Entries tagged "yukon"
Last chance for public input on the Peel Watershed
Deadline is October 1, 2010Public input into the Peel watershed process has been very effective in ensuring that the Recommended Plan reflects the public’s desire...Conservation groups welcome Yukon decision to halt new industrial exploration in Peel watershed
Whitehorse – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) are very pleased with an announcement yesterday by the Government...Conservation groups issue warning at Vancouver mining trade show: "Stay out of Yukon's Peel Watershed"
At the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup tradeshow running January 18th to 21st in Vancouver, conservation groups expect the Yukon’s Chamber of Mines and government representatives...CPAWS Yukon strongly supports large-scale protection recommended in Peel Watershed Land Use Plan
Whitehorse – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Yukon Chapter (CPAWS Yukon) congratulates the Peel Watershed Planning Commission for recommending large-scale protection for the Peel...Public Opinion Poll Shows Vast Majority of Yukoners Strongly Favour Peel Protection
Whitehorse – Results from a July 2009 DataPath Systems poll commissioned by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-Yukon Chapter (CPAWS-Yukon) and the Yukon Conservation Society...Yukon's Peel Planning Commission must rise above political meddling
Whitehorse – Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) and CPAWS-Yukon say that information from an Access to Information Request published by the Yukon News last Friday explains...Yukon conservation groups call for more protection in draft Peel Watershed Land Use Plan
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society -Yukon Chapter (CPAWS-Yukon) and the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) are dismayed at the lack of protection afforded to the...David Suzuki speaks on biodiversity, raises support for CPAWS Yukon
CPAWS Yukon welcomed revered Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist David Suzuki to Whitehorse on May 9, 2008. He spoke to a sold-out crowd of...Tags: yukon
Time to end archaic Free Entry Mining laws in Yukon
The free entry system of granting mineral tenure was developed back in the Gold Rush days of the 1850s when governments were trying to encourage...Opinion: Putting industry first in the Three Rivers is a breach of trust
by Bob Jickling, long-time Yukon resident This essay appeared in the print version of the Yukon News on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.Yukoners have many dreams...Yukon government decision puts future of the Wind River wilderness at risk
The Yukon Government has upheld the controversial recommendation of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) to approve the request by Cash Minerals of...Check out articles from the latest CPAWS-Yukon e-newsletter
Read the latest CPAWS Yukon newsletter at cpawsyukon.org! The newsletter is published twice a year as a rich format e-mail message, with chapter campaign and...Tags: yukon
CPAWS wins silver at Canadian Environment Awards
National Executive Director Anne Lévesque, Theresa Gulliver and Juri Peepre of CPAWS Yukon, CPAWS Board President Sherri Watson, and Mike Dehn, Executive director of...CPAWS-Yukon Welcomes New Executive Director Mike Dehn
May 30, 2007 – Whitehorse – CPAWS-Yukon Board and staff are pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Dehn as our new Executive Director. Mike...Tags: yukon
Yukon's Three Rivers Project a Finalist for Canadian Environment Award
Click here for more information about the Canadian Environment Awards. Ottawa – CPAWS’ campaign to protect the Yukon’s “Three Rivers” within the unspoiled Peel watershed ...CPAWS Yukon reviews Peel Watershed Planning Commission's Report
The mineral development scenario report prepared for the Yukon's Peel Watershed Planning Commission, and funded by the Yukon Government, is a flawed and biased document...Journey to the Yukon's Three Rivers tour wraps up in Whitehorse
Read more about the tour here! After more than a month on the road from coast to coast, the Three Rivers national tour ended with...Yukon's Three Rivers Project a Finalist for Canadian Environment Award
Whitehorse -- The Yukon’s Three Rivers Project, organized by the Yukon Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is a finalist in the...CPAWS national tour underway to promote Yukon wilderness conservation
CPAWS’ 12 city tour featuring the Three Rivers, the Wind, the Snake and the Bonnet Plume in the Yukon’s Peel watershed kicked off April 11...Community People Call for High Level of Protection for the Peel Watershed
from the Peel River Watershed Working GroupRepresentatives from Tetlit Gwich'in, Na-Cho N'yak Dun, Tsiigehtchic communities and representatives from northern Renewable Resource Councils developed a...March 1, 2007
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