Environment Yukon maintains a database of raptor nesting sites throughout the Yukon. This report presents results from a 2014 survey of North Slope Gyrfalcon nesting sites.
The Black Guillemot colony at Pauline Cove on Herschel Island is the only one in the Yukon, and one of the few in the western Arctic. This colony has been monitored for population and nesting success since about 1984.
The Government of Yukon acknowledges that Indigenous Peoples have traditional territories throughout the Yukon and celebrates their role as stewards of the lands and waters and their ongoing connection to this place.