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Yukon Parks Online Reservation System Project

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2024-02
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Tuesday, March 5, 2024

In accordance with departmental mandate, the Yukon Parks branch has completed a new parks strategy to support the future planning and development of Yukon parks and campgrounds. The strategy includes the introduction of online reservation options to improve fair access to some campsites in some road accessible campgrounds. The online reservation covers the seven identified Yukon Campgrounds:
4 Front-country Campgrounds:
* Pine Lake Campground
* Tombstone Mountain Campground
* Marsh Lake
* Wolf Lake

3 Backcountry Campgrounds
* Grizzly Lake Campground
* Talus Lake Campground
* Divide Lake Campground

Wildlife Mortalities Service

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2024-01
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The Department of Environment tracks wildlife mortality information from the different types of harvesting methods (i.e. hunting, trapping, outfitting) and human/wildlife conflict. The animals that must be reported for the activities are: big game animals, wolf, lynx, fox, wolverine, and any animal that is protected under the Wildlife Act. Currently, the Department of Environment is tracking wildlife mortality data through a paper-based process and is taking steps to become more digital in its processes for the ease of access to clients. The new Wildlife Mortalities Service system will replace the Harvest Database and this system will issue the Wildlife Export permits and communicate with the departmental licensing and permitting system (POSSE), SQL Server and AIMES system. The Wildlife Mortalities Service will also access data stored in the department's human-wildfire conflict reporting app. The communication between the systems will mitigate the need for clients to supply the department with the same information twice. This PIA will only focus on the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information involving the Wildlife Mortalities Service.

Fish and Wildlife Data Sharing Policy and Procedures

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2023-05
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The Fish and Wildlife Branch (FWB) is implementing a data sharing policy to guide how ecological data is accepted from third parties, manage ecological data that have restrictions on the way they may be used, and share ecological data with others. In terms of informal data requests, the policy ensures that the way ecological data is accepted and shared will be in accordance with the ATIPP Act. FWB is committed to sharing ecological data as openly as possible, while ensuring that sharing this data does not negatively impact series and ecosystems, as well as the way to manage a sustainable harvest and the working relationship with others. This policy is needed to ensure that sharing of ecological data is consistent and transparent and the reasons why an informal data request may be denied.

Drones Permitting Application

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2023-02
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

There has been an increase in the filming and photography professions to promote the Yukon’s wildlife and nature. Many professionals in these industries use drones in addition to other film and still-photo capturing devices, however, the Wildlife Act and its Regulations prohibits anyone from using drones to hunt wildlife. As a result, a new program is required to ensure that the filming and photography professionals are able to use drones in their industry and for the department to continue to administer the legislative requirements of the Wildlife Act and Regulations. This new initiative will introduce a new permitting application for the use of drones while capturing video footage and images of hunting wildlife. This new initiative is available for wildlife photography businesses to film or photograph the hunting of Yukon wildlife. The permit is free of charge.

Angler Fishing Survey Using Trail Cameras

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2023-04
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Monday, May 29, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Branch (FWB) conducts angler surveys on multiple lakes and rivers throughout the Yukon during the open water season. Interviews are conducted by surveyors stationed at specified locations (i.e. boat launch) on randomly selected days throughout the summer and occasionally winter months. Summer angler surveys generally run from mid-May till beginning of September and winter surveys run from December till April. To supplement our current and future data, FWB is proposing using trail cameras in addition to in-person interviews. Angler surveys are designed to cover approximately 20-40% of total fishing days throughout a survey period. During analysis, the data is extrapolated to provide an estimate of total angler hours and fish caught/harvested. The data collected from the cameras will supplement our in-person data and better verify our current method of survey design/analysis. The initiative will take place on lakes/rivers that are suitable for capturing total anglers/boats launching during the survey hours (i.e. bottleneck access points and optimal field of view). The cameras will be programmed to take pictures of the access point to capture images of anglers launching boats or potentially fishing from shore.

Our Clean Future Website

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2023-03
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

A website is being developed for reporting communications and awareness building on the subject of Our Clean Future (OCF), a Yukon strategy for climate change, energy and a green economy. The website will be hosted on a non-Yukon.ca platform in order to support efficiency, automated entry of information and reporting efforts regarding actions and decisions implemented to create a green economy. The website will support principles related to accountability and transparency between the Department of Environment (ENV) and Yukon public members.

Driving the Firebelt (Audio Tour App)

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2023-01
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

The initiative plans to use a 3rd party mobile app to deliver information regarding wildfires and their impacts to ecology along the North Klondike Highway. The app to be publicly known as "Driving the Firebelt" is provided by MyTours through STQRY.com. They provide a template and the Wildlife Viewing Program will provide all the required content to the template. When the app is built, it will be hosted in the App Store or Google Play and can be downloaded by users who are interested in listening to information about wildfires in the Yukon as they are driving. This PIA covers the interaction between users and the app provided by STQRY. The scope of this PIA will also explore how personal information (PI) will be collected, used and/or disclosed by the Department of Environment. The department does not plan to collect any PI from users using the Firebelt Tour app. There will be no login/sign-in option for the app. Users will be able to use the app immediately after downloading it.

Online Daily Campground Permit

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2022-01
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Monday, January 17, 2022

The Government of Yukon released the Yukon Parks Strategy in 2020. YG is committed to developing a new payment option to allow people to pre-pay for camping online. We are calling this new product the Online Daily Campground Permit.

The Online Daily Campground Permit will be developed and hosted on the POSSE platform, which YG currently uses to sell hunting and fishing licenses, and the Yukon resident annual campground permits. The Online Daily Campground Permit will be a new saleable item on the Posse platform. The user interface is the Environment Yukon eServices account.

Water Wells Registry

Privacy Impact Assessment #: ENV-PIA-2020-01
Public Body Name : Environment
Date of Approval: Thursday, February 20, 2020

Tracking and monitoring water wells is part of the mandate for the Department of Environment. The Water Resources Branch (WRB) administers the ‘Yukon Water Well Registry’ (YWWR), which is a collection of forms that are created at the time of drilling a groundwater well. These forms contain information on construction details (i.e. depth and diameter of well, etc.) and subsurface conditions (geology, depth to water, etc.) of a well. Some of the forms also contain information used for administrative purposes or to locate the well.

The driver of the current project was the Yukon Water Strategy and Action Plan (2014) which called to “enhance the centralized groundwater database and make it available through YukonWater.ca”. The action plan notes that at present, there is no legislation in place requiring licensing or permitting of water well drilling, but that the government undertakes groundwater protection through the Waters Act and encourages drillers to follow the Canadian Ground Water Association’s Guidelines for Water Well Construction.

In order to enhance and formalize the existing groundwater program in Yukon, the Action Plan suggests developing and implementing an online process for the voluntary submission of water well drilling logs in the interim while a regulatory framework to make submissions mandatory is developed. In this project, information is data about the water well records.