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Image explanation Old Crow Flats Core Wetlands, LMU #1B.
Land Status National Park of Canada
News
Parks Canada just released a new managment plan for Vuntut National Park, or Nan Thok Natr’iniin’aii (October 2024).

This management plan sets a vision for the future of Vuntut National Park, with strategies and objectives aimed at reaching that vision.

 

This management plan will be reviewed in ten years’ time with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and North Yukon Renewable Resources Council, as well as with Vuntut Gwitchin and other Canadians.

This park arose from the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement, and pre-existed the North Yukon Regional Plan. As per 11.2.2.1, the North Yukon Regional Plan does not apply to National Parks. However, it is recognized in the plan and is treated as an LMU.
Biophysical Setting
Setting Extensive wetland complex with surrounding basin and low mountains.
Ecoregions Old Crow Flats, Old Crow Basin, British Richardson Mountains, and Davidson Mountains.
Bioclimate Zones Taiga Wooded, Taiga Shrub, Alpine, and Tundra (minor).
Habitat Types Wetland and riparian; low elevation coniferous forest, shrub and herb; high elevation sparsely vegetated, herb, shrub, and rock.
Watersheds Porcupine River (Old Crow River and tributaries).
Overview
Vuntut National Park is managed under the Vuntut National Park Management Plan (Parks Canada et al. 2024). A detailed description of the ecological, cultural and economic values of Vuntut National Park is contained in Gray and Alt (2001)1 and Parks Canada et al. (2024). Vuntut National Park protects a portion of the Old Crow Flats wetlands complex and unglaciated uplands of the British Richardson Mountains. Protection and interpretation of ecological and cultural resources is the primary management objective for the Protected Area. The park was established in 1993 as part of the Old Crow Flats SMA through the VGFN Final Agreement.
Special Management Considerations
  1. See Vuntut National Park Management Plan (Parks Canada et al., 2024).
  2. See Old Crow Flats Management Plan (Yukon Department of Environment and Vuntut Gwitchin Government, 2006).
1 [Not publicly available] Gray, D.R., and Alt, B.T. 2001. Resource description and analysis of Vuntut National Park of Canada. Parks Canada, Western Canada Service Centre. Final Report. 54 pp.

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