Whats happening in the Three Rivers and Peel Watershed?
CPAWS-Yukon perseveres in its work to protect the Three Rivers wilderness and to maintain the ecological integrity of the Greater Peel Watershed. After a successful CPAWS tour to northern communities in June, local people asked us to help coordinate a community gathering planned for winter 2007, to discuss together their vision for the future of the Peel watershed. Earlier this year, in response to the Peel Planning Commission’s call for public comment, we submitted a proposal for protected areas in the Peel watershed based on conservation science, and supported by an economic rationale. The Three Rivers multimedia show is going across Canada April to May 2007 on an 11-city tour that will highlight the national significance of this pristine mountain boreal wilderness. The tour, along with the new book, Three Rivers: the Yukon’s Great Boreal Wilderness, will inspire Canadians to take action for the Three Rivers while promoting conservation of our country s entire boreal forest. A lot is
