1999/2000 Worksheet: Government of Yukon
| Actions: Caribou |
| Physical Condition
1. Contribute Physical Condition information to 'PCH Notes'
production as required
1. Include Body Condition information in community discussions
1. Tell communities when Body Condition sampling is being done
in their area
2. Collect Body Condition samples
3. Store Body Condition samples for future use
4. Maintain PCH Body Condition information sharing arrangement
with GNWT
7. Use wildlife report form to tell people about diseased/parasitized
caribou
7. Present information on PCH parasites and diseases to communities
8. Work with Northern Yukon Ecological Knowledge Cooperative on
contaminants
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| Herd Size
4. Get percentage of calves still alive in spring (spring composition)
4. Help U.S. check out status of collared caribou
5. Discuss PCH population and '1002' information with communities
when possible
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| Harvest
1. Participate in analysis of effects of harvest on population
2. Use new ways of managing hunting on the Dempster Highway and
encourage other governments to do so as well
3. Maintain increased enforcement of hunting regulations
4. Check out reports of PCH meat sales
4. Identify which herd commercially-sold meat is from
4. Keep using new ways to tell people PCH meat sales are against
the law
5. Continue monitoring and reporting to information system
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| Range Use
2. Keep working on legal protection of PCH habitats in the Yukon
2. Review progress on North Slope Conservation and Management
Plan
3. Work on protecting '1002' lands
4. Work towards passage of habitat protection legislation for
the Yukon
6. Participate in National Science Foundation study
6. Participate in Northern Yukon Ecological Knowledge Cooperative
7. Support the Yukon North Slope Muskox Management Plan
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| Actions: People |
| Co-Management
1. Honour Canadian and International PCH agreements and maintain
or increase funding to Boards
1. Report 1999/2000 work by May 2000
1. Help PCMB to draft plan for the next 4 years
2. Work closely with RRCs and other co-management boards
3. Help PCMB revise co-management approaches based on UBC study
recommendations
4. Use traditional knowledge in caribou management where possible
4. Send users to gatherings concerning PCH and encourage presentations
5. Review and revise communication methods if needed
5. Notify communities about field work and land use in their regions
6. Hire PCH users in PCH field work
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| Culture & Education
1. Maintain PCH Schools program in elementary schools and provide
PCH curricula on request
1. Support projects that increase traditional knowledge about
caribou
4. Support community-based traditional knowledge camps
5. Encourage employment of PCH users in wildlife jobs
6. Contribute to 'PCH Notes' as required
7. Watch out for antler sales in PCH range
8. Encourage respect for caribou by hunters and others
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| Tourism
1. Get involved with any management plans for national parks
or special management areas on the PCH range
2. Make PCH pamphlet and other material available at government
outlets
2. Encourage tourism projects on PCH range to contact PCMB
3. Put up aircraft harassment posters in appropriate government
buildings
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| Industry
4. Review all development proposals that involve PCH
5. Provide PCH information to industry
5. Recommend that industry representatives contact PCMB
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