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Shallow Bay is a 230 hectare wetland at the south end of Lake Laberge in the southern Yukon. It has been central to the original use of the area by the Ta’an Kwachan first nation. It is an important waterfowl staging area; a key fish spawning and…

"The main role of the Whitehorse Community Climate Change Adaptation Project Local Advisory Committee (WLAC) has been to provide a local perspective to the project and to guide the allocation of money for pilot adaptation projects.The WLAC…

The 2020 version of the compendium is a supplement to previous versions (2003 - 2019), and while it focuses on work that was published between May 31, 2019 and June 1, 2020, it also includes work that was completed prior to May 31, 2019 and not…

The mine life cycle, from exploration to mine closure can be fast-paced and volatile, therefore careful consideration should be given to remediation planning of mine sites. Ensuring strategies are developed which are both cost effective, and…

"Over one year of wind measurements have now been collected at the Kluane Wind Project site and the data has been analysed and correlated to Burwash Landing’s airport to provide an estimate of long term mean wind speed at the site. While the…

Remote hybrid power systems that integrate renewable resources, such as wind and solar, in a thermal generation system encounter technical barriers with regards to the depth of penetration of these renewable resources. Some of these barriers can be…

This study investigates a general model for fuel consumption of prime diesel generators within a set range of loadings. The model is parametrized by the rated power output, or sizing, of a generator. This research gives insight into generator fuel…

"The use of biochar as a soil amendment for mine affected soil revegetation was established as a field experiment in 2012. While the objective of the present report is to synthesize data collected over the past two years of the program, some…

The Kloo Wetland is an area of approximately 100 sq. km. of just over 340 small to medium sized ponds and lakes associated with the floodplain of the Jarvis River in the South Western Yukon. It includes two larger lakes, Kloo and Sulphur, and is…

"The Compendium is intended to provide an overview of recent climate change work involving Yukon. This document is intended to supplement the 2003-2013 version of the Compendium with climate change work that has taken place during 2016 and 2017…

A community-based approach to inventorying energy and greenhouse gas emissions was developed and carried out by Kluane First Nation (KFN) and the Yukon Research Centre (YRC) in 2011/2012. Residents and commercial and government operators in Burwash…

Purpose: The Kluane First Nation is planning to install three wind turbines to produce electric power for the community. The elders of the community have expressed concern that the Burwash wind turbine site is within a known major bird migration…

The 2015 survey was an attempt to visit a representative sample from all sub-populations of peregrine falcon known in the territory. The peregrine in the Yukon is thought of as a classic ‘metapopulation’ (McCullough, 1996). The groups, in part based…

From the late 1950s to the present, several study plots across the Yukon have been variously surveyed annually for territorial Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus). Beginning in the mid-1970s, Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) breeding numbers in the same…

This project investigates contemporary landscape hazards related to permafrost degradation in Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay, Yukon. It also considers potential impacts of a changing climate on the local landscape. The work is accomplished by…

This work grew from concern expressed principally by elders of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, that the wetlands of the Crow Flats upon which generations have depended, are showing distressing changes. The thought was that, remembering several…

Yukon, Alaska and northern British Columbia depend heavily on road transportation to link communities and connect industrial activities to international markets. The Alaska Highway is the central transportation corridor in Yukon. It is crucial to…

Declines in American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) populations are widely reported, and Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data suggest that the North American population declined significantly from 1984 to 2007. Potential factors include the spread of West…