Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation says Yukon dragging its feet approving land use plan – APTN News
Aug 22, 2024
A First Nation in Yukon says the territorial government is dragging its feet on a proposed land use plan for its region.
The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation (TH) is located in Dawson City, a six-hour drive north of Whitehorse.
The Dawson Regional Planning Commission, an independent body of Yukon community members, was tasked in 2018 to draft a land use plan for the region.
Once completed, the plan will cover almost 40,000 kilometers in northwestern Yukon, about 10 per cent of the entire territory.
Land use planning is an objective in chapter 11 of the Umbrella and individual First Nations Final Agreements.
