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Welcome to Yukon Land Use Planning Council |
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The Yukon Land Use Planning Council helps Government, Yukon First Nations and Regional Planning Commissions coordinate their efforts to conduct regional land use planning. This planning is necessary to resolve land use and resource conflicts within Yukon's regions. The plans ensure that use of lands and resources is consistent with social, cultural, economic and environmental values. These plans will build upon the traditional knowledge and experience of the residents of each region.
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 When the Yukon Land Use Planning Council first started working towards regional land use planning in the Yukon in 1999, it divided the Territory up into eight conceptual planning regions with loosely defined borders. With the establishment of three planning commissions in the north (North Yukon, Peel Watershed, and Dawson), the Council is looking south to recommend the next planning region. |
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North Yukon Conformity Checks |
 Now that the North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan has been approved, it is time to put it into action. The Parties to this plan, the Yukon Government and the government of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, have agreed on some plan implementation tasks. One task, checking the conformity of proposed projects to the plan, has been assigned to the Yukon Land Use Planning Council. |
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Peel Watershed Planning Commission submits Recommended Plan for Approval |
 The Peel Watershed Planning Commission (PWPC) has submitted their Recommended Plan to the Yukon Government, the First Nation governments of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, and Vuntut Gwitchin for approval. The Commission is currently not active; however, these governments, together with NWT’s Gwich’in Tribal Council, are consulting with communities around the watershed. They have posted a schedule of these consultation events, as well as an on-line forum. The timeline below...
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An ALCES® landscape computer simulation model was used to explore and better understand potential outcomes of plausible oil and gas, tourism and mining land use scenarios for the North Yukon Planning Region (Table S-1). Land use scenarios, and the detailed parameters for each scenario, were developed by domain experts and through research. A number of different scenarios for each sector were not examined, as the range of plausible scenarios was considered
to be relatively low.
The complete document is now available at this link.
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 Land and resource managers have a lot on their plate these days, trying to maintain a balance between the conservation of sensitive ecological and cultural areas and support for a healthy economy. They are often called on to advise on potential land use conflicts, only to face overflowing map cabinets, minimal technical capacity, and blank spaces the size of a small country in the middle of their jurisdiction. A Council initiative to develop a Yukon themed on-line interactive mapping tool may help fill in some of the blanks.
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