Tali was even on the radio sharing all about her project! Tune in at www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-206-midday-cafe/clip/16163140-new-plain-language-guide-yukon-mining-available.
"Working on this guide reaffirmed how important it is to have plain-language guidance in mining review. What good is public consultation at one point in time, if no one knows what the process looks like in full?" - Tali Pukier, 2025 Summer Intern. Small portrait of Tali and background of a mountain with mining roads winding around its base. Photo by Malkolm Boothroyd.
Check out our intern Tali's summer project: An accessible guide on #YukonMining review. It dives into where to access information at all stages of a project’s lifetime, as well as how and when you can share your opinion about mining in the territory. ➡️ cpawsyukon.org/mining-process
PSF’s Stewardship Community Bursary is now accepting applications! We offer $2,500 to post-secondary students in B.C. or the Yukon passionate about salmon. View the eligibility criteria and apply online today: psf.ca/work/communi...
Trump’s push for Arctic drilling heralds the next chapter in a decades-long fight to protect caribou.
What does that look like in Old Crow, Yukon — a tiny fly-in community north of the Arctic Circle? Find out in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
We're hiring! CPAWS Yukon is looking for an Operations Manager to join the team & support our work by managing all things budget, office, & fundraising. 🌲
✨$33.95-$36.72 per hour + benefits, vacation, RRSP match
✨Apply by 4pm on Monday Aug 4th
✨ More info at cpawsyukon.org/jobs
To celebrate, we've made People of Chasàn Chùa available as an online exhibit! This project was created in 2024 by Yataya van Kampen, who painted watercolour portraits of First Nations people, honouring the lives and knowledge rooted to the creek.
Chasàn Chùa Territorial Park, with letters filled in with photos from the area, including birds, rosehips and moss, moose cow and calf, and landscapes.
BREAKING: Chasàn Chùa is officially a territorial park! 🎉
This new designation protects 36 square kilometres of forest, wetlands, and waters in the Chasàn Chùa (McIntyre Creek) area. We are SO happy. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped make this happen!
Wilson's warbler leaping off the top of a spruce tree with overlaid text: "Marsh Forest Flight: Free Guided Bird Walk. Thursday May 29th, 6-7:30pm Meet at the gazebo on Copper Haul Road, just off Fish Lake Rd. Everyone is welcome! Full details at marshforestflight.eventbrite.com. Life of the Boreal, A Walk and Talk Series in Chasàn Chùa (McIntyre Creek)"
EVENT: Free guided bird walk at Chasàn Chùa/McIntyre Creek 🦅🦉
🗓️ Thurs May 29th, 6 PM
📍 Gazebo off Copper Haul Rd #Whitehorse
Join @cpawsyukon.org & @yukonbirdclub.bsky.social for a walk to spot birds & learn about protecting the creek. Everyone welcome. Details at marshforestflight.eventbrite.com
Event poster with photo of book cover and Drew Ann Wake smiling. Overlaid text: BOOK TOUR Whitehorse - Tues May 20th 5-7PM - CPAWS Yukon Office - Registration Required. Dawson City - Wed May 21st 5:30–7:30PM - Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre - Drop-in Event. Meet author Drew Ann Wake for a book signing and reading from Against the Odds The Indigenous Rights Cases of Thomas R. Berger. Full details at cpawsyukon.org/events
📚 BOOK TOUR! Join author Drew Ann Wake for a reading from #AgainsttheOdds, book signing, & stories on the Peel and Thomas Berger’s work for #Indigenous rights & #conservation.
📍 Whitehorse May 20, 5–7pm. Register at againsttheoddsbook.eventbrite.com
📍 Dawson May 21, 5:30–7:30pm, Dänojà Zho. Drop in
New blog!! 🦅 From Colombia to the Yukon, #birds carry stories of connection and survival. Paula (our comms coordinator) reflects on #migration, amazing bird adaptations & her grandma’s farm in Colombia for #WorldMigratoryBirdDay. 🌎
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With reports of bear activity territory-wide, Yukon conservation officers are reminding Yukoners to be bear aware.
Read more: yukon.ca/en/news/cons...
"We've lost that ability to #listen to what our land is telling us. She is screaming right now about how we need to #protect her." - Nika Silverfox-Young
A majority of member nations of the Council of Yukon First Nations voted in favour of looking into #LegalPersonhood for the #YukonRiver.
Folks who are like, climate change, what climate change? Dawson City has been recording the Yukon River break-up since the Goldrush (so they could bet on it, of course). Earlier/faster now. I mean, I work with things recently melted out of ancient Yukon ice. An even longer record of same.
Two people paddle a red canoe down a turquoise river framed by branches in the sun. Photo by Stephanie Woods. Bold text in the center reads, “VOTE FOR WILD SPACES.”
Two people paddle a red canoe down a turquoise river framed by branches in the sun. Photo by Stephanie Woods. Bold text in the center reads, “VOTE FOR CLEAN WATER.”
Two people paddle a red canoe down a turquoise river framed by branches in the sun. Photo by Stephanie Woods. Bold text in the center reads, “VOTE FOR THE CLIMATE.”
Two people paddle a red canoe down a turquoise river framed by branches in the sun. Photo by Stephanie Woods. Bold text in the center reads, “VOTE ON MONDAY APR 28."
🗳️ Election Day is Monday April 28th! #Voting is your chance to speak up for #conservation & shape the decisions that'll guide the next four years. We asked the #Yukon federal candidates 4 key questions on climate, mining, and land protection—read their answers ⬇️ cpawsyukon.org/2025federalelection/
Check out all these awesome #birding opportunities across the #Yukon! Lots of events in Chasàn Chùa (McIntyre Creek) including a special collab with us on May 29th, details coming soon! 🦅🦅
People sitting on snow at the edge of Chasàn Chùa (McIntyre Creek) sketching on paper. Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council traditional territory. Photos by Anne Pinkerton.
Group gathered and chatting, standing in a treed area of Chasàn Chùa (McIntyre Creek), with pinecone scales on the snow in the corner. Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council traditional territory. Photos by Anne Pinkerton.
The other week we hosted a sensory walk & art day with YukonU students at Chasàn Chùa/McIntyre Creek. We slowed down to take in the smells, sounds, & textures of spring, and loved how the sun played with branches through shadows that shifted on the water. Grateful for these spaces! #EarthDayEveryday
two swans flying low over the water, next to an ice shelf on the Yukon River
For the last few mornings I've been woken by the honking of Trumpeter Swans flying over my house! Most of the ones that pass through Whitehorse, Yukon are heading west into the interior of Alaska... This pair was on the Yukon River at the mouth of McIntyre Creek. #birds
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Event banner with salmon swimming underwater, CPAWS Yukon and To Swim and Speak With Salmon logos, and the text "Transformative Mining and Alternatives Panels: Indigenous Governance and Salmon. Thurs April 24th, 6-7:30pm"
#YukonMining panel TONIGHT! Join Chief Dawna Hope (First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun), former Chief Nicole Tom (Little Salmon Carmacks) & lawyer Nuri Frame on intersections of #salmon advocacy, #Indigenous governance, & extractive industries. 🌎
📆 April 24th, 6pm YT
📍On Zoom
🔗 tinyurl.com/1ALeAZZkJf
“Each summer, in collaboration with the [Vuntut Gwitchin] First Nation, scientists visit the [Old Crow] basin in search of ancient fossils … The analysis confirmed that the tooth belonged to a woolly mammoth and dated it to about 220,000 years old.”
Open source paper:
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
A black raven about to tug on the tail of a resting Trumpeter Swan
The swan swivels quickly and the raven jumps backwards
The raven is airborne leaping backwards
A raven, ever the trickster, pulls at the tail feathers of a resting Trumpeter Swan to get a reaction out of the snoozer... s/he had to jump back quickly! #Whitehorse #Yukon #birds
Have you also checked out our lists? Let us know if you want to be added :)
🤝 Yukon Non-Profits bsky.app/profile/cpawsyukon.org/lists/3lfxqke4s4h2s
🧑🏾🤝👩🏽 Yukon conservation, wildlife, & climate folks bsky.app/profile/cpawsyukon.org/lists/3lfxqn2deio27
As the #Yukon community grows here, we want to share our feeds! They're a nice way to stay connected & reach new people.
📿 Yukon or transboundary First Nations or the Inuvialuit posts:
bsky.app/profile/cpawsyukon.org/feed/indigenousyukon
🌄 #YukonWild: bsky.app/profile/cpawsyukon.org/feed/yukonwild
The Yukon Biodiversity Forum is back! Join Richard Gordon & Cameron Eckert Friday 7 pm at the Yukon Beringia Centre: "Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island: Caring for Land and Culture in a Time of Rapid Change."
Then all day Saturday at the Mt. Mac Rec Ctr.
Register free!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/yukon-biod...
Underwater photo of grayling by Malkolm Boothroyd, overlaid with text "This is the most important grayling fishery in the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun traditional territory, right where the Haggart Creek comes into the South McQuesten River. The grayling congregate there in March/April, and people go there and fish through the ice. It is a big community event every year. - Mark O'Donoghue"
#EagleMineDisaster continues to impact Haggart Creek, communities, culture & connections downstream. As toxic solution spreads, #YukonSeed&Restoration hosted a webinar on risks + contamination updates. 🌎
Learn more + take action on our blog ⬇️ #Yukon
cpawsyukon.org/cyanide-in-the-environment-ysr
Respect the Sheep and Goats 🏔️🐑 It’s #LambingSeason in the #Yukon. Vulnerable lambs and their mothers need quiet and safety. Remember to avoid Caribou Mountain, Nares Mountain, Needle Mountain, & White Mountain while voluntary closures are in place. 📷From Carcross Tagish Renewable Resources Council
Permafrost Envirofest is hapenning TOMORROW! Enjoy a CPAWS EnviroTalk, film screening, and music by Hendrika, The Band She, & DJ Thug Shells.
📆 Wed April 9th, 6pm start
📍 Yukon Arts Centre #Whitehorse
🎟️ yukonartscentre.com/whats-on/permafrost-envirofest w/ proceeds to CPAWS community initiatives
#ICYMI After rallying across #Yukon & NWT, last month Yukon court dismissed a case that threatened the #ProtectthePeel Plan. It was a welcome win that reflected many reactions from the start, when YESAB *recommended* against the Michelle Creek silver project, and Yukon govt took YESAB to court.
