Near the Wind River, in Yukon's Peel watershed region. The Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan, signed in 2019, offers degrees of protection to most of the 67,431-square-kilometre region. Several mining companies have now relinquished claims in the area.The Yukon government has struck agreements with seven companies, which, in turn, have forgone 5,031 claims — the majority of outstanding pre-existing claims located in protected areas.
"It was a valuable asset in my business," he said. "But, at the end of the day, this is about respect for the [First] Nations. They're good people. Chief Roberta Joseph says the removal of claims in the region is an important step toward respecting land claim agreements, which laid the groundwork for land use planning at large.
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