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Old Crow Flats
A Habitat Protection Area (HPA) is an area identified as requiring special protection under Yukon's Wildlife Act. HPAs are one of the ways in which the Yukon government can preserve habitat, practice conservation and safeguard traditional First Nation harvesting practices.
The Old Crow Flats (Van Tat K’atr’anahtii) wetland complex is located on the Old Crow River system north of the Arctic Circle. The 12,100 square kilometre HPA contains more than 2,000 ponds and marshes and is an important breeding and moulting ground for half-a-million water birds. It was identified as a Special Management Area under the Vuntut Gwitchin Final Agreement and formally established as a Habitat Protection Area in June 2009.
Seven HPAs have been designated in Yukon, protecting about 577,000 hectares of exceptional habitat.
Additional Resources
- Old Crow Flats Management Plan
(2006, 64 p. booklet)
Contact Parks Branch Environment Yukon Government of Yukon Box 2703 (V-4) Phone: 867-667-5648
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