Revegetation projects in Yukon typically involve reclamation and erosion control of disturbed areas from mining and road construction related activities. The general purpose of the revegetation is to restore or stabilize these disturbed areas. However, because of Yukon’s harsh climate, lack of precipitation, and higher latitude, the success rate of various revegetation efforts is variable. Revegetation techniques used with success in more southern locations are not guaranteed to work here and little is available in terms of comparative evaluations of their use in Yukon. This report provides a summary and an evaluation of various revegetation and erosion control projects completed mostly in the past 15 years. It describes their successes and failures in an attempt to provide a guide for future restoration work and to help improve success (Section 3). Section 4 of the report provides an overall review summary to capture the essence of the various techniques. We end the report with a short list of recommendations for future work in Section 5 and acknowledgements in Section 6. Summaries of monitoring information from each site reviewed are presented in Appendix A.
