2005 population status of the Peregrine Falcon in the Yukon Territory

This survey was the Yukon section of the Canada-wide periodic monitoring of the status of the Peregrine Falcon, a requirement of the Canadian Recovery Plan for the species. The Yukon, through the Northern Research Institute at Yukon College maintains a database spanning three decades tracking the fortunes of Yukon’s peregrines. Historically, this effort began in the 1960’s when a population of the interior race of peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) was first described breeding on the riparian cliffs of the rivers draining the central Yukon (Cade and Fyfe 1970). The birds’ numbers subsequently crashed and more recently have been recovering. The Yukon Government has funded this effort in large part over the years; most recently as part of a biodiversity assessment partnership with Yukon College.