Human Bear Conflicts – Soapberry Removal

Goals of the Project: Remove female soapberry bushes from heavily used campground areas such as outhouse trails and beach campsites in 2013 after consultation with Yukon Parks staff and COs. Develop ways of monitoring bear use of campground area over time based on...

Yukon Outfitters Association – Wolf Pelt Incentive Project

The Wolf Pelt Handling Incentive program is designed to stimulate trappers and assistants to be more active on their traplines as they engage in this program. This program recognizes the scientific and traditional knowledge of reduced predation creating opportunity...

Fish of the Dempster Highway Project

The “Fish of the Dempster Country Project” will examine watersheds within the Dempster Highway Corridor, on the Yukon Territory section (Km14 to Km225) to document and identify fish species currently occurring throughout. This project will also incorporate data and...

Reversing Local Extinction Ground Squirrels at Duke Meadows

The projects overall goals are to clarify why populations of Arctic ground squirrels have collapsed in many portions of S.W. Yukon. In support of this, attempts to initiate a new population of squirrels on Kluane First Nations Settlement lands are being carried out...

Distribution of Invasive Rainbow Trout in the Whitehorse Area

Rainbow Trout are an Aquatic Invasive Species in the Yukon River drainage. They were released to McIntyre Creek in the 1950s. Their distribution is currently unknown. The goal of this project is t determine the distribution of invasive Rainbow Trout in the Yukon River...