Title: Peel River Watershed Study: The Wind, Snake, and Bonnet Plume
Date Produced: July 2000
Description:
This report describes the physical, biological and cultural features of the Wind, Snake and Bonnet Plume watersheds. It supplements the field research conducted by CPAWS during several field seasons between 1995 and 1998. The field work and report were enriched by the traditional knowledge of research participants and from research by others, where it was available. Recommendations for conservation are included.
Download this report:
- Peel River Watershed Study - Acknowledgements, Key Findings, Recommendations
peel-watershed-study.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~3.2 Mb, 21 pages)
- Peel River Watershed Study - Introduction
peel-watershed-study1.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~1.2 Mb, 8 pages)
- Peel River Watershed Study - Enduring Features
peel-watershed-study2.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~3.2 Mb, 19 pages)
- Peel River Watershed Study - Biological Features
peel-watershed-study3.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~5.7 Mb, 36 pages)
- Peel River Watershed Study - People and the Peel Watershed
peel-watershed-study4.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~4.8 Mb, 33 pages)
- Peel River Watershed Study - References
peel-watershed-study5.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~1.1 Mb, 6 pages)
- Peel River Watershed Study - Appendices
peel-watershed-study6.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~4.4 Mb, 32 pages)
Title: Report of the Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canada’s National Parks
Date Produced: March 2000
Description:
The Panel on Ecological Integrity was struck in November 1998 by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Hon. Sheila Copps, to identify issues, examine Parks Canada’s approach for maintaining ecological integrity and provide recommendations for improvement. The Panel members, including CPAWS’ Juri Peepre, travelled to a series of representative national parks to speak with park staff and other interested Canadians, to see first-hand the problems and stresses that threaten our national parks, and to develop a sense of how to address these problems.
The result of that journey is the detailed report at the link below, with specific recommendations addressed to the Minister and to the Parks Canada Agency. The Panel also wanted to share with a broader audience the fundamental substance of their findings and the thrust of their recommendations.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/pc/rpts/ie-ei/report-rapport_1_E.asp
Title: Oil and Gas in the Yukon: Planning for Healthy Communities
Date Produced: 2000
Description:
Proceedings of a workshop held in Whitehorse, May 26, 2000. The purpose of the workshop was to provide First Nations, community leaders and non-government organizations with more information about the impacts of oil and gas development prior to the Yukon Government’s second “call for nominations” in the summer of 2000. This report contains summaries of the presentations and discussions as well as complete transcripts of the main presentations by Tom Marr-Laing, Bob Wynes, Mary Teya and Don Russell. Maps relating to Yukon oil and gas development are also included.
Title: Wolf Lake Area: A Preliminary Report on the Findings of a Biological Surveys at Nisutlin Lake, Wolf River and Morris Lake
Date Produced: 1999
Description:
A basic inventory of birds, mammals, amphibians, fish and vegetation in three regions of the Wolf Lake area (northeast of Teslin), Nisutlin Lake, Morris Lake and along the Wolf River. This is the second report in a series of three, covering the second field season or surveys in the Wolf Lake ecosystem.
Download this report:
wolflake-report-1999.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~5.4 Mb, 103 pages)
Title: Protecting Large Mammal Ecosystems: A Report on a Carnivore Conservation Workshop
Date produced: May 1999
Description:
Proceedings of a Carnivore Conservation workshop held in Whitehorse March 4-5, 1998. As part of a larger forum on Yukon Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring, this workshop examined the issues surrounding carnivore conservation.
Download this report:
protecting-large-mammal-ecosystems.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~2.7 Mb, 29 pages)
Title: A Northern Vision for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Date Produced: 1999
Description:
Proceedings of a workshop held in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, September 11-13, 1998. This was the first Y2Y North gathering.
Title: People, Commerce and the Environment in the Yellowstone to Yukon Region
Date produced: 1999
Description:
Notes of a workshop held in Whitehorse April 9, 1999 by Ray Rasker of the Sonoran Institute. The focus of the workshop was to discuss community-based strategies that preserve the ecological integrity of protected lands and at the same time meet the economic goals of the communities. The report includes case studies.
Title: Wolf Lake Area: A Preliminary Report on the Findings of a Biological Survey
Date produced: 1998
Description:
A basic inventory of birds, mammals, amphibians and vegetation at Wolf Lake. This is the first report in a series of 3, covering the first field season of research.
Download this report:
wolflake-report-1998.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~2.7 Mb, 39 pages)
Title: Grizzly Bear Habitat Evaluation, Bonnet Plume River Valley, Yukon
Date produced: March 1998
Description:
Wildlife biologist Grant MacHutchon conducted a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) habitat evaluation in the Bonnet Plume River Valley. The relative distribution and abundance of habitats, grizzly bear foods and bear sign was assessed during reconnaissance surveys and detailed habitat plots. Habitat plots evaluated vegetation and site characteristics and the site specific suitability for grizzly bears.
Title: The Wind, the Snake and the Bonnet Plume: The Wild Northern Rivers
Date produced: 1998
Availability: Available by mail order from CPAWS or at Mac's Fireweed Books in Whitehorse
Description:
A book describing the natural and cultural history of these three wild rivers in the Peel River watershed in northern Yukon. Also included is a section on conservation issues in the region. The traveller’s guide section provides information on logistics as well as more detailed descriptions on traveling on each of these three rivers.
Title: Coal River Watershed Yukon Wildlands Study
Date produced: May 1997
Description:
This report includes a summary of watershed biophysical features, as well as the results of reconnaissance field work during two seasons in the Coal River watershed in southeastern Yukon. Recommendations on potential conservation and protected areas strategies in the watershed are included.
Title: Towards a Yukon Protected Areas Strategy: Applying the Principles of Conservation Biology
Date produced: May 1997
Description:
Proceedings of a workshop on conservation biology held in Whitehorse, Yukon May 30-31, 1996. The workshop included sessions on the principles of conservation biology, case studies on ecosystem-based management in Kluane, and case studies on forestry and land management in southeast Yukon.
Title: Grizzly Bear Habitat Evaluation, Snake River Valley, Yukon
Date produced: March 1997
Description:
Wildlife biologist Grant MacHutchon conducted a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) habitat evaluation in the Snake River Valley. The relative distribution and abundance of habitats, grizzly bear foods and bear sign was assessed during reconnaissance surveys and detailed plots that evaluated vegetation and site characteristics and the site specific habitat potential for grizzly bears. A broad habitat classification was developed for the Snake River Valley based on information collected during the reconnaissance surveys and detailed habitat plots.
Title: Yukon Wild: Natural Regions of the Yukon
Date produced: 1995
Description:
Yukon Wild is a concise, illustrated guide to the 23 natural regions of the Yukon, describing their unique landforms, flora and fauna. Excerpts of writings by different authors highlight how the Yukon wilds stir the spirit of northern peoples. Status reports on conservation and protected areas outline what progress has been made – and what remains to be done – to protect wildlife habitat and representative examples of each ecoregion.
Title: Northern Protected Area and Wilderness
Date produced: 1994
Availability: Out of print, available from Yukon libraries
Description:
Proceedings of a forum on northern protected areas and wilderness held in Whitehorse, Yukon, in November of 1993. The book explores the following challenges:
- Science, Ethics and the Care of Ecosystems
- Completing a Protected Areas System in the North
- Managing the Protected Areas We Have
- Sacred Sites, Traditional Knowledge and Protected Areas
- Benefits of Protected Areas
- Protected Areas and the Law
- Environmental Ethics and Education
