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Aishihik Integrated Wildlife Management Plan
Introduction

The approach to community-based fish and wildlife planning in the Yukon has been developed over the past decade in order to meet land claim obligations for the participation of First Nation governments, the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board and local Renewable Resources Councils in fish and wildlife management. This approach follows a set of steps that have been agreed to by the parties who will take responsibility for delivering the Aishihik Integrated Wildlife Management Plan. The parties to this plan are the Yukon Department of Renewable Resources, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, and the Alsek Renewable Resources Council.

Click here to view a map of the planning area.

A letter of understanding was drafted by the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and was signed by the parties on October 5, 1998. The people and organizations that have a stake in the outcome of the plan were invited to the workshops and they include:

• Ruby Range Outfitters,
• Mervyns Yukon Outfitting,
• Yukon Fish & Wildlife Management Board,
• Yukon Fish & Game Association,
• Kluane Park Management Board,
• Yukon Trappers Association,
• Government of Canada,
• Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development,
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society,
• Kluane National Park and Reserve,
• Yukon Conservation Society,
• Kluane Outfitters,
• Yukon Outfitters Association.

In addition, the Kluane and Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nations joined the process as their traditional territories overlap with that of the Champagne/Aishihik First Nations. The products of the planning process are:

A Reference Manual. This is a collection of all relevant information, including scientific, local and traditional knowledge, which was required to understand and verify wildlife management concerns in the planning area, and to get agreement on solutions and actions in the plan.

The Plan. This is an action plan that lays out the wildlife management concerns in the planning area, the agreed upon solutions, and the actions that are required to bring about these solutions. These actions are scheduled over a 5-year period and are assigned to one or more of the parties for delivery. The plan is posted on this website, and the actions are tracked annually.

Recommendations. Solutions to concerns that require actions by other parties, or have implications broader than the planning area, are dealt with through recommendations to the appropriate party, rather than actions in the plan.

Public Brochures. Brochures are produced each year to inform the local residents about the plan and the actions to be delivered that year.

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