{"id":11367,"date":"2026-03-18T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?post_type=lmu&p=11367"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:45:40","slug":"ny-008c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?p=11367","title":{"rendered":"NY-008C"},"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>\nCentral Whitefish wetlands complex, LMU #8A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land Status<\/td>\nYukon public land and VGFN Settlement land (VG R-07A, R-12A, S-11A\/D, S-13A\/D).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biophysical Setting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Setting<\/td>\nLarge wetland and riparian complex within rolling Eagle Plains plateau.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecoregions<\/td>\nEagle Plains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bioclimate Zones<\/td>\nTaiga Wooded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habitat Types<\/td>\nLow-elevation wet herb, shrub, and coniferous forest; variety of wetland types, riparian, and open water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watersheds<\/td>\nPorcupine River (perched wetlands flow to Porcupine, Eagle, and Bell rivers).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecological Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significant Wildlife and Fish Habitats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Porcupine Caribou<\/td>\nGeneral use area during fall rutting and winter seasons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moose<\/td>\nSignificant habitats in all seasons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marten<\/td>\nHigh winter habitat values.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheep<\/td>\nNo sheep populations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fish<\/td>\nIdentified and potential over-wintering habitat in Porcupine River, Johnson Creek, and adjacent lakes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Species<\/td>\nSignificant bear, waterbird, and beaver habitats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wetlands and Lakes<\/td>\nMost of the unit contains off-channel wetland and lake habitats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riparian Areas<\/td>\nUnit contains some of the best examples of productive riparian habitats in the region.<\/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>\nWhitestone Village to Johnson Creek Village and Old Crow to Johnson Creek Village via White Snow Mountain. Important traditional use and culturally significant area for both VGFN and Tetlit Gwich\u2019in.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Heritage and Historic Resources<\/td>\nDocumented archaeological sites. Historic fur-trade era Johnson Creek Village.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current Community Use Areas<\/td>\nPorcupine River receives seasonal use (summer and winter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economic Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transportation and Access<\/td>\nOld Crow winter road crosses Porcupine River at Anik Island.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traditional Economy<\/td>\nMulti-season subsistence harvesting and general land use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tourism and Recreation<\/td>\nLow activity. Porcupine River has high wilderness tourism value and interest. Johnson Creek Village identified as a potential future tourism node.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oil and Gas Resources<\/td>\nHigh potential; Eagle Plain oil and gas basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral Resources<\/td>\nLow or no potential.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aggregate (Gravel) Resources<\/td>\nNo identified resources; river gravels may provide potential source.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Special Management Considerations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  1. In the IMA, Zone I designation identifies high ecological and cultural values within a sensitive biophysical setting. All-season infrastructure is discouraged.<\/li>\n
  2. Johnson Creek Village is an important VGFN cultural and heritage resource.<\/li>\n
  3. Existing routing of Old Crow winter road should be maintained.<\/li>\n
  4. Regionally significant and rare riparian mixed-wood forests occur in the unit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Image explanation Central Whitefish wetlands complex, LMU #8A. Land Status Yukon public land and VGFN Settlement land (VG R-07A, R-12A, S-11A\/D, S-13A\/D). Biophysical Setting Setting Large wetland and riparian complex within rolling Eagle Plains plateau. Ecoregions Eagle Plains. Bioclimate Zones Taiga Wooded. Habitat Types Low-elevation wet herb, shrub, and coniferous forest; variety of wetland types, […]<\/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-11367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11367","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=11367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}