DA-018
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision for this LMU is that it continues to support Caribou, Moose and other wildlife while allowing sustainable development to proceed. Key values, including tributaries to the Yukon River, will be preserved through cumulative effects management. The area hosts an active advanced hard rock exploration program with associated […]
DA-011
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision for this area is sustainable development supported through cumulative effects management, access management, and the identification and preservation of key areas. The mining industry remains a significant economic activity for the Region, and the Dawson Placer Mining District is by far the most productive placer mining district […]
DA-012
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision is a balance of multiple land uses, including residential, trapping, agriculture, tourism, industry, infrastructure, and traditional activities, while conserving key wildlife habitat, a healthy watershed, and clean drinking water. The North Klondike Highway is a critical route for transporting goods and people to Dawson City, further north, […]
DA-014
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision is for continued enjoyment of traditional and recreational pursuits while allowing for limited sustainable development to continue. Future management of this area should continue to focus on respectful tourism, mining, opportunities for cultural connections, and to maintain and enhance the cultural, community, and ecological values these activities […]
DA-004
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision focuses on conservation with limited use and on ensuring landscape connectivity, ecosystem representation, and the protection of key areas for wildlife, stewardship, and heritage. Future management will see Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in leading land stewardship through an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area. Careful management of access and sustainable tourism […]
DA-022
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording This LMU encompasses the areas within the Region to which this Plan does not apply. It includes Dawson City and adjacent community areas across the Yukon River, named Ch’ë̀nyä̀ng because it was a moose lick area before the gold rush era. It also includes Tombstone Territorial Park (with the exception of […]
DA-008
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision is sustainable development through cumulative effects management and the preservation of values, including water, wildlife and land–people relationships. This LMU contains important wildlife habitat and significant socio-cultural use. Forestry is an important activity. It is important that this area remain open for current and future mineral interests […]
DA-021
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision is for the ongoing presence and health of the Fortymile caribou herd on the landscape. The management intent is to protect habitat needs and migration routes, while allowing limited, specific development. Future management of this area should continue to support the ongoing health and population of the […]
DA-016
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The intent for this LMU is to preserve core summer habitat that is essential to the continued growth and survival of the Fortymile caribou herd within its Yukon range. The long-term vision is to maintain this as an area with little human influence or activity. The Fortymile caribou herd […]
DA-001
Artwork: Yukon Graphic Recording INTENT STATEMENT The vision for this LMU focuses on conservation with limited use and no industrial development or exploration. The conservation priorities for this LMU are rooted in stewardship, landscape connectivity, ecosystem representation, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in cultural values, and wildlife habitat. Future management should maintain the wilderness character, emphasize landscape connectivity with […]