{"id":11383,"date":"2026-03-18T17:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?post_type=lmu&p=11383"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:52:00","slug":"ny-011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/?p=11383","title":{"rendered":"NY-011"},"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>\nLMU #11 contains significant riparian habitats along the
\nWhitestone and Miner rivers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land Status<\/td>\nYukon public land and VGFN Settlement land (VG R-04A, R-09A, R-13B, S-01A, S-55A\/D and S-57A\/D).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biophysical Setting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Setting<\/td>\nTransition between North Ogilvie Mountains and Eagle Plains. Confluence of three Major Rivers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecoregions<\/td>\nEagle Plains and North Ogilvie Mountains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bioclimate Zones<\/td>\nTaiga Wooded and Taiga Shrub (minor).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habitat Types<\/td>\nLow to mid-elevation coniferous and mixed-wood forest, and shrub; high elevation sparsely vegetated, herb, shrub and rock; significant riparian habitats; minor amount wetland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watersheds<\/td>\nPorcupine River (Whitestone and Miner rivers).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecological Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significant Wildlife and Fish Habitats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Porcupine Caribou<\/td>\nConcentrated and general use area during fall rutting and winter seasons. Important migration route along higher elevation ridges.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moose<\/td>\nSignificant seasonal habitats along Major River corridors (Whitestone and Miner).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marten<\/td>\nModerate – high value winter habitats; mixed-wood riparian habitats most important.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheep<\/td>\nNo known sheep populations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fish<\/td>\nSignificant fish habitats. Important fish over-wintering and spawning habitats in both Miner and Whitestone rivers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Species<\/td>\nImportant bear habitat (riparian areas).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wetlands and Lakes<\/td>\nSignificant wetland habitats in Whitestone and Miner river corridors; area around Whitestone village of special significance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riparian Areas<\/td>\nRegionally significant mixed-wood riparian forests along Whitestone and Miner rivers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major River Corridors<\/td>\nWhitestone and Miner rivers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heritage, Social and Cultural Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VGFN Heritage Routes and Sites<\/td>\nNo identified heritage routes or sites.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Heritage and Historic Resources<\/td>\nConcentration of heritage resources at confluence of Miner, Fishing Branch and Whitestone rivers, including documented archaeological sites. Whitestone Village and surrounding landscape was important traditional use area.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current Community Use Areas<\/td>\nSummer use at Whitestone Village and along Major River Corridors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economic Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transportation and Access<\/td>\nNo existing transportation infrastructure.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traditional Economy<\/td>\nInfrequent summer use; general travel and subsistence harvesting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tourism and Recreation<\/td>\nLow interests and activity. Whitestone Village possible future tourism interest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oil and Gas Resources<\/td>\nHigh potential; contains a prospective portion of Eagle Plain oil and gas basin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral Resources<\/td>\nOverall low potential. Small area of high 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. The confluence of Whitestone, Miner and Fishing Branch rivers, in vicinity of Whitestone Village, is an ecologically important area.<\/li>\n
  2. Western boundary is adjacent to Fishing Branch HPA (LMU #12B).<\/li>\n
  3. Whitestone and Miner rivers contain documented salmon spawning and over-wintering habitats.<\/li>\n
  4. Most of this unit was affected by wildfire in summer of 2004.<\/li>\n
  5. Adjacent to Tr\u2019ond\u00ebk Hw\u00ebch\u2019in Traditional Territory (south of 66\u00b0N latitude).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Image explanation LMU #11 contains significant riparian habitats along the Whitestone and Miner rivers. Land Status Yukon public land and VGFN Settlement land (VG R-04A, R-09A, R-13B, S-01A, S-55A\/D and S-57A\/D). Biophysical Setting Setting Transition between North Ogilvie Mountains and Eagle Plains. Confluence of three Major Rivers. Ecoregions Eagle Plains and North Ogilvie Mountains. Bioclimate […]<\/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-11383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11383","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=11383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planyukon.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}