilderness

November 7, 2005

National tour urges Canadians to help save Nahanni wilderness
(CPAWS National)

September 30, 2005

CPAWS supports Environment Commissioner’s call for federal action to protect biodiversity
(CPAWS National)

September 29, 2005

Parks Canada is on the right path but next few years will be critical
(2005 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development)

June 7, 2005

New study shows potential land disturbance from Northern gas development
(The Pembina Institute and CPAWS)

April 27, 2005

Yukon's Proposed Kusawa Lake Park Withdrawn From Mineral Staking

April 20, 2005

Three Rivers Journey Film Recognized at Waterwalker Film Festival

March 7, 2005

Federal Budget 2005 - Environmental Analysis
(Green Budget Coalition)

March 1, 2005

Replace clearcutting with alternatives, group tells forestry industry
(CPAWS National)

January 31, 2005

Report underscores urgent need for decisive action to conserve Canada’s boreal region
(Canadian Boreal Initiative)

December 15, 2004

Minister appoints Council on Forest Sector Competitiveness
(CPAWS National)

December 9, 2004

Groups Call for YTG Leadership on Climate Change

November 26, 2004

Three Rivers Project announces the winners of the Landscape Art Competition for Youth (ages 5 to 19)

November 25, 2004

International recommendation highlights Canada’s Boreal region
(Canadian Boreal Initiative)

November 12, 2004

Editorial – The Yukon: Still Home to Canada’s Pristine Boreal Forest

November 1, 2004

Cross-country Tour Takes Canadians on Celebration of Boreal Forest

October 14, 2004

Three Rivers: Wild Waters, Sacred Places Art Exhibition Opens

October 11, 2004

Three Rivers Exhibition Wins Prestigious International Award
Banff Centre Awards Grant to Three Rivers: wild waters, sacred places Exhibition

October 6, 2004

Former Yukon Premier Penikett to Moderate Forum on Art, Nature and Conservation

October 4, 2004

New report marks launch of campaign to protect woodland caribou
(CPAWS National)

September 20, 2004

Eight National Artists Open New Works for the Three Rivers: Wild Waters Sacred Places Exhibition in Whitehorse, Yukon — October 14, 2004

August 19, 2004

Yukon Government Ignores Yukoners, Opens Peel Watershed to More Oil and Gas Development

July 22, 2004

Open Letter to Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Devon Canada Corporation, Hunt Oil Company of Canada, Inc. and Chevron Canada Resources

July 8, 2004

Letter to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources

July 2, 2004

Letter to the Editor – Forest Management Branch’s Environmental Assessment Process: An Internal Shenanigan?

Editorial – Ecosystem-Based Planning: Why isn’t the Yukon Government doing it?

June 4, 2004

Peregrine Falcon Habitat in Peel Watershed at Risk from Oil and Gas Development

May 21, 2004

Letter to the Editor – Nahanni National Park Reserve Completion

April 15, 2004

Letter to the Editor – CPAWS-Yukon questions Premier Fentie's link between employment growth and suspension of YPAS

April 1, 2004

Three Rivers Journey Celebration Packs the Yukon Arts Centre

March 29, 2004

CPAWS-Yukon Coalbed Methane Update

June 1, 2004

Congratulations to the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative on receiving a Canadian Environmental Award silver medal in the Conservation category. For more information, please visit:

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
http://www.y2y.net/

Canadian Environmental Awards 2004
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cea2004/

February 9, 2004

Conservation Science Workshop Brings Eminent Scientists to Whitehorse

February 2, 2004

New CPAWS-Yukon Executive Director Brings Wealth of Conservation Experience to the Yukon

October 6, 2003

Kaska Dena and CPAWS-Yukon Host Successful Northern Gathering On Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

August 12, 2003

Tetl'it Gwich'in Welcome 37 Paddlers from Three Rivers Journey and Send Strong Message on Importance of the Peel Watershed

May 22, 2003

Canadian artists join conservationists, First Nations, and scientists, to showcase three Yukon Rivers

May 6, 2003

CPAWS-Yukon plans river expeditions to showcase importance of Northern Yukon's river heritage

April 29, 2003

CPAWS Yukon Proposes A Way Forward on Protected Areas
Says Minister of Environment Jim Kenyon Is Misleading Public on Protected Lands

January 28, 2003

CPAWS Calls Suspension of Yukon Protected Area Strategy “Huge Embarrassment”

October 21, 2002

Yukon Government Stalls on Fishing Branch Wilderness Preserve

June 19, 2002

Letter to the Editor – CPAWS Yukon response re: Kyoto ratification

June 5, 2002

Yukon Natural History Guide Brings Basics Back to Life

May 15, 2002

Independent Report Gives New Yukon Parks Act Failing Grade

November 19, 2001

Government Parks Act Threatens to Undermine Yukon Protected Areas Strategy (YPAS)

October 25, 2001

Yukoners Want More Land Protected, New Poll Shows

October 11, 2001

Northern Environmental Groups Demand Principled Approach to Oil and Gas Development
Northern NGO Statement of Principles for Oil and Gas Development

September 27, 2001

CPAWS Briefs Energy Ministers on Oil and Gas Development

Conservation des sites naturels et développement énergétique dans le Nord canadien

August 21, 2001

Yukon Government to Open Important Wetland to Oil and Gas

March 28, 2001

Recommended Reading – The Economic Importance of Healthy Alaska Ecosystems
prepared by Steve Colt, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
(Note: Link opens an Acrobat [PDF] file.)

March 20, 2001