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

This spring, CPAWS-Yukon's Three Rivers Project will be featured in a 12-city cross-Canada tour April 11- May 17. Organized by the CPAWS national office, in partnership with Mountain Equipment Co-op and Yukonwild, the Journey to the Yukon's Three Rivers invites audiences to discover the wild waters and sacred places of the Yukon's Great Boreal Wilderness.

Join Yukoner Juri Peepre and guests for an unforgettable tour of the Yukon's boreal riches - home to caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, peregrine falcons, wild waters and wildflowers. Experience the unique Three Rivers Journey on the Wind, Snake and Bonnet Plume rivers that led to a national touring art exhibition, fine photography, and thought-provoking writings. Hear about the bold new vision for protecting the Three Rivers and Peel watershed - part of an ambitious national effort to conserve Canada's boreal ecosystem.

See the award-winning short film by Marten Berkman, Three Rivers: wild waters, sacred places documenting the experiences of 8 Canadian artists who participated in the Three Rivers Journey. Hear the stories, original music and Aboriginal voices, along with spectacular images that inspired a beautiful and informative book on protecting the mountains, forests and rivers of the Canadian North. A British Columbia Book Prize finalist, the Three Rivers: The Yukon's Great Boreal Wilderness is an anthology of photographs, art and written works with such notables as Margaret Atwood, John Ralston Saul and Brian Brett, along with local writers Sarah Locke and Peter Lesniak. Photographs are by Fritz Mueller, Marten Berkman, Courtney Milne, Peter Mather, Juri Peepre and Paul Nicklen among others. Visual art works feature paintings, sculpture, and installations by some of Canada's best, including the Yukon's Joyce Majiski and Jane Isakson. (Harbour Publishing, October, 2005).

The Three Rivers national tour will wrap up at a special event in Whitehorse on Thursday, May 17. Look for details in local papers and for information on the Three Rivers Project, visit www.cpawsyukon.org/three-rivers. Also, for information and volunteering for the Whitehorse event, contact CPAWS-Yukon at 867-393-8080, extension 8.

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For more information on the national tour venues and times in your area, visit www.cpaws.org or contact Jill Sturdy at jsturdy@cpaws.org.

• Three Rivers National Tour Completes Successful Swing Through Eastern Canada
• Three Rivers National Tour Ends in Whitehorse After Six Successful Shows in the West
• Yukon’s Three Rivers Project a Finalist for Canadian Environment Award