{"id":11315,"date":"2026-03-18T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?post_type=lmu&p=11315"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:05:35","slug":"ny-003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?p=11315","title":{"rendered":"NY-003"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Image explanation<\/td>\nLower Driftwood River, near confluence with Porcupine River. (CWS photo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land Status<\/td>\nYukon public land and VGFN Settlement Land (VG R-03A and several S-sites)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Implementation News<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Berger Inquiry-era land withdrawal over this LMU was lifted. See discussion here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biophysical Setting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Setting<\/td>\nGentle pediment slopes; transition between Northern Richardson Mountains and Foothills and Old Crow Basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecoregions<\/td>\nOld Crow Flats, Old Crow Basin, and Eagle Plains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bioclimate Zones<\/td>\nTaiga Wooded, Taiga Shrub, and Tundra (northern portion).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habitat Types<\/td>\nLow elevation herb and shrub dominant; some coniferous forest and shrub; minor amount of wetland and riparian.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watersheds<\/td>\nPorcupine River (Driftwood River, Berry and Rat Indian creeks).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecological Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significant Wildlife and Fish Habitats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Porcupine Caribou<\/td>\nCaribou concentrated use in four seasons \u2013 summer, fall migration, rutting, and winter. Calving occurs infrequently.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moose<\/td>\nSignificant habitats in all seasons. High-quality winter habitat in Driftwood River corridor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marten<\/td>\nLow \u2013 moderate quality winter habitat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheep<\/td>\nNo known sheep populations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fish<\/td>\nIdentified over-wintering habitat in Porcupine River; potential over-wintering habitat in lower Driftwood River.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Species<\/td>\nSignificant grizzly bear habitat around mouth of Berry Creek and Salmon Cache archaeological site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wetlands and Lakes<\/td>\nLower Driftwood River and Berry Creek corridors contain wetlands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riparian Areas<\/td>\nDriftwood River valley, Berry Creek valley, and numerous small stream valleys.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major River Corridors<\/td>\nPorcupine River<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heritage, Social and Cultural Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VGFN Heritage Routes and Sites<\/td>\nOld Crow to Ft. McPherson trail, via Salmon Cache and Lapierre House.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Heritage and Historic Resources<\/td>\nSignificant heritage resource values. Documented caribou fences and many archaeological sites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current Community Use Areas<\/td>\nLower Driftwood River, Porcupine River, Salmon Cache, and Burnt Hill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economic Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transportation and Access<\/td>\nNo existing transportation infrastructure; a conceptual access route has been identified in the southern portion of the unit1<\/sup>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traditional Economy<\/td>\nSummer and winter subsistence and forest harvesting; general land use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tourism and Recreation<\/td>\nLow interests and activity (outside of Porcupine River corridor).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oil and Gas Resources<\/td>\nOverall low potential; southern margin of unit is in Eagle Plain oil and gas basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral Resources<\/td>\nOverall low potential; western margin of unit contains high potential.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aggregate (Gravel) Resources<\/td>\nNo identified resources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forest Resources<\/td>\nLarge stands of riparian spruce limited to lower Driftwood River.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special Management Considerations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  1. North Yukon Land Withdrawal prohibits land disposition and resource exploration activities.<\/li>\n
  2. Important caribou concentrated use area during multiple seasons; Porcupine caribou cross Porcupine River at this unit during fall and spring migration.<\/li>\n
  3. High heritage resource and cultural values.<\/li>\n
  4. Maintain opportunities for community use and subsistence harvesting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    1<\/sup> Yukon Government, Department of Energy Mines and Resources. 2003. Conceptual study report to identify potential natural resource infrastructure access corridors Yukon, 2002-2003. Prepared by Access Consulting Group, Whitehorse, YT. March, 2003. 89 pp.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Image explanation Lower Driftwood River, near confluence with Porcupine River. (CWS photo) Land Status Yukon public land and VGFN Settlement Land (VG R-03A and several S-sites) Implementation News The Berger Inquiry-era land withdrawal over this LMU was lifted. See discussion here. Biophysical Setting Setting Gentle pediment slopes; transition between Northern Richardson Mountains and Foothills and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}