INTERGOVERNMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK: North Yukon Regional Land Use Plan

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3 INTEGOVENMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION FAMEWOK: Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Goal ecommendations Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date GOAL 1: Sustainable Development Pomote Sustainable Development by ensuing that social, cultual, economic and envionmental policies ae applied to the management potection and use of land, wate and esouces in an integated and coodinated manne 1.1 As a geneal guideline fo decision makes and land uses, in the Integated Management Aea the amount of suface distubance in a landscape management unit should be maintained below the cumulative effects indicato levels indicated in the plan (5.1.1) Suface and Linea Distubance Tacking and epoting a) YG will tack new suface and linea distubance on public land designated as Integated Management Aeas pusuant to the Plan. Specifically, YG will tack existing, new, and ecoveed distubance levels in these aeas though the use of poponent-supplied infomation and compute-based modeling softwae. Initial eseach effots in espect of existing and ecoveed distubance levels will focus on identified aeas off the Dempste Highway, as well as the Eagle Plains, Whitefish ive-cathedal ocks, and ichadson Foothills eco-egions (see also item 1.3.1). b) G will tack new suface and linea distubance on Settlement Lands which ae designated as Integated Management Aeas pusuant to the Plan. c) The Paties will povide the cumulative effects epoting esults to the Yukon Land Use Planning Council (YLUPC) on an annual basis. Annual epots 1. Contacted to show estimated suface distubance. 2. Analysis of data stated Nov 2011 to eview & detemine if gaps exist in data (mostly LMU 9). 3. Estimation of ecovey ates dafted Dec Ongoing 4. Next steps: include fill in gaps & set bench maks Joint Technical Meetings The Paties will meet if a poposed cautionay indicato level is eached. These meetings seve as a foum fo shaing infomation and fomulating ecommendations to assist espective govenments management of public and Settlement Lands in compliance with the appoved Plan. The Paties may, in consultation, adopt management actions to minimize and mitigate impacts on key ecological values within the taget Land Management Unit (LMU). Infomation and ecommendations to decision bodies As tiggeed Memoandum of Undestanding MOU COMPLETED YG and G will develop a Memoandum of Undestanding govening the joint technical meetings efeed to in The MOU will define clea guidelines and pocess links to the Yukon Envionmental Socio-Economic Assessment Boad (YESAB) and the YLUPC in espect of the cumulative effects famewok. Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 1

4 Goal ecommendations Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date GOAL 1: Sustainable Development Pomote Sustainable Development by ensuing that social, cultual, economic and envionmental policies ae applied to the management potection and use of land, wate and esouces in an integated and coodinated manne 1.2 Site closue/emediation plans should be developed, implemented and monitoed fo lage-scale industial and/o infastuctue pojects that ceate significant suface distubance ( ) 1.3 To povide a benchmak fo the monitoing of cumulative effects indicato levels, the status of existing suface distubances should be documented ( ) Site Closue/emediation Plans In consultation with G, YG will implement site closue and emediation plans as pe standad pactices fo eview and pemitting of esouce extaction and infastuctue pojects equiing such site closue and emediation plans. YG to monito the applicable site closue/emediation plans on public lands, G to monito on Settlement Lands Bench-making The Paties will quantify existing linea and suface distubance thoughout the egion. Initial eseach effots to this end will be focused on: aeas that have the highest possibility of expeiencing futue distubance. aeas whee existing distubances ae poviding winte access fo huntes off the Dempste Highway. Specifically, the Paties will conduct fieldwok to document distubance levels in this aea, excluding the 2km Dempste Coido established by the Plan. No activity on site closue o emediation was initiated duing the epoting yea. Histoical suface distubance and linea density data Also see comments fo Satellite Imagey Captue & Intepetation: Sping Dempste Highway poject: unknown Summe 2011 the Eagle Plains, Whitefish ive-cathedal ocks, and ichadson Foothills eco-egions. Specifically, in consultation with G, YG will use gound-tuthed compute models to deive benchmak distubance levels fo these egions. Pio to deiving benchmak distubance levels, the Paties will utilize existing and available data egading histoical suface distubance and linea density thoughout the egion. 1.4 In the Noth Yukon Planning egion, potential climate change impacts should be consideed in all land management decisions (5.1.3) Main-steaming climate change YG will implement this ecommendation by fulfilling its obligation unde the YG Climate Change Action Plan. The Paties may wok in patneship with the Climate Change Secetaiat and Nothen Climate ExChange to fulfill this ecommendation, and will apply best scientific knowledge and adaptive management tools to incopoate climate change consideations into land management decisions in the egion. Climate Change is consideed in all poject evaluation and planning execises. Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 2

5 Goal ecommendations Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date GOAL 1: Sustainable Development (Cont.) 1.5 Due to the potential cumulative effects of climate change and land use impacts, sensitive wetland habitats and Pocupine Caibou Hed habitats at isk of significant change should be managed moe cautiously, and with a high level of consevation focus (5.1.3) Appove Plan By appoving the Plan, sensitive wetlands and citical Pocupine Caibou Hed habitat, included in zone I and II, will be managed with a high level of consevation focus Manage Hed Ongoing implementation of the Havest Management Plan fo the Pocupine Caibou Hed. As pe 2010 Annual epot, Pocupine Caibou Hed Management Plan was signed by all eight Paties. Plan Appoved July 2010 GOAL 2: Wildlife Maintain teestial habitat in a condition equied to sustain egional wildlife populations The plan does not contain any ecommendations in espect of this goal. It does, howeve, outline a numbe of best pactices. 2.1 BMP Development Govenment agencies and poject eview panels ae continually developing and updating BMPs. The Paties acknowledge that consideation is given to the BMPs identified in the Plan, noting that some pactices may be supassed in futue, but will not equie plan evision. BMP s ongoing fo aeas of tappes, invasive plants, wetlands, caibou, Geen House Gases. GOAL 3: Fish Maintain aquatic habitat in a condition equied to sustain egional fish populations 3.1 To minimize potential impacts to egional fish populations, in-steam and lake ove-winteing habitat should be identified in advance of the assessment pocess fo lage-scale industial and/o infastuctue pojects (5.2.4) Ove-winteing eseach YG will complete identification of in-steam and lake ove-winteing habitat thoughout the planning egion Pemitting - Fish Habitat YG will implement as pe cuent pactices fo eview and pemitting of esouce extaction and infastuctue pojects. Impact on fish is a consideation in poject assessment conducted by the esponsible agencies (i.e. DFO, Wate Boad and YESAA). Pio ove-winteing poject noted. Poste of esults poduced. No pemits issued in Noth Yukon egion, theefoe no action equied. (No change) TBD 3.2 Wate withdawals in sensitive fish ove-winteing aeas should be pohibited (5.2.4) Wate Withdawal Pohibitions This is a consideation in existing poject assessment and is to be consideed collaboatively by all odes of govenment with juisdiction in the Noth Yukon egion. The Paties will implement as a matte of pactice noting that compliance to this ecommendation may not always be pactical. No pemits issued in egion, so no withdawal pohibitions wee necessay. (No change) Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 3

6 Goal ecommendations Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date GOAL 4: Wetlands, Lakes and ives Maintain the integity of wetlands, lakes, ives and sensitive pemafost aeas 4.1 To minimize potential impacts to egional wetlands, an assessment of wetland hydology and connectivity should be conducted in advance of the assessment pocess fo lage-scale industial and/o infastuctue pojects (5.2.5) Wetland Hydology eseach YG will apply the Canadian Wetland Classification System to assess hydology and connectivity of wetland systems within the planning egion. This eseach will infom the YG s wok to develop BMPs fo each wetland type, in consultation with G Pemitting Wetland Hydology YG will fully conside wetland hydology in the eview and pemitting of esouce extaction and infastuctue pojects. Wetland inventoy, classification and assessment. Noted that wetland BMP ae undeway & dafting committee stuck No new elated pojects o pemits issued in egion, othe than existing opeations. No concens aised. Apil 1, 2011 (No change) 4.2 Wate withdawals in ecologically sensitive wetland aeas should be pohibited (5.2.5) Withdawal Pohibitions The ecommendation is a guiding pinciple to be evaluated unde specific cicumstances by the Paties. No pemits issued in egion, so no withdawal pohibitions wee necessay. When Tiggeed (No change) GOAL 5: Heitage and Cultue ecognize, conseve and pomote the heitage and cultual esouces and values of the Vuntut Gwitchin, othe affected Fist Nations, and the Yukon 5.1 Management guidelines fo identified outes and sites within the Integated Management aea should be developed jointly by the Vuntut Gwitchin and Yukon govenments ( ) 5.2 Known histoic camps/cabins, histoical fish tap locations, achaeological sites and othe heitage esouces should be identified pio to exploation and development activities, and potected fom distubance ( ) Management Guidelines Most existing outes have been identified and management guidelines o BMPs ae/will be jointly developed by the Paties as cicumstances equie Pemitting Histoic Sites and esouces YG will implement as pe cuent pactices fo eview and pemitting of pojects which addess known histoic sites and esouces. This item to be eassessed at the fist plan eview. Management guidelines o BMPs. Heitage esouce BMPs have been developed fo Oil & Gas, Mineal exploation, Place Mining and Wildeness Touism. Management Guidelines development is ongoing. Duing 2011, a pemit was issued fo the Heitage esouce Impact Assessment of the Poposed Old Cow Wate Pumphouse. Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 4

7 Goal ecommendations Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date GOAL 6: Economic Facilitate economic development oppotunities and activities that esults in socio-economic benefits to the community of Old Cow, othe affected Fist Nations and Yukon as a whole, and that meet the sustainable development citeia established by this Plan 6.1 In ecognition of the stategic impotance of the Dempste Highway and its designation as a Nothen and emote oute unde the National Highway System, suface distubance and linea density indicato epoting and evaluation ae exempt within a distance of 1 km on each side of the highway cente line (2-km total coido width) ( ) 6.2 An all-season access oad to Old Cow is not equied at this time ( ) 6.3 In advance of significant levels of enegy secto activity, an access management plan should be developed fo the Eagle Plain oil and gas basin ( ) To be e-evaluated at fist plan eview. To be e-evaluated at fist plan eview Access Management Plan YG and G will jointly develop an access management plan fo the Eagle Plain oil and gas basin. Within two yeas of the Plan being appoved, the Paties will daft the tems of efeence establishing the factos to be consideed in developing the access management plan fo this aea. N/A N/A Tems of efeence G eviewing intenally and will update Yukon on thei decision Fall 2010 Awaiting esponse fom G 6.4 To suppot maintenance and gowth of Old Cow, the Community Aea (CA) should be exempt fom suface distubance and linea density indicato monitoing (5.4.2) CA Location G, in consultation with YG, will detemine exact location of the CA. Until such time that the Paties finalize the CA location, the CA shall be defined as a 5-km adius fom the cente of Old Cow. The aea is not expected to include lands acoss the Pocupine ive fom Old Cow. CA bounday delineation centeed on the G admin building. Noted that the 5 km adius is adequate fo now. When capacity and esouces pemit 6.5 To mitigate potential impacts to significant and/o sensitive ecological o cultual esouces and values, the identification and mapping of potential souces of aggegate should be undetaken in advance of the assessment pocess fo lage-scale industial and/o infastuctue pojects (5.4.7) Aggegate Mapping YG will continue to map potential aggegate esouces in the Noth Yukon egion in consultation with G. Aggegate maps Some field wok is planned fo (No change) Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 5

8 Goal ecommendations Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date GOAL 6: Economic Facilitate economic development oppotunities and activities that esults in socio-economic benefits to the community of Old Cow, othe affected Fist Nations and Yukon as a whole, and that meet the sustainable development citeia established by this Plan 6.6 A futue Old Cow Foest Management Plan should maintain community fuelwood and foest havesting oppotunities within the identified fuelwood and foest havesting aea shown in Map 3, Appendix 1 (5.4.8) 6.7 enewable enegy options and solutions fo the community of Old Cow should continue to be eseached and pomoted (5.4.9) Community Foest Management Plan G and YG will develop a Community Foest Management Plan fo Old Cow as povided fo in s.30 of the Foest esouces Act, to povide accessible foest use fo local esidents Enegy Option eseach and Pomotion G will lead the enegy options eseach initiative, with initial focus on impoving the enegy efficiency of existing and new houses and govenment buildings in Old Cow and the use of heat enegy fom Yukon Electical Company s powe geneatos to suppot othe community infastuctue. In consultation with G, YG will conclude a technical analysis of enewable enegy options fo Old Cow. Community Foest Management Plan Noted that that the CFMP was aised as an issue in community. Copies of YG Foesty infomation was shaed in Enegy options eseach epot The Old Cow Sola Monitoing poject & enewable enegy esouce database wee noted. When capacity and esouces pemit When capacity and esouces pemit Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 6

9 Stand-Alone Item Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date 1 Land Use Designation ecommendation Whitefish Lakes: LMU 8A, Whitefish Pocupine Lakes, a sub-unit of Whitefish Wetlands, should be designated as a Potected Aea categoy. i. Designations and Withdawals YG will withdaw (via OIC fo 5 yea tem) the public land potion of LMU 8A and manage the land in accodance with the Plan until a moe detailed management plan fo the Whitefish wetlands is undetaken and adopted within the tem of the OIC. G will designate the Settlement Land potion of 8A as a potected aea. ii. Management Planning G will lead the development of detailed management plan fo the Whitefish Wetlands. Updates: YG and G have stated wok on a fish and wildlife management plan. The Community-based Fish & Wildlife Wok Plan is expected to be completed in mid YG and G continue to wok togethe to define the type of potected aea mechanism, unde YG legislation, that will be applied to the aea until such time as G develops a Lands Act that will enable G to designate the aea (expected 5 yea timeline). OIC withdawal and G designation Potected aea management plan. YG and G continue to wok togethe on the management planning. Completed Apil 1, Land Use Designation ecommendation Summit Lake: LMU 4C, Summit Lake-Bell ive, a sub-unit of the Nothen ichadson Mountains and Foothills, should be designated as a Potected Aea categoy i. Withdawal YG will withdaw (via OIC fo 5 yea tem) the poposed study aea until final boundaies ae defined and management plan is completed. Afte the management plan is complete, aea within edefined Potected Aea will be pemanently withdawn. ii. esouce Assessment YG will complete the esouce assessments fo the identified Summit Lake aea. Updates: EM YGS mineal potential assessment came out in August YG Envionment has been eviewing it intenally duing 2011 and intedepatmental eview by YG will take place in iii. Bounday Delineation The Paties in consultation will delineate the finalized boundaies of the Summit Lake Aea. Updates: YG Envionment has been eviewing infomation intenally duing 2011 to develop potential scenaios. Intedepatmental eview by YG will take place in 2012, followed by discussions with G. iv. Memoandum of Undestanding The Paties will conclude an MOU egading the legal designation of the finalized Summit Lake Aea. OIC withdawal esouce Assessment epots. Mineal esouce potential epot poduced in 2011 Bounday ageement 2012 Completed MOU 2012 Summe 2010 & 2011 Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 7

10 Stand-Alone Item Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date 2 Cont d Land Use Designation ecommendation Summit Lake (continued): v. Potected Aea Planning The Paties will undetake potected aea planning within the tem of the OIC. Potected aea planning to include options fo an access coido to the Noth Slope. Duing the inteim peiod, management diection will ely on the egional Land Use Plan. Potected aea management plan Between 2012 and 2014 Updates: Envionment eceived the Yukon Geological Suvey epot in August 2011 fo eview and analysis. Once potential bounday scenaios have been vetted by senio management, intedepatmental discussions will seek consensus on potential scenaios. Noted that G would like to become involved in the discussion on the bounday once YG has eached consensus on one o moe potential scenaios. Envionment let a contact this Septembe to FN to ID cultual heitage values within the Summit Lake- Bell ive study aea. This infomation will contibute to the bounday assessment wok. The epot is due Mach 31 st 2012 and is funded though implementation funding allocation. 3 Land Use Designation ecommendation 4.4 Noth Yukon Withdawal: Should the applicable authoities decide to lift the Noth Yukon Land Withdawal at a futue date, LMU 2A and LMU 4A should be consideed fo Integated Management Aea Zone III designation The Paties will develop a consultation plan in espect of the Noth Yukon Land Withdawal. Pusuant to the consultation plan, YG will amend the existing withdawal ode so as to emove LMUs 2A, 3, and 4A fom the ode, and extend the ode to apply to the study aea fo the poposed potected aeas (Summit lake Bell ive and Whitefish wetlands). The land use designation IMA Zone II will be applied to LMUs 2A, 3 and 4A. Consultation plan and withdawal odes Completed 4 Landscape Management Unit 12B Fishing Banch HPA a. The Fishing Banch Committee of Managing Agencies should conside applying the land use designation concepts and citeia used in this Plan to the Fishing Banch HPA at the next HPA management plan eview The Committee of Managing Agencies conducted a eview of the HPA management plan in This ecommendation was tabled and discussed. It was detemined that the Landscape Management Unit (LMU) will not be classified as a zone I, II, o III simila to othe LMU s in the planning egion. athe, the management plan will take pecedence egading activities and land use options contained within since it povides a much moe focused desciption and explanation of land use paametes. The acceptance and use of Cumulative Effects Indicatos was not discussed but will be tabled at the next Committee of Managing Agencies meeting, which is expected to occu duing the winte of 2009/2010. N/A Completed b. Futhe delineation of the Fishing Banch HPA southen bounday should also be consideed duing the next HPA management plan eview. Once the /TH Taditional Teitoy ovelap is esolved, the Fishing Banch Committee of Managing Agencies will wok to establish a wateshed-based bounday fo the southen pat of the HPA. Dawson Planning Commission to be made awae of this item. HPA bounday Once ovelap issue is esolved 5 Suggested eseach Pioities, Appendix 4 Appendix 4 of the Plan povides a summay of vaious eseach suggestions made thoughout the Plan. The Paties will eview, agee to, and develop a timeline fo undetaking eseach pioities commensuate with available esouces. eseach timeline and poducts June Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 8

11 Stand-Alone Item Action Steps esults Expected Stat Date 6 Plan Implementation, section 7.1 The Paties will develop a detailed Plan implementation stategy concuently with, o subsequent to, the appoval of a Final Land Use Plan 7 Plan evision, section 7.2 Plan eviews will occu on an ageed-upon schedule, o wheneve the Yukon and Vuntut Gwitchin govenments agee it is equied. Methods and timelines fo changing the Plan will be developed as pat of the detailed implementation stategy YG and G will update the Integovenmental Implementation Famewok annually. G and YG will jointly develop a Memoandum of Undestanding detailing the plan evision schedule and tigges theeof. The Memoandum of Undestanding will addess whethe such eviews ae mandatoy o discetionay, and shall claify any applicable public eview pocesses. 8 Best management pactices Govenment agencies and poject eview panels ae continually developing and updating BMPs. The Paties acknowledge that consideation is given to the BMPs identified by the Plan, noting that some pactises may be supassed in futue, but will not equie plan evision. Updated Integov. Implementation Famewok MOU BMP s ae being developed on an ongoing basis. Also see 2.1 and completed Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan Integovenmental Implementation Famewok (updated to Decembe 31, 2011) 9

12 Noth Yukon LUP Poject Confomity Check Summay fo 2011 YESAA Poject Poponent Poject Desciption LMU Zoning Confomity Comments Yukon govenment Community Sevices Old Cow Wate System Upgades at the existing opeational well fo Old Cow 2A CA Yes This poposal aises no concens at a egional scale Yukon govenment Community Sevices Old Cow Wate License enewal, fo collection and deposit of waste wate into the existing sewage lagoon. 2A CA Yes This poject aises no concens at a egional scale The Yukon Electical Company Ltd. Ai Emissions Pemit enewal fo the Old Cow diesel geneating facility 2A CA Yes No incease in the footpint of the activity Chis Toleman Eagle Plains Solid Waste Disposal Facility - continued opeation and management of the existing facility 9 IMA - Zone IV Yes Pe-existing opeation, not consideed a new o diffeent landuse Yukon govenment Community Sevices Solid Waste Disposal Facility (SWDF) - Old Cow 2A CA -- Poject eview in pogess, adequacy eview extended.

13 Noth Yukon Land Use Plan: Map 1 (Amended Januay 2012) 141º 140º Ivvavik National Pak B e ag i I T I S H Ank 136º ek 135º T A I Ceek Ceek mas k ee lo Noth Yukon Planning egion w 10 N be Tho Land Use Categoies and Integated Management Aea Zones e YUKON TEITOY U m 1A iv e B O Ti e C C Welcome Mountain M ± 137º bb th 138º g Ba Fi 139º Tail ve Kilometes Mount Fitton Yukon Albes Pojection, NAD83 LEGEND N S MANAGEMENT COIDO Noth Yukon planning egion Vuntut National Pak Dempste highway LAND USE DESIGNATION Landscape Management Units Majo ives Fo x Landscape management unit WITHDAWN FOM STAKING (YT) Aklavik Cuent to Januay 2012 Peliminay landscape management unit C o e iv iv k ee C od wo ift D at ive i v e Gwich in Consevation Zone S-18A E I V e James Ceek & Vittekwa ive Gwich in Consevation Zone 67º ITOIES NOTHWEST TE Y YUKON TEITO TG -01FS E I eek ock ive Campgound V 9 S-2FS iv ffe e 8C S-3FS South ichadson Mountains ZONE II ock ive Mount Joyal ZONE II ae -07A 10A ve Sch 10B i -12A y Mount ove ut Ceek fi sh S-14A/D S-13A/D C od Ch S ( Johnson Ceek Village C S-20A/D Johnson Ceek ZONE IV k S-48A 7 P in e S-19A ee Eagl e Bluefish Lake Keele ange ZONE III n Ahvee and Shap Mountains ZONE III C S-40A/D EagleWhitefish Pocupine Bell ive ZONE I o c k Lakes ko 6 8B 8A Nu Cow Winte o a d Old Shap Mountain S-17A N S-39A -02A S-16A 4B LaChute ive ZONE II d P E E L i La S-41A/D 5 Lapiee House on ( I ns ( S-16A Fot McPheson A Mason Hill Joh T Lo -14B ll N 2B Be Choho Hill Bluefish ive David Lod Ceek ZONE III -03A Bluefish - Cadzow Lake Wetlands ZONE I ve E S-30A ve U V S-29A/D S-38A/D 2C S-53A/D S-22A/D Highway ib Ca i S-52A/D S-21A/D S-27A O -11A S-51A S-38A/D Be y Ba M ou N ( Ck ue O at S-24A/D S-23A/D Lone Mountain Bl S e (ANW) 68º D 4C Summit Lake Bell ive S-28A I TG -03FS S-12A/D Pocupine ive I S-11A/D ZONE S-6A E I P Mount Joyal O c -13B S-58A/D S-2A/D S-4A/D -04A an ce k Eagle PlainsC e ek ZONE IV ft in ( g g S-8A/D S-57A/D ow Fi Sn sh in S-7A e 140º TG -07FS V I st ite on e Mount Huley TH -49A iv S-138B P E E L S-134B S-12FS iv e e S-12FS 141º ne NAHONI Og i e ilv S-56A/D ANGE 139º B l a ck sto TH -32A 66º iv Mine TH -33A S-45A -09A -08A TH -31A S-32A TH -29A Wh TH -48A te TH -30A ps E TH -28A Aitch Hill Whitestone ive ZONE III m 138º TG -10FS 66º Mount Bugess De Ca 12B Fishing Banch Habitat Potection Aea 11 nyon i C ee k ve S-1A nd i -06A Eagle Plains S-37A ah S-9A/D S-55A/D Kandik ive ZONE IV Vy Whitestone Village ( Ha 137º t i ve S-128B Hungy Lake Wi D 13 Ch P an h S-10A 9 S-3A Bea Cave Mountain -05A B Fishing Banch Ecological eseve ee U C S-5A/D Kit Actic Cicle C k Ni iinlii njik Potected Aea Ceek ee S-59A/D N C 12A C ee k ALASKA (USA) YUKON TEITOY A 3 Diftwood ive Salmon Cache s Actic National Wildlife efuge 68º H 4A 67º C Mount Goodenough Old Cow E S-49A Bluefish Caves ( Fist Nation site selection TANSPOTATION Dempste Highway Bell - Wates ive G S-35A/D Fist Nation -block Old Cow winte oad e N ampat House t at A E I N S-36A/D UP C S-33A O P S-50A S-43A ou on Ck Zone IV (highest development) W W 2A S-60A ns Mount Schaeffe Old Cow ampat House T h Jo -10A Flats West O Zone II (low development) Zone III (modeate development) S-26A Old Cow Flats Coe Wetlands 1C FIST NATION SETTLEMENT LANDS FLATS 1B ee ive Ck Zone I (lowest development) I Old Cow Flats East k C Fishing Banch HPA Integated Management Aea (IMA) 1D affe Pak/special management aea Potected aea (PA) S-25A COW Sch C k -01A OOld Cow L D ac Bl OLD w Old PAKS/SMA Community aea (CA) 136º 135º Yukon Land Use Planning Council, Januay 2012 Data souces: Base data: 1:250,000 National Topogaphic Database (NCAN); seasonal oads (EM), 1:250,000 toponomy, 90m shaded elief (Yukon Envionment) Thematic data: 1:250,000 ecommended land use designation, 1:250,000 integated management aea zones, 1:250,000 management coidos, 1:250,000 planning egions (NYPC); Fist Nations site selections, 1:250,000 povincial boundaies, 1:250,000 & 1M paks/potected aeas (Yukon Envionment); Fist Nations settlement lands (blocks) obtained fom NCAN 1:30,000 maps and ecompiled against 1:250,000 NTDB (Yukon Envionment); 1:250,000 Yukon aeas withdawn fom staking (Geomatics Yukon); Gwich in Consevation zones - Nothwest Teitoies (Gwich in Land Use Planning Boad) Data disclaime: This map is a gaphical epesentation, which depicts the appoximate size, configuation and spatial elationship of known geogaphic featues. While geat cae has been taken to ensue the best possible quality, this document is not intended fo legal desciptions and/o to calculate pecise aeas, dimensions o distances. We do not accept any esponsibility fo eos, omissions o inaccuacies in this data. Note: The Yukon Land Use Planning Council updated the Commission s oiginal map in ode to potay cuent aeas withdawn fom staking. Digital copies of this map may be obtained fom the Yukon Land Use Planning Council website at: Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan

14 YG-G Noth Yukon Implementation, Diectos Meeting Teleconfeence Meeting Minutes Octobe 04, 2011 Pesent: Lance Nagwan, Diecto (G) Manon Moeau, Acting Diecto (EM) Jen Meue, Senio Land Use Planne (EM) 1) eview of Agenda 2) eview of Meeting notes fom Apil 18, ) Benchmaking a. Satellite imagey was shot duing the summe of 2010 and is almost finished being geo-efeenced. Once done it will be shaed with G. b. The cuent step in the suface and linea distubance benchmak poject is the contact issued in 2011 to ceate a chat showing the estimated suface distubance levels in each applicable LMU. c. An estimation of ecovey is to be caied out next month. d. A two day analysis is planned, which will bing eveybody in to eview and detemine if gaps exist in the data (most fom LMU 9). e. The next step would be to fill in the gaps and to set the bench maks. f. This poject is expected to be in daft fom by ealy ) Whitefish Wetlands and Summit-Bell Updates a. Whitefish Wetland Inventoy Poject Thee was discussion between YG Envionment and William Josie Natual esouces ealie this yea about potentially stating wok on a joint fish and wildlife management plan this fiscal yea likely Novembe o soon aftewads. A daft lette was eceived fom G about what type of designation (HPA o othe) they wanted to pusue. Envionment will follow up at thei committee meeting planned fo Novembe. YG Envionment will continue to wok with G to detemine the type of potected aea mechanism, unde YG legislation, that will be applied to the aea until G implements its Lands Act that will enable G to designate the aea (expected timeline is five yeas). b. Summit-Bell elated to the pak planning fo Summit Lake-Bell ive, Envionment s Pak Planning Unit eceiving the Yukon Geological Suvey epot in late August with diection to eview it and povide an analysis to the G 1

15 Diecto of Natual esouces upon his etun. The mineal potential assessment is still being eviewed and discussed intenally at his time. Yukon Paks has peviously developed potential bounday consideations, fom the pespective and mandate of Yukon Envionment. Those scenaios still need to be eviewed by senio management in the depatment befoe YG intedepatmental discussions begin, at which time we ll seek a YG consensus on potential scenaios (No change). It was peviously noted that G intends to become involved in the discussion on the bounday afte the initial elated YG intenal discussions. Yukon Paks let a contact this past Septembe to FN to ID cultual heitage values within the Summit Lake- Bell ive study aea. This infomation will contibute to the bounday assessment wok. The epot is funded though Implementation funds. 5) Yukon Govenment Updates Highways and Public Woks has expessed an inteest to have discussions with G to begin Access Planning fo the Eagle Plains Basin. The initiative is being eviewed at the G political level and they will update Yukon on thei decision. Enegy Solution Cente update noted two elated components: Old Cow Sola Monitoing poject patneing with the and KZA (Achitects) to monito and epot to the public on the pefomance of two sola electic PV systems installed in the community of Old Cow. enewable Enegy esouce database - to maintain a Yukon enewable enegy esouce map on the ESC website with data on wind, sola and hydo esouces in the teitoy. 6) Vuntut Gwitchin Govenment Updates The contaminated site at Tija Ceek whee Whitefish Lake dains out will be cleaned out this summe and the baels moved to the winte oad fo emoval next winte. This is a funded poject. Thee ae a numbe of capital pojects occuing in Old Cow in the nea futue, all within five kilometes of the town site. 7) Integovenmental Implementation Famewok The updated famewok document foms an attachment to these minutes. The following changes esulted fom depatment/banch update epots. Update to Goal Suface and Linea Distubance Tacking and epoting poject: ecent contact and analysis esults wee noted. 2

16 Update to Goal Bench-Making: see elated updates fom Update to Goal PCH elated meeting in McPheson on Oct th. Update to Goal 2.1 BMP Development: BMP wok noted as pogessing in aeas of tappes, invasive plants, wetlands, caibou and Geen House Gases. Update to Goal Wetland Hydology eseach: Noted that wetland BMP ae undeway. Update to Goal Management Guidelines: Touism has developed heitage BMPs. Cuently in the design phase and ae woking with EM fo a common look. Update to Goal Access Management Plan: G will eview and espond. Update to Goal Old Cow Community Aea Location: Noted that the 5 km adius is woking. Update to Goal Community Foest Management Plan: noted that the need fo such planning was aised as an issue by Old Cow esidents to identify fuel wood and cabin log aeas. Update to Goal Enegy Option eseach and Pomotion: the Old Cow Sola Monitoing poject & enewable enegy esouce database wee noted. Update to ecommendation Whitefish Lakes management planning: Fish & Wildlife Banch updates as also wee noted above in agenda item 4. Update to ecommendation Summit Lake Planning Yukon Paks updates as wee also noted above in agenda item 4. ACTION ITEM: Update of all land withdawals completed. ACTION ITEM: Update timelines to eflect othe peviously completed items. 8) Plan evision When a sufficient numbe of updates ae eady to justify an amendment to the plan, the Diectos will povide ecommendations to the Senio Liaison Committee, who in tun, will ecommend the necessay plan amendments to the Paties. Potential updates fo futue consideation will include: Community Use Aea aound Old Cow: Futhe discussion will be needed to detemine if the cuent five kilomete adius seves as a sufficient bounday, o if futhe and moe specific delineation will be needed. It was noted that to date, the 5 km adius is woking (See 6.4.1). Noth Yukon Land Withdawal status: Mino updates to the LMU desciptions to eflect the change will be equied (See 4.4). 3

17 Whitefish Pocupine Lakes designation as a potected aea: wok continues to define the type of potected aea mechanism that will be applied to the aea (See 4.4.1). Summit Lake- Bell ive designation as a potected aea: futhe bounday assessment wok on the study aea is ongoing (See 4.4.2). 9) eview, Final Comments and Next Meeting Next meeting of the diectos will be scheduled befoe yea end. Attachment: Integovenmental Implementation Famewok. 4

18 NOTH YUKON LUP QUATELY EVIEW MEETING Paticipants: Teleconfeence Meeting Minutes Febuay 02, 2012 Lance Nagwan, Diecto of Natual esouces, G Eika Tizya, Lands Manage, G William Josie, Fish & Wildlife Coodinato, G Manon Moeau, Diecto of Copoate Policy & Planning, EM andy Lamb, Senio Land Use Planne, EM 1. eview of Agenda: Accepted as pesented with no additions. 2. eview of Meeting Minutes: The Octobe 4 th minutes wee accepted as is. 3. Confomity Check epots: The most ecent eview was fo the Yukon Electical Company (YECL) Ai Emissions Pemit enewal fo the Old Cow diesel geneating facility YESAA poject The confomity epot was posted by YLUPC on the YESAB Online egisty on Nov 23 d. The poject confomed to the egional Land Use Plan with no incease in the footpint of the activity. 4. Benchmaking Update (Linea Distubance Baseline): Thee ae two ecent contacts neaing completion on this poject. Page 1 a. In Novembe the thee membe technical team gatheed fo seveal days to consolidate and analyse thei field data collected on the floistic, foest and soil attibutes of the selected eseach plots. This eview included defining floistic units and developing a ecovey classification system fo the egeneating vegetation. b. A sepaate contact is epoting on distubance and ecovey classification within 13 specified Integated esouce Management Zones. The epot is summaizing and anking the field data and photo infomation fom 22 paied plots studied in LMU 9 based on past seismic wok thee. The infomation fom this wok is being used to detemine a ecovey classification that can be applied to distubance on the landscape. 5. Whitefish Wetlands Update: a. Ealie this yea thee was discussion between Envionment Staff and William Josie about potentially stating wok on a fish and wildlife management plan this fiscal yea likely Novembe o soon aftewads. The fish & wildlife management eview meeting took place last week and the Community-based Fish & Wildlife Wok Plan should be completed in mid

19 NOTH YUKON LUP QUATELY EVIEW MEETING b. Envionment (Tess McLeod and Buce McLean) is woking with G to define the type of potected aea mechanism that will be applied to the aea unde YG legislation until G develops thei Lands Act to designate the aea accodingly. A lette to the ministe is being dafted by G, indicating that they ae inteested in designating the Whitefish Wetlands as a Habitat Potection Aea (HPA). Wok will stat in the new fiscal yea and a 5-yea wok plan will be completed. G is aiming to have thei Lands Act implemented by then. 6. Summit-Bell Updates: a. The Yukon Geological Suvey epot came out in late August, and the mineal potential assessment is still being eviewed and discussed intenally at his time. b. As epoted in Octobe in elation to pak planning fo Summit Lake-Bell ive, Envionment s Pak Planning Unit has eceived and is analysing the Yukon Geological Suvey epot. Potential bounday consideations fom the pespective and mandate of Envionment wee still being eviewed and discussed intenally at the end of Once eviewed by thei senio management, the next step will be to undetake intedepatmental discussions to seek YG consensus on potential scenaios. c. Also noted peviously, it has been acknowledged that G would like to be involved in the discussion on the bounday once YG has eached consensus on one o moe potential scenaios. d. Futhe to the Yukon Paks contact to FN to ID cultual heitage values within the Summit Lake - Bell ive study aea, the epot is due Mach 31 st and the infomation will contibute to the bounday assessment wok. Heitage assessment wok was done this last summe by Megan Williams and May Jane Moses of G. Thee is a elated meeting on cultual values scheduled fo Feb th. 7. YG Depatment Updates a. Community Foesty Plan: Copies of the most ecent foest inventoy infomation in the Old Cow aea was gatheed fom the Foest Management Banch of EM and fowaded to G. This included inventoies, mapping and a detailed listing of the types of community-needs infomation equied to detemine thei needs within a community plan. Although FMB will not be witing the community plan fo Old Cow, they ae willing to povide guidance and technical expetise to assist them with thei planning effots. b. Best Management Pactices: Kistie Simpson is woking on the BMP s fo EM. As noted in past minutes, a numbe of BMP s ae undeway o have been completed fo tappes, invasive plants, wetlands, caibou, geenhouse gases, wetlands and heitage management topics. Page 2

20 NOTH YUKON LUP QUATELY EVIEW MEETING c. Access Planning fo the Eagle Plains Basin: Wally Hidinge of Highways and Public Woks contacted G Lands last Mach to discuss the G inteest in developing an access management plan fo the Dempste Highway. Futhe discussion between Lance and Wally took place duing the LUP confeence in Dawson this Januay. The initiative is being eviewed at the G political level and they will update Yukon on thei decision. (Action: Manon to Lance Wally s contact infomation) d. Enegy Solutions Cente: The two pevious points discussed duing the last teleconfeence wee bought up as a ecap. No new updates: 8. G Updates: 1. the Old Cow Sola Monitoing poject Patneing with G and Kobayashi + Zedda Achitects (KZA) to monito and epot to the public on the pefomance of two sola electic PV systems installed in the community of Old Cow. 2. A enewable Enegy esouce database to maintain a Yukon enewable enegy esouce map on the ESC website with data on wind, sola and hydo esouces in the teitoy. a. Access Management: G will be able to addess this afte the Peel planning is implemented (Dempste management plan poposed). Lance was able to speak with Wally duing the Dawson confeence in Januay. b. Enegy Pojects: Nothing new. Lance is waiting to contact the Enegy Solutions Cente. Cal peviously woked on the file, now it is Eika s. They ae looking to initiate some wind pojects with help fom the Enegy Solutions Cente c. Tija Ceek: As an update on the contaminated site poject at Tija Ceek, G went thee and the baels wee gone. Not sue who emoved them. d. Foesty: Eika will stat woking on he new foesty file stating May 1 st. e. Community Plan evision: The 5 km adius cuently used is adequate fo now. Community use in up-ive aeas is not captued so G may want to evisit the subject at a late date. f. Fish and aquatic habitat: i. Lance noted that they wee finding what looked like salmon fy in the feshwate outflow fom the tetiay teatment wetlands below thei sewage lagoon. They had concen ove the wate being fish-beaing wates which may facto into the wate licence enewal fo the sewage lagoon. They plan to collect a fy sample in the sping to send out fo official identification by DFO. (Action: andy to identify a DFO contact) ii. Lance indicated that G would also like a moe compehensive suvey done on the ove-winteing fish habitat eseach in the egion and to add on lakes to the assessment done by Doothy Cooley in Page 3

21 NOTH YUKON LUP QUATELY EVIEW MEETING (Action: andy will get an update on ove-winteing fish eseach pefomed by Envionment.) g. Aggegate Mapping: This subject is a cuent pioity fo G, and they would like to get an update. YGS is the lead fo YG and an update on thei activities will be equested. (Action: andy will contact YGS) h. Fishing Banch HPA: It was asked if thee wee any updates egading the activities descibed in the NY LUP Implementation Famewok. (Action: andy will check with Envionment fo an update.) 9. Integovenmental Implementation Famewok: The minutes fom this meeting will fom a pat of the annual epot fo As pe section 2.5 of the MOU, an annual epot will be poduced within 60 days of the annual meeting, and submitted by the YG and G diectos upwads to thei pincipals (via SLC) and the Yukon Land Use Planning Council fo eview and comment descibing: a. the yea s implementation activities and issues; b. the Paties pioities fo the subsequent yea; c. plan amendment o eview pocedues and outcomes; and d. cumulative effects epoting esults 10. egional Plan evision Updates: the Noth Yukon mapping amendment to eflect the lifting of the withdawal aeas was completed this winte. The evised Map 1: Land Use Categoies and Integated Management Aea Zones is now posted on both the YLUPC website at: and the Yukon govenment Noth Yukon egional Land Use Plan web page at: Next Meeting: Poposed fo Apil. Page 4