We are a group of governments, institutions and organizations working together to conserve species at risk in the Yukon South Beringia region.
Yukon South Beringia was established as a priority place in 2019. It is one of 11 across Canada originally identified by the federal and provincial/territorial governments.
Priority Places designate areas across the country of critical ecological and social relevance due to their high biodiversity, concentration of unique species and threats as well as the achievability of conservation outcomes.
Through the establishment of Yukon South Beringia Priority Place, we can build a framework to better share knowledge and work together to achieve better outcomes for species at risk and species of interest.

Yukon South Beringia Priority Place

spans 89,000 square kilometers between the Ogilvie Mountains to the north and Dezadeash Lake and Carcross to the south. Because it was never (or only occasionally) glaciated during the ice ages, it is home to some of the oldest landscapes in Canada and contains a variety of unique and endemic species, some of which are found nowhere else on Earth.

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Yukon SOuth Beringia is home to 27 species at risk (11 of whom are beringian species).

some of Canada’s richest native biodiversity exists here.

Yukon is one of the least explored areas in North America for many species groups.

Many species shared the land with the mammoths and some are likely much older.

Yukon species at risk

OUR LOGO

depicts the Yukon Podistera (Podistera yukonensis), an endemic flower of the Yukon and Alaska which grows along talus slopes and cliff crevices during the snow-free early season. According to the Species at Risk Act, it is a species of Special Concern.

THE HANDS ENCIRCLING THIS RARE AND HEARTY FLOWER REPRESENT THE CARE, CONCERN AND RESILIENCE THAT UNDERPINS SPECIES PROTECTION IN THE YUKON SOUTH BERINGIA.

Who’s Involved?

Government of Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service *
Natural Resources Canada

Yukon First Nations

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations *
First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun*
Kluane First Nation*
Selkirk First Nation*
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation*

Territorial Government

Government of Yukon*

Non-Profit Organizations (Local and National)

Research Institutions

University of Alberta in partnership with Yukon University

Other interested parties

Alsek Renewable Resource Council
Assembly of First Nations - Yukon region
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Yukon Chapter
Council of Yukon First Nations
Dän Keyi Renewable Resources Council
Dawson District Renewable Resources Council
Indigenous Guardians
Klondike Visitors Association
Wilderness Tourism Association Yukon
Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board
Yukon Land Use Planning Council/Dawson Regional Planning Commission

*denotes signatory to Terms of Reference and Executive Committee membership

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Since time immemorial,

First Nations have been stewards of this land and today, we are committed to working together to build upon generations of work as well as honour community values and Traditional and scientific knowledge around our key species and habitats in order to protect and preserve them.