Currant Berries along McIntyre Creek

Cleanup September 19, 2015

Friends of McIntyre Creek and volunteers, cleaned up the stretch from the Yukon River to Mountain View.  There are still people dumping their furniture and other unwanted items, instead of taking them to the dump.

Thanks to Atco Electric for sponsoring, and to the volunteers who came out to help.

July 2015 Bio Blitz

Annual Bio Blitz, July 2015, held by Yukon Conservation Society and supported by Friends of McIntyre Creek.  This Bio Blitz provided surveys of the fauna and flora of middle McIntyre Creek.

2015 Weed Pull

A special thanks to Atco Electric and Celeste Sundquist Bendall for a wonderful lunch. Thanks also to the Yukon invasive Species Council for directing and helping with the pull. We accomplished 2 miles of cleanup along the fish lake road.


Photos provided by Dorothy Bradley.

Bear Hazard Assessment - WildWise Yukon

WildWise Yukon is hosting two open houses to gather input and share findings from a Bear Hazard Assessment which is currently underway for the City of Whitehorse. Public input will help form the recommendations resulting from the study, which will in turn help strengthen our goal of becoming a bear-smart community.


Please drop by July 30, 2015 - 10:00 am - 12:30 pm or July 31 - 2 pm - 6 pm in the meeting room at the Whitehorse Public Library. We look forward to seeing you there!


Heather Ashthorn

Program Coordinator

WildWise Yukon

335-5212

Please join use for a McIntyre Creek BioBlitz!
What is a Bioblitz? A Bioblitz is a period of focused biological surveys geared to volunteers, families, students and the general community. In our case, this will be a two-day event. The Bioblitz will include 6 different study groups: (1) birds (2) mammals (3) bees and butterflies (4) fish (5) plants and (6) stream bugs.
Why are we doing this? In support of the park planning presently occurring with the City of Whitehorse, the Yukon Conservation Society is beginning a community-based biological assessment program, using the Bioblitz as the resource. We will be working with the Friends of McIntyre Creek, the Porter Creek Community Association and others. The intent is for this event to be repeatable on an annual basis and for the data to be used to support future planning in the City.

How can you help? Join expert biologists on July 4th and 5th as we study the birds, bugs, plants, mammals, fish and benthic (stream) invertebrates of McIntyre Creek! You will have the opportunity to participate in up to four different groups over the course of the weekend. No experience necessary.
For questions or to register, contact the Yukon Conservation Society 668-5678
Check out the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1598510390438531/
When:  July 4th @ 8am, event will run until 4pm
            July 5th @ 8am until 4pm
Where: McIntyre Creek Pumphouse, behind the Yukon College
What to bring: lunch, walking shoes, weather appropriate clothing, camera, sunscreen, water, field gear if you have it (clipboard, binoculars, plant/insect/bird guides)
Schedule of Events:

July 4th, 2015
8am	Meet at Pumphouse for signup. You will have the opportunity to participate in up to 4 different study groups!
9am-12pm	Groups depart to gather data in Middle McIntyre Creek
12-1pm	Lunch back at the Pumphouse, a perfect time to convene and share stories and get yourself with your next group
1pm-4pm	Groups depart to gather data in Middle McIntyre Creek
4pm	Convene back at the Pumphouse for more story-telling!
July 5th, 2015
8am	Arrive at the Pumphouse for DAY 2, chose your groups and gather your equipment
9am – 12 pm	Groups depart to gather data in Middle McIntyre Creek
12pm – 1 pm	Lunch back at the Pumphouse, a perfect time to convene and share stories and get yourself with your next group
1 pm – 4pm	Finish data gathering, share stories and hand-in data sheets

Christina Macdonald
Executive Director
Yukon Conservation Society
302 Hawkins Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 1X6
Tel: (867) 668-5678
ycsed@ycs.yk.ca
www.yukonconservation.org

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Bioblitz July 4/5, 2015

One of the key community events this summer is the first annual Bioblitz, which is an intensive blitz of biological surveys. This is a great opportunity for community members, neighborhood associations, school groups, naturalist clubs and other organizations to band together to collect information on the environmental and social features of the area over a two-day period.

Presently, we are anticipating this event to occur over the July 4/5th weekend. The weekend will be led by a variety of professional biologists with whom participants can join to study various environmental components such as birds, plants, insects and mammals. The intent is to run this event in subsequent years so that the information collected can be compiled and compared between years.

This event is being run by Yukon Conservation Society in the McIntyre Creek area.

For more information contact the YCS.