Read the draft management plan and complete the online survey before May 21.
Attend a public meeting:
Whitehorse
Date: Tuesday, April 18
Time: 6:30 to 9 pm
Location: Sternwheeler Hotel
Carmacks
Date: Wednesday, April 19
Time: 5:30 to 8 pm
Location: Carmacks Recreation Centre gymnasium
Burwash - occurred March 15
Haines Junction - occurred April 5
The Government of Yukon is supporting the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board’s (YFWMB) public engagement on the draft 2022 Conservation and Action Plan for the Aishihik Bison Population.
The new management plan seeks a better balance between bison control and harvest as well as managing the impacts of bison hunters on people, other wildlife, and the land. It also provides interim bison harvest guidelines.
The YFWMB wants your feedback about how well the management plan outlines opportunities for continued sustainable harvest and addressing concerns about impacts.
The Aishihik Bison Technical Team, which includes all governments and organizations with a role in bison management, has collaboratively drafted a new management plan for the Aishihik wood bison herd in southwestern Yukon.
Your feedback on the draft plan will help ensure we have captured Yukoners’ concerns and values regarding bison management.
Read the draft plan.
Learn more about the YFWMB's public engagement process.
A What We Heard report will be produced and publicly released following the end of the engagement. The final management plan will be released later this year.
Share your thoughts on the engagement process by emailing communications@yfwmb.ca.