{"id":11343,"date":"2026-03-18T15:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?post_type=lmu&p=11343"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:00:59","slug":"ny-006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?p=11343","title":{"rendered":"NY-006"},"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
Image explanation<\/td>\nAhvee Mountain is a significant Porcupine caribou herd habitat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land Status<\/td>\nYukon public land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biophysical Setting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Setting<\/td>\nMountainous unit separating Eagle Plains and Old Crow Basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecoregions<\/td>\nNorth Ogilvie Mountains, Eagle Plains, and Old Crow Basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bioclimate Zones<\/td>\nTaiga Wooded, Taiga Shrub, and Alpine (minor).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habitat Types<\/td>\nHigh-elevation sparsely vegetated areas of herb, shrub, and rock; low-elevation coniferous forest and shrub; minor wetland and riparian.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watersheds<\/td>\nPorcupine River (headwaters of Johnson, Pine, David Lord, and Cody creeks, and Bluefish River).<\/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 fall migration, rutting, winter, and spring migration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moose<\/td>\nSignificant habitats in all seasons. High-quality habitat in upper David Lord, Johnson, and Pine Creek corridors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marten<\/td>\nModerate \u2013 high quality habitat in forested valleys.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheep<\/td>\nNo known sheep populations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fish<\/td>\nIdentified over-wintering habitat in Porcupine River.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Species<\/td>\nSignificant bear habitat at headwaters of David Lord Creek.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wetlands and Lakes<\/td>\nDavid Lord and Johnson\/Pine Creek corridors contain wetlands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riparian Areas<\/td>\nDavid Lord, Johnson, and Pine Creek 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 Whitestone Village and Old Crow to Johnson Creek Village, via White Snow Mountain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Heritage and Historic Resources<\/td>\nSignificant heritage resource values. Documented archaeological sites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current Community Use Areas<\/td>\nSharp Mountain, Lone Mountain, and Johnson Creek.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economic Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transportation and Access<\/td>\nOld Crow winter road runs along Johnson Creek valley.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traditional Economy<\/td>\nWinter subsistence harvesting.<\/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 \u2013 moderate potential; northern margin of unit is in Eagle Plain oil and gas basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral Resources<\/td>\nHigh potential in western portion of unit.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aggregate (Gravel) Resources<\/td>\nNo identified resources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Special Management Considerations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  1. Important caribou concentrated use area during several seasons. In the western portion of the unit, Ahvee, Veeshridlah, and Nest (Chii Too Choo) mountains are among the most intensively used areas in the region. Most significant habitats are high\u2013mid elevation, non-forested areas.<\/li>\n
  2. Southern boundary is adjacent to Ni\\’iinlii\\’njik (Fishing Branch Wilderness Preserve).<\/li>\n
  3. Maintain opportunities for community use and subsistence harvesting (winter season).<\/li>\n
  4. Existing routing of Old Crow winter road should be maintained.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Image explanation Ahvee Mountain is a significant Porcupine caribou herd habitat. Land Status Yukon public land Biophysical Setting Setting Mountainous unit separating Eagle Plains and Old Crow Basin. Ecoregions North Ogilvie Mountains, Eagle Plains, and Old Crow Basin. Bioclimate Zones Taiga Wooded, Taiga Shrub, and Alpine (minor). Habitat Types High-elevation sparsely vegetated areas of herb, […]<\/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-11343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11343","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=11343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}