McIntyre Creek Educational Value - Oct 4, 2011

For the second time in two weeks,  a grade 4/5 class from Jack Hullund School was cycling in the area, scouting out where they would return for their Thursday science class.  With so much educational activity and value in the McIntyre Creek wildlife corridor,  it is really important to preserve the area, and stop the proposed road from Whistle Bend across the creek, and the development of Porter Creek D. 

We need more  than assurances from the City that they will  set aside a mere 100 meter belt where construction would not happen.  We need the Territorial Government, who own the land, to protect it and give it Park status where housing developments would not be allowed.

The Yukon College has not received their endowment lands for their educational purposes, and this should also be finalized before there are any discussions about putting either a road or houses in the area.

The City has clearly demonstrated that environmentally sensitive and protected areas as well as green belt areas are not safe from their land grab when they want to build houses.  City Planner Mike Gau was quoted in the Whitehorse Star stating "times change, and so do needs", which puts any green space in Whitehorse in danger.