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About Us

Environment Yukon takes a leading role in regulating and enforcing safe standards for air, water, and soil, in managing human impacts on fish and wildlife, in providing quality outdoor recreation opportunities in territorial parks and campgrounds, and in addressing the challenge of global climate change.

Branches

Climate Change Secretariat

• Coordinates the Yukon’s government-wide response to climate change

• Forms climate change partnerships with Canada, First Nations, Yukon College and other organizations

• Coordinates climate change activities and participation

• Develops climate change policies and strategies

Phone: 867-456-5544
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5544
Fax: 867-456-5543

Email: ClimateChange@gov.yk.ca

Conservation Officer Services

• Performs monitoring and enforcement
• Provides hunter and environmental education
• Provides resource management support
• Ensures public safety relating to wildlife
• Manages environmental youth camps/projects

Phone (Whitehorse): 867-667-8005
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 8005

T.I.P.P. Line: 1-800-661-0525

Fax: 867-393-6206

Email: coservices@gov.yk.ca

Environmental Programs

• Performs analysis of environmental impacts
• Provides contaminated sites monitoring
• Administers permits for regulated activities/substances
• Provides public education and awareness
• Remediates Yukon government-owned contaminated sites

Phone: 867-667-5683
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5683
Fax: 867-393-6213

Email: envprot@gov.yk.ca

Fish and Wildlife

• Performs fish and wildlife research and monitoring
• Coordinates harvest management
• Ensures habitat and wildlife management and protection
• Performs co-operative management
• Provides wildlife viewing programs

Phone: 867-667-5715
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5715
Fax: 867-393-6263

Email: fish.wildlife@gov.yk.ca

Water Resources

• Performs water-related strategic planning, policy development and implementation
• Performs regional water quality and quantity monitoring and research
• Provides expert technical advice regionally and nationally
• Ensures enforcement and compliance of the Waters Act and water licences
• Administers water security deposits

Visit the YukonWater website for water information and data provided by all governments and organizations with water management responsibilities.

Phone: 867-667-3171
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 3171
Fax: 867-667-3195

Email: water.resources@gov.yk.ca

Parks

• Operates campgrounds and recreation sites
• Manages territorial parks and Canadian Heritage Rivers
• Prepares and implements park management plans
• Administers the Wilderness Tourism Licensing Act
• Provides interpretive programs

Phone: 867-667-5648
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5648
Fax: 867-393-6223

Email: yukon.parks@gov.yk.ca

Corporate Services

• Provides support to Environment Yukon staff includin financial, human resource, information management and technology, policy and planning, client and communications services.

Phone: 867-667-5652
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5652
Fax: 867-393-7197

Email: environmentyukon@gov.yk.ca