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Integrated Wildlife Management Plan: Na'cho N'y'ak Dun Traditional
Territory
Action Agenda 1997-2000: Habitat
Inventory
Current Status:
Key Habitat maps are used regularly by NND, YTG and MDRRC to respond
to development proposals for NNDTT. Local Knowledge has been used to identify
and protect some wildlife habitats in NNDTT but a great deal of this knowledge
is not yet available for such purposes. Industrial developments are proceeding
in NNDTT and the potentials for further such developments plus other activities
like hydro power and wilderness tourism are quite high. Both NND and YTG
plus the MDRRC advise on important wildlife habitats when development
proposals are being reviewed.
| Concern:
Key habitat maps are incomplete
and lack sufficient detail.
Solution:
Get more information for
key habitat maps. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Send Recommendation
RRC-1 on key habitat maps to YTG |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Check progress on Recommendation
RRC-1 |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
| Send available local habitat information
to YDRR Habitat Section |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Keep sending local habitat information
to YDRR Habitat Section |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
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| Concern:
Local knowledge is not organized in a way that could be used
to show where important wildlife habitats are in NNDTT.
Solution:
Make habitat information from local knowledge useful for development
reviews. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Make an overall plan for gathering
and organizing local knowledge |
1998/1999 |
MDRRC |
| Begin gathering and organizing local
knowledge |
1998/1999 |
MDRRC |
| Keep gathering and organizing local
knowledge |
1999/2000 |
MDRRC |
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| Concern:
There is no way to focus habitat work in NNDTT areas that
are of greatest development potential.
Solution:
Identify areas in NNDTT with high potential for development. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Get information on areas with potential
for development |
1998/1999 |
YTG |
| Produce master plan of potential
development areas for NNDTT |
1998/1999 |
MDRRC, YTG |
| Focus habitat work on areas indicated
in development master plan |
1999/2000 |
MDRRC, YTG, NND |
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Protection
Current Status:
The NND Final Agreement provides for the establishment of 1 Special Management
Area. In addition, the community has designated Big Island and Devil's
Elbow as moose calving sanctuaries where cow hunting is prohibited on
a voluntary basis. Current large scale developments in NNDTT are Keno
Hill and Dublin Gulch (New Millennium Mining Company). Other mining interests
imply that further developments could occur. There are presently no habitat
protection regulations in the Yukon.
| Concern:
Few important wildlife
habitats have been identified in NNDTT.
Solution:
Find out about wildlife
habitats in NNDTT that need protection. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Organize existing information on wildlife
habitats and prioritize for protection |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC, NND |
| Get more information on wildlife
habitats and prioritize for protection |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC, NND |
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| Concern:
Confusion and concerns at community level about what "habitat
protection" is.
Solution:
Figure out all the possible ways to protect habitats and tell
people about them. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Send Recommendation
RRC-2 on habitat protection to YFWMB |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Send Recommendation
RRC-3 on habitat protection to YDRR |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Check progress on Recommendations
RRC-2 and RRC-3 |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
| Tell people about different ways
to protect habitats |
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
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NND, MDRRC |
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Land Use
Current Status:
Access to regions of NNDTT has been increasing due to the construction
of roads associated with mining activities and also due to versatility
of "4-wheelers" which are either offloaded from vehicles or
flown into remoter regions for hunting. Little in the way of wilderness
tourism presently occurs in NNDTT but there is a high potential for future
growth of this industry. Mining activities have been increasing in NNDTT
with the opening of the New Millennium Mine scheduled for the spring of
1997 and the possibility of United Keno Hill reopening in the near future.
Additional mining interests suggest that other developments may also occur
in NNDTT within the next few years.
| Concern:
Increased off-road access to NNDTT causes more habitat disturbance.
Solution:
Figure out how to manage access and meanwhile use interim
protection measures. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Send Recommendation
RRC-4 to YTG & YFWMB on access management |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Check progress on Recommendation
RRC-4 |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
| Make Code of Ethics for 4-wheeler
use in NNDTT |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Tell people about Code of Ethics
for 4-wheeler use in NNDTT |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
| Monitor 4-wheeler use in NNDTT |
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
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NND, MDRRC |
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| Concern:
Increased wilderness tourism
could affect wildlife habitats.
Solution:
Work on regulations for
wilderness tourism. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Send Recommendation
RRC-13 to DIAND/YTG/NND |
1997/1998 |
MDRRC |
| Check progress on Recommendation
RRC-13 |
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
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| Concern:
Developments threaten
wildlife habitats.
Solution:
Work with development companies on special management plans. |
| Actions: |
When: |
Who: |
| Keep working on wildlife plan with
New Millenium Mining Co. |
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
| Figure out where other special management
plans should be done |
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
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MDRRC |
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