Yukon Wide

Keep Bears Wild and Alive Program

This program encourage people to accept ownership for bear related conflicts and look for creative solutions.

Wild and Alive Property Audit 107 KB

Environment Yukon’s Carnivore Biologist Ramona Maraj spoke to CBC Yukon’s Dave White about the Wild and Alive Program on May 28, 2009.

Download Interview Audio mp3 5.4 MB

How to Stay Safe in Bear Country

Outdoor enthusiasts also need information on how to Stay Safe in Bear Country.

Working with the Safety in Bear Country Society, the department has produced an informative booklet to provide practical advise. You can pick up a copy at Environment Yukon offices or view it in pdf format from our website.

How You Can Stay Safe in Bear Country 2.6 MB

Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Bear Country

Environment Yukon worked with the Mining and Petroleum Environmental Research Group last year to develop a new Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Bear Country booklet for the mineral exploration, placer mining and oil and gas industries.

Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Bear Country 1.3 MB

Dawson City

Keep Bears Wild and Alive in Dawson

Reduce Bear Attractants in your Yard

Conservation Officer Services has delivered new householder pamphlet and property audit checklist to Dawson City area residents.

Householder Pamphlet and Property Audit Checklist 920 KB

Champagne Aishihik Traditional Territory

- Haines Junction

Keep Bears Wild and Alive in the Champagne Aishihik Traditional Territory

Local residents are seeing bears more often while the scientific information suggests the bear population may be in decline.

Environment Yukon, along with the Alsek Renewable Resources Council, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and Parks Canada, is asking residents to contribute information by phoning in their sightings to the Conservation Officer Services office in the Junction.

Report Bear Sightings to 867-634-2247 or the T.I.P.S. line at 1-800-661-0525

Southern Lakes Region

Grizzly Bear Study Underway

Residents, Hunters and Visitors Please Be Aware...

Tubes Traps - will be set throughout the Southern Lakes area (between Tagish Lake and Kusawa Lake, from the Alaska Highway South to B.C. border). Signs will be posted near these traps to warn people to stay away. Avoid areas with these signs. If you come across a trap you should leave the area immediately. For more information view the Southern Lakes Bear Traps Poster 440 KB

Report Collared Bears - If you see a collared bear, please report it to a Fish and Wildlife Office. Please provide a description of the bear, a location, time and date, and information on what it was doing. If you have a GPS unit, record the location.

Environment Yukon and local communities invest a lot of time and money in wildlife studies. Collared animals are important to the success of any research. If you accidentally shoot a collared bear, there are no penalties as long as you report the kill and return the collar to Environment Yukon.

Hunters Check for Tatoos - If you are hunting in or near the Southern Lakes area and you kill either a black or grizzly bear, it is important to check the inside of the lip for tattoos. A tattoo indicates that the bear has been tranquilized at some time as part of a research program. Fish and Wildlife staff can tell you if it the meat is edible. Tattoos may fade over time so it is important to look carefully. If you are unsure, bring in the bear to a Fish and Wildlife office.

For More Information...

See the Yukon Southern Lakes Region Grizzly Bear Population Study Page

Environment Yukon’s Carnivore Biologist Ramona Maraj spoke to CBC Yukon’s Dave White about the Southern Lakes project on May 27, 2009.

Download Interview Audio mp3 7.2 MB

Contact Environment Yukon

Government of Yukon

Box 2703 (V-3A)
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 2C6

Phone (Whitehorse): 867-667-5652
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5652

Fax: 867-393-7197

Email: environmentyukon@gov.yk.ca

Report Problem Bears

1-800-661-0525