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Learn about Yukon’s research forest at the spring open house – May 26th
(Government of Yukon - WHITEHORSE) – The Forest Management Branch is hosting a spring open house on May 26 at the Gunnar Nilsson and Mickey Lammers Research Forest. “The research forest is a valuable resource and I encourage all Yukoners to visit, enjoy the network of scenic walking trails and learn about ongoing forest research,” said [...]
A Youth Perspective – McIntyre Creek Restoration Project, Whitehorse Yukon
Shared by yukonfga on Jan 27, 2012 The following video is part of a series related to the 2011-2012 McIntyre Creek Restoration Project in Whitehorse, Yukon. The project was developed by the Yukon Fish and Game Association in partnership with a number of community partners (Yukon College, Yukon Salmon Sub-committee, Canada World Youth, the Friends of McIntyre Creek) [...]
CPAWS-Yukon Celebrates with all Conservationists
On December 2, 2009, the Peel Watershed Planning Commission released their Recommended Plan for the Peel watershed.
“Prepare for Hard Times” – Old Crow Youth Face Climate Change in Yukon’s North
Shared by arctichealth on Oct 29, 2009 A film highlighting the “Our Changing Homelands” conference in Old Crow, Yukon, which focused teaching youth about climate change and its affect on their health.
Vuntut National Park of Canada
Vuntut National Park was established in 1995 after extensive negotiations through the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation’s Final Land Claims Agreement between the Vuntut Gwitchin of Old Crow and the Government of Canada and the Yukon.
CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
Ottawa – CPAWS welcomes today’s announcement by Environment Minister John Baird that lands comprising the headwaters of the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories have been temporarily protected to enable the creation of a new national park, to be called Nááts’ihch’oh [pronounced naah-tseen-CHO].
CPAWS Wins Silver at Canadian Environment Awards
Whitehorse – CPAWS-Yukon won the Silver Community Award in the conservation category at the Canadian Environment Awards 2007 gala event at the Montreal Science Centre last night.
EENorth – Environmental Education Resources for Northern Canada
Environmental Education Resources for Northern Canada is aweb resource funding by the WWF-Canada, with help from CIBC.
Arctic Youth Network
The Arctic Youth Network is a grassroots organization that works to connect young Northerners to the opportunities around them, to their communities, and to the policies that affect their daily lives.
YCS asks you to Take Action
The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) educates, advocates and conducts research on Yukon environmental issues, and has been doing so since 1968.
