Friends Of McIntyre Creek

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McIntyre Creek is a Wildlife Corridor, an important and essential linkage allowing animals to move through the increasingly human-dominated landscape. Your help is needed, consider contacting your elected officials. [email protected], Please Protect this important area from Urban Development!

Do you like to watch or photograph wildlife in their natural setting? Canada Lynx Viewing Opportunities - It is easier to find lynx when Snowshoe Hare populations are high. Look for large, round single file tracks in the snow. - Lynx can sometimes be seen hunting at the edges of roadsides or clearings.... - Diet: Snowshoe Hare, small mammals, birds and deer. More Info: Yukon Government- Lynx https://yukon.ca/en/canada-lynx Species: Lynx | Location: Ravens Ridge Subdivision, McIntyre Creek- Whitehorse YT Photo Credit: Celeste Bendall | Date: 01-11-2021

Do you like to watch or photograph wildlife in their natural setting? Mule Deer Viewing Opportunities - Mule deer prefer open grassy areas and are most often seen along roadways, in fields and on grassy south-facing slopes. ... - Though found as far to the north as Dawson, most sightings are along the highways of southern Yukon. More Info: Yukon Government- Mule Deer https://yukon.cms-uat.yukon.ca//o/yukon-wildlife/mule-deer Species: Mule Deer | Location: Porter Creek, Yukon Territory Photo Credit: Gayle Moffat | Date: 12-22-2020

A wildlife study completed over this summer (2020) documents the surprising and delightful biodiversity of the middle McIntyre Creek area, including orchids and other plant species that appear on Yukon’s rare and endangered lists, and the area’s importance to a surprising array of wildlife. Your donation will help pay for an Impact Study of the process of road construction, and the road itself, on wildlife and biodiversity in the McIntyre Creek Corridor. The study will be done by Ecofor Consulting Ltd. and will cost $4000. The author will be Crispin Guppy, Natural Resource Manager Yukon Region, Senior Biologist.

The question of whether McIntyre Creek will receive protection remains unanswered, but the creek presents several potential opportunities for the future. While expanding development into the McIntyre Creek Corridor is convenient in the short term, it is important to consider the long-term implications of encroaching into the only wildlife corridor that passes through the City of Whitehorse.

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Park Planning is being over looked, with a rapidly growing human population and increasing housing demand. The City of Whitehorse faces pressure to plan for additional residential development while maintaining its status at the Wilderness City. The proposed regional park boundary for McIntyre Creek had holes in protection to accommodate proposed development plans. The City of Whitehorse first introduced the concept of Porter Creek D, an extension of the subdivision of Po...rter Creek, in the 2002 OCP. This development would connect Mountain View Drive to the Alaska Highway and would occur within the McIntyre Creek corridor. By the release of the 2010 OCP, development of Porter Creek D had still not taken place and the concept had faced opposition from several groups, the main concern being compromising the integrity, functionality and intactness of the McIntyre Creek wildlife corridor (FOMC, 2018). See more

There's a growing global movement to invest in nature in order to protect vital resources and improve climate resilience. But for nature to be factored into pol...icies, sustainable development plans, and other management decisions, researchers say the science behind them needs to be more inclusive and people-centric. See more

Affecting change starts with one person: you! Taking action matters because concerned voices can be the difference between a proposed solution becoming reality ...or a beneficial policy change getting squashed. We’ve created this post to help provide insight about how to ask for or support changes from your elected officials, especially those related to conservation concerns. Ready to put your skills to work? Here's a start! Take action for these ongoing campaigns, or make a gift to support our work: https://y2y.net/get-involved/take-action/ Subscribe to our "action alert" emails to be notified of timely opportunities that need your voice: http://y2y.net/subscribe

Its so nice to sit comfortable and look over city from this beautiful bench in McIntyre Creek Park. Thank you for for the contribution

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