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Special Management Areas
Protected areas identified and established within a Traditional Territory of a Yukon First Nation under a Final Agreement are called Special Management Areas. They can be Yukon Parks, Habitat Protection Areas, National Parks or Wildlife Areas, or other types.
The level of protection is defined in a management plan developed for each particular area, with management by the Yukon government, First Nation governments, and Renewable Resource Councils, depending on the area and jurisdiction.
The following are the Special Management Areas in the Yukon.
Old Crow Flats
Old Crow Flats is the Yukon's largest wetland complex. Located on the Old Crow River system north of the Arctic Circle, the Flats contain more than 2,000 ponds and marshes ranging in size from one-half to 4,700 hectares. The area is an important breeding and moulting ground for 500,000 waterbirds. Waterfowl, muskrats and other wildlife of the Flats are of great importance to the Vuntut Gwitchin.
Under the terms of the Vuntut Gwitchin Final Agreement, the 7,785 square kilometre southern part of the Old Crow Flats was designated a Special Management Area and the northern part was included in Vuntut National Park.
Old Crow Flats will be managed to maintain the integrity of the area as one ecological unit with the conservation of fish, wildlife and their habitats, and the protection of traditional use by the Vuntut Gwitchin as guiding principles.
Ta'Tla Mun
Ta'Tla Mun (formerly Tatlmain Lake) is an important food fish lake southeast of Pelly Crossing in the Traditional Territory of the Selkirk First Nation. It also has a reputation as a high quality fly-in sportfishing lake. The 32 square kilometre area was identified as a Special Management Area under the Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement.
Fishing Branch
Fishing Branch is a Special Management Area described in Schedule B, Chapter 10 of the Vuntut Gwitchin Final Agreement. A management plan was written for the Ecological Reserve and adjacent blocks of settlement land. An additional Habitat Protection Area and a Wilderness Preserve were also created. For more information, see Fishing Branch Territorial Park.
Tombstone Territorial Park
Tombstone Territorial Park is a Special Management Area described in Schedule A, Chapter 10 of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Final Agreement. The schedule had provisions that allowed for a steering committee to make recommendations on the park boundary and a management plan for the park. For more information, see the Tombstone Territorial Park.