The Yukon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan

Download or read book The Yukon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A process to review the 1992 Yukon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan began in July 2010. The Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board and the Yukon government established a six-person review committee consisting of an equal number of delegates from each party. As a result of developments in scientific knowledge and jurisdictional authorities, wolf management has changed considerably since the 1992 Plan was released. Given these changes, a new plan was needed to meet the requirements of Yukon land claim agreements, including the roles and responsibilities of First Nation governments and the Inuvialuit, boards and councils, and the use of local, traditional and scientific knowledge in wolf management; reflect and balance the broad range of values for effective wolf management; reflect the new understanding of predator-prey ecosystems, in particular the short-term effects of wolf reduction on prey populations and the resilience of wolves to these reductions; establish wolf management programs that remove hindrances for individuals who want to hunt and trap wolves; and more closely link wolf management to the management of their primary prey species, moose and caribou. This plan provides long term guidance on how wolf populations should be managed in Yukon. It provides principles and values to guide decision makers, and identifies specific goals.--Document.