What: Thomas R. Berger, O.C., Q.C. will lead a press conference to announce details of action to be taken by two Yukon First Nations and two Yukon environmental organizations in response to the Yukon Government’s plan regarding development of the Peel River Watershed.Why: After seven years of research and consultation following a constitutionally mandated process [Learn more]

Whitehorse – The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Yukon are condemning Yukon Government’s announcement today that they are throwing out the Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s Final Recommended Plan and instead implementing government’s own unilateral plan for the region.  This new plan will see 71% of the region opened up [Learn more]

End Game · TheWalrus.ca By Niall Fink FIELD NOTE – END GAME THE SEASON CLOSES AT A YUKON HUNTING CAMP FROM THE NOVEMBER 2013 MAGAZINE Late September, northern Yukon. There is more than a month left in the hunting season, but a snowstorm has wrecked the wheeled plane, and freezing lakes threaten to take the [Learn more]

In the run-up to Canada Parks Day on the 3rd Saturday in July, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is releasing its fifth annual report  on how Canada’s parks are faring. The report shows that progress on creating new parks and protecting existing ones has been uneven across the country over the past 12 [Learn more]

CPAWS-Yukon has determined that 94% of total feedback received during the last round of Peel consultations supports the Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s Final Recommended Plan and/or Peel protection. “The support for Peel protection and the Commission’s Final Recommended Plan is absolutely overwhelming,” says CPAWS-Yukon executive director Gill Cracknell. “This provides a very clear mandate for [Learn more]

On March 21, CPAWS-Yukon will visualize the increasing flow of support for Peel protection with a thirty-two metre River of Names banner. Bearing the names of the more than 7,500 individuals who contributed to the final round of public consultations on the Peel, the banner will make its way from downtown Whitehorse to the Legislative [Learn more]

Whitehorse – More than 7,500 individuals came out in support of the Peel Watershed Planning Commission’s Final Recommended plan during the final round of public consultations that closed February 25th, according to CPAWS records. “The sheer volume of individuals speaking up in favour of the final recommended plan should send a strong message to the [Learn more]

The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Yukon are urging some people to submit comments to Yukon government’s Peel Watershed Land Use Plan consultations anonymously. “We have heard that some people – whether business-owners, Yukon government employees or contractors – are nervous about submitting comments to the Peel consultations because [Learn more]

Mike Dehn, former Executive Director of CPAWS Yukon, passed away on February 4th, after a long struggle with cancer. Mike will be sorely missed by friends, family and colleagues, who remember him for his compassionate nature, his fighting spirit, and his unwavering dedication to the protection of the Peel Watershed to which he devoted the [Learn more]

Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release Oct 26, 2012 Yukon Government Turns Back on Peel Watershed, First Nations Whitehorse, Yukon – The Yukon Government has chosen to put the wishes of multinational corporations above those of local people and First Nations, by announcing it wants to open up the Yukon’s treasured Peel River Watershed wilderness for mining [Learn more]