The Yukon government is inching toward establishing an effective framework to controlling the use of off-road vehicles.
The territory is one of the few jurisdictions in Canada that doesn’t have a practical and implemented template for managing the popular vehicles.
They include quads, side-by-sides, amphibious vehicles such as ARGOs, mini-bikes, dirt bikes and any motor vehicle that’s being driven elsewhere than a highway, regardless of whether it’s registered under the Motor Vehicles Act.
That’s about to change, although it will take some time to set up all of the framework for the new regulation announced Thursday.
Posted: Jan 29, 2021 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 29
A portion of the Peel watershed will be one of the management zones where off-road vehicle use will be regulated.(Juri Peepre)
The Yukon government is creating three zones where the use of off-road vehicles will be limited to designated trails.
They include two special protection areas and all alpine areas managed by the government that have an elevation of more than 1,400 metres, said Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai on Thursday.
A new regulation passed by the government gives more control over where off-road vehicles can be used, said Pillai, adding that regulating off-road vehicles is contentious.
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Posted: Jan 22, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 22
Chance Oil and Gas, formerly Northern Cross, drilled four exploratory wells in the Eagle Plains area of Yukon in 2012-13.(Northern Cross)
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The Yukon government and Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) are launching a local area planning process for the Łu Zil Män (Fish Lake) area.
A local area plan will identify public land and KDFN settlement lands for residential use, traditional use and community development.
A local area planning process can take a few years to be completed.
The KDFN said Thursday this will help citizens reconnect to their ancestral home at Fish Lake.
This process is initiated under Section 30 of KDFN’s Self-Government Agreement, where two governments signed a memorandum of understanding in
March 2020 to develop a local area plan for the area.