News Releases and Advisories
30 year campaign culminates in signing of Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan
30 year campaign culminates in signing of Peel Watershed Regional Land Use PlanMayo, Yukon – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Yukon Chapter (CPAWS Yukon) and the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) are excited for the signing of the Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan, and congratulate the Yukon Government, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, First Nation of [Learn more]
Yukoners overwhelmingly support permanent protection of Peel Watershed
February 27, 2019 (Whitehorse, YT) – CPAWS Yukon and the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) are pleased to see an overwhelming call for stronger protection in the Peel Regional Land Use Plan What We Heard Report released yesterday. The report breaks down the 2,674 email, letter, and questionnaire submissions during the final consultations. We are pleased [Learn more]
Peel Watershed Photo Exhibit comes to Whitehorse
July 30, 2018, Whitehorse – The Peel Watershed Portrait Exhibit is showing at the Yukon Arts Centre from August 1-30, with an opening reception from 5-7 pm on August 1. The exhibit is a collaboration between the Yukon Conservation Society, CPAWS Yukon, the First Nation of Na Cho Nyäk Dün, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Vuntut Gwitchin First [Learn more]
Annual Parks Report outlines roadmap for meeting land and freshwater protection targets in the Yukon and across Canada
July 17, 2018, Whitehorse, Yukon – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) released its annual Parks Report today, What’s Next: Parks and Protected Areas to 2020 and Beyond, which recommends how governments in Canada – federal, provincial, territorial and Indigenous – can work together to almost double our current protected areas, to achieve our [Learn more]
Canadians have made their voices clear: There is no place for oil and gas extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
OTTAWA (Tuesday, June 19, 2018) — The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Yukon Chapter (CPAWS Yukon) and Nature Canada together are making sure the U.S. Government knows there is no place for oil and gas extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Today is the final day of the U.S. Bureau of [Learn more]
Yukon Conservation Society and CPAWS Yukon call for public comments on Arctic Refuge drilling
WHITEHORSE, Yukon, June 13,2018 – The Yukon Conservation Society and CPAWS Yukon are joining together and urging the U.S. Government to consider the transboundary impacts of oil and gas extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Now is a critical time for Yukoners to voice their support for the Porcupine caribou herd and the Gwich’in. [Learn more]
U.S. government barrels forward to open Canadian caribou herd’s calving grounds to drilling
Whitehorse, Yukon, April 19th, 2018 – Canadians have just been given a chance to speak directly to the U.S. Government about its reckless plan to allow oil and gas development in the birthing grounds of an international barren-ground caribou herd. The Porcupine caribou herd undergoes the longest land-mammal migration on earth, beginning in their calving grounds [Learn more]
A historic investment in conservation in Federal Budget 2018
Whitehorse, Yukon, Feb. 27, 2018 – CPAWS Yukon applauds today’s announcement of $1.3 billion dollars of new federal funding over five years to protect Canada’s land, ocean and wildlife. This unprecedented investment will support Canada’s efforts to achieve its commitment to protect at least 17% of our land and 10% of our ocean by 2020, delivering [Learn more]
Celebration Friday, February 2nd for Supreme Court Peel Victory
To mark the historic Supreme Court of Canada victory for the Peel Watershed a celebration will be held at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Friday, February 2 from 4:30 pm to 11: 00 pm. The event will pay tribute to the decades of hard work so many Yukoners have put into protecting the watershed [Learn more]
Landmark Supreme Court decision is a victory for First Nations and environmental groups EN/FR
December 1, 2017 — Ottawa, ON — Yukon First Nations and environmental groups have won a landmark Supreme Court case. The judgment released today upholds a land use plan that protects the majority of the Peel Watershed in northeastern Yukon. It’s a massive victory for Yukon First Nations and cause for environmental celebration on a [Learn more]