Fairy Slipper Orchid

 This lovely Fairy Slipper Orchid was found and photographed by Emma TomTom visiting from Pelly Creek, who is in her last year studying Renewable Resources in Whitehorse.  She saw this plant on one of her hikes on the McIntyre Creek Trails.

McIntyre Creek Trail Maps

These are the trail guides for Middle McIntyre Creek hikes.  These maps are hosted on the Yukon Conservation website.  There are 4 trails covering the area, with information on the area, and the difficulty of the hike.  

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THE LATEST NEWS FROM CPAWS VIEW AS A WEB PAGE WHAT WE DO TAKE ACTION DONATE      Ask for investment in nature in the 2021 federal budget Dear fellow nature champion, We implore you: make your voice heard for nature now! We have the biggest opportunity in a generation to conserve nature. But to achieve this we need the federal government to follow through on its commitments to protect 25% of Canada’s land and ocean by 2025, and 30% by 2030, by investing in nature. We need your help to make this happen. It is time to act. You have until February 19 to have your voice heard as part of the government’s federal pre-budget consultation. This is urgent! The federal government is currently defining its next budget, and investment in nature needs to be a priority. Even in the midst of a pandemic, biodiversity loss and climate change are still among the greatest threats to humanity. Canada can set the tone globally for nature protection by ensuring the country’s ecosystems and wildlife recover with us. Send a letter to the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, and your Member of Parliament today! Canada can only build back better with nature on board.   Sincerely, Steve Moran CPAWS National Director, Policy

 

When grizzly bear populations are healthy, so are many of the other species that share the landscape as well. Keeping them connected matters, says Y2Y's senior U.S. program co-ordinator, Nick Clarke in a recent guest column in the Missoulian. "Communities in the Bow Valley are leaders in human-wildlife coexistence – other mountain towns in western North America look to Canmore and Banff for the best examples of how to live with wildlife," says Dr. Hilary Young, Y2Y's senior Alberta program manager. "These development proposals fall short of what wildlife and people need."

Invasive Plants in Yukon

Yukon now has over 20 invasive plants on our watchlist. Please report new sightings of the following plants. These invasive plants move in on new habitats where they never existed before. They threaten biodiversity by displacing native plants and animals.

https://www.yukoninvasives.com/index.php/en/invasive-species/plants

Please go to the above link to see how to identify these invasive plants.

Conservation in the 21st Century April 24, 2018

Coming to the Yukon Arts Centre April 24th!  Friends of McIntyre Creek, Porter Creek Community Association and Wildlife Conservation Society will present Harvey Locke. His topic will be: Conservation in the 21 st Century from Whitehorse to Yellowstone: Nature Needs Half.

Watermain Work McIntyre Creek to Whistlebend

Over the 2017 summer, work has been done on the main trail area that follows the power line from the traffic circle on Mountain View to the trail entrance to the Pine Street trail access.  I have not hiked the area very much because of all the large machinery, and work being done there, but I believe as of September 25th, the work appears to be completed. 

I am posting a few pictures of the progress, including a photo that shows the beginning of the proposed paved trail from McIntyre Creek to Pine Street.

The water main at the Pine Street access trail

The cleared area, with some left over logs

Fire hydrant & what appears to be an access point

Piles of dirt brought in after pipe laid

The reseeded area

The beginning of paved trail to Pine Street (left by road sign)