Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation prepares for public consultation on Dawson's land use plan

The Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation in Dawson City hopes to have the Dawson Regional Land Use Plan finalized in 2027. The document will lay out about how roughly 10% of Yukon's landmass should be managed. Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in's Hakay, or chief, says public consultations on a draft plan will be held next month, and he hopes things will move swiftly after that. After more than a decade of work, it is important that this process now move forward efficiently. following public engagement again the parties should work diligently towards consensus in the final decision again i think it's important that we get this work done as quickly as possible because obviously continued delays create uncertainty for communities governments and and other land users as a result while delaying important measures for protecting and managing the region but more importantly how's we're gonna stimulate the economy and find that fine balance between environmental protection resource extraction economic development that's all contained within the plan and it's uh various land management units in the designations for a variety of activities out in the landscape the first nation has been working with the Yukon government on the plan. A territorial government spokesperson said it didn't have any...