Wildfire Risk Reduction Strategy

The City of Whitehorse is embarking on the development of a Wildfire Risk Reduction Strategy. The purpose of this strategy is to update existing fuel management plans and recommend a direction on regulations, relationships, plans, funding and processes needed for the implementation of a 20-year plan to reduce risk.

Timing

Planning is anticipated to begin in spring 2019, with a strategy completed in early 2020. Stay tuned for opportunities to learn more about wildfire risk reduction.

Resources

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• City of Whitehorse Bylaw 2015-20 “Parks and Public Open Space Bylaw”
• Defining Significant Wildlife Areas for the City of Whitehorse, AEM Ltd. (2000)
• Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis City of Whitehorse (2017)
• Kwanlin Dün First Nation Final Agreement
• Soil, Terrain and Wetland Study, Mougeot Geoanalysis (1997)
• Ta’an Kwäch’än Council Final Agreement
• Whitehorse Fuel Management Plan (July 2002)
• Whitehorse Fuel Management Plan Map Sample (Similar maps exist for 19 neighbourhoods).
• Whitehorse West Landscape-level Fuel Management Plan (March 2006)
• Yukon Fire Risk Assessment (2016) 
• Yukon Forest Protection Act and Regulations
• Yukon Forest Resources Act and Regulations