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Yukon bison population over target, survey shows
The Yukon bison population is booming, a government survey shows. The Yukon government set a target population limit at 500 animals, but last week 641 examples of North America’s largest land mammal were counted.
Frozen Gas: A Coalbed Methane Primer
Coalbed methane exploration and development are being proposed for the Yukon. But it is not here yet. We still have time to decide whether we want it and, if so, how the industry should operate.
Gwitchin once more into the breach for ANWR
Gwitchin leaders from the Yukon are packing their bags for yet another trip to Washington to fight against proposals to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Yukon-Canada Agreement Supports Eco-friendly Projects – Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Whitehorse – Nine environmental Yukon projects will share close to $5 million under the Canada-Yukon Infrastructure Agreement.
Yukon Equipment – Green Business Success Story
Image via Wikipedia For more than fifty years, Yukon Equipment has been selling and leasing construction equipment in Alaska. The company also has been implementing an array of waste reduction activities, including recycling, reusing, purchasing environmentally preferable products, reducing toxics, and decreasing energy use. When Yukon first joined Green Star, it was able to boast [...]
Wanted: hunters to shoot Yukon bison
Yukon wildlife managers are counting on more hunters to help keep the territory’s bison herd in check. – CBC
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Combining science and stewardship, we seek to ensure that the world- renowned wilderness, wildlife, native plants, and natural processes of the Yellowstone to Yukon region continue to function as an interconnected web of life, capable of supporting all of the natural and human communities that reside within it, for now and for future generations.
Advisor in Environmental Policy and Resource
Scott Clausen is an Advisor in Environmental Policy and Resource Development, Sustainable Development Policy Division, Minerals and Metals Sector of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). Scott’s work includes promoting environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility as well as developing policy for the rehabilitation of abandoned and orphaned mines.
Three Rivers Project
How does one celebrate and protect an immense boreal mountain river wilderness unknown to most Canadians? That was the challenge taken on by the ambitious Three Rivers Journey project in the summer of 2003. The Yukon Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) invited 11 nationally prominent artists, writers, journalists, and photographers to [...]
