At long last: the Recommended Land Use Plan!
West Hart "winter" trail (Photo: J. Meikle, YTG)
Harried planners (Photo: M. Wright, PWPC)
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The Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan
In fulfillment of its Terms of Reference, the PWPC submits its Recommended Land Use Plan to the Parties for review. Here is a press release. Errata Notes: News and updates
The Commission's office is now closed. Here are some of recent updates to our website:
What's next in the planning process?
The planning process must follow that described in the Umbrella Final Agreement, and is further influenced by Plan Partners, budgets, and other factors. This timeline describes what steps can be expected (updated December 4th, 2009). The Yukon Government is maintaining a website that gives updates on the Peel Watershed planning process. You can find it here. PWPC Attends CYFN General Assembly
"Together For The Peel - Chuu Tl'ti Geenjit Khetok"...just as the PWPC logo states, all affected First Nation communities in the Peel region were in attendance at the recent CYFN General Assembly (held in Whitehorse July 14-16th). The gathering provided another great opportunity to showcase the Draft Plan, and for Commission staff to hear various comments on the Peel planning process. 
Pictured from left to right are: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Joe Linklater, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Chief Eddie Taylor, Gerald Isaac - YLUPC First Nations Liaison, Reg Whiten - PWPC Senior Planner, Na-Cho Nyak Dun Vice Chief Sharon Peter, Gwich'in Tribal Council President Richard Nerysoo, and Grand Chief Andy Carvill The Commission's Mandate
Under the mandate of Chapter 11 of the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA), the Peel Watershed Planning Commission (PWPC) is responsible for developing and recommending a regional land use plan for the Peel Watershed Planning Region (Map 1). The PWPC is an arms length commission with members that are jointly nominated by the Yukon, Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, Gwich’in and Vuntut Gwitchin governments. The recommended regional land use plan will apply to all Settlement and Non-settlement lands in the planning region. The Commission's Statement of Intent
The goal of the Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan is to ensure wilderness* characteristics, wildlife and their habitats, cultural resources, and waters are maintained over time while managing resource use. These uses include, but are not limited to, traditional use, trapping, recreation, outfitting, wilderness tourism, subsistence harvesting, and the exploration and development of non-renewable resources. Achieving this goal requires managing development at a pace and scale that maintains ecological integrity**. The long-term objective is to return all lands to their natural state as development activities are completed. * Wilderness is defined as: any area in a largely natural condition in which ecosystem processes are largely unaltered by human activity or in which human activity has been limited to developments or activities that do not significantly modify the environment, and includes an area restored to a largely natural condition. (Yukon Environment Act) ** Ecological integrity is defined as: a concept that expresses the degree to which the physical, chemical, and biological components (including composition, structure, and process) of an ecosystem and their relationships are present, functioning, and capable of self-renewal. Ecological integrity implies the presence of appropriate species, populations and communities and the occurrence of ecological processes at appropriate rates and scales as well as the environmental conditions that support these taxa and processes. (U.S. National Park Service) |
