Thank you to everyone who attended the Commission meeting on September 25th (see agenda). At the meeting, the Commission:

• Developed a revised Vision Statement
• Adopted the minutes from Meeting #2
• Discussed the latest Senior Planner's report
• Adopted a strategy for public engagement

Save the dates! The Commission will be holding two public engagement meetings to present work completed to date and to hear from you about the planning issues that matter most in the region:

November 13, 2019 at KIAC in Dawson City

November 20, 2019 at the Yukon Inn (Fireside Room) in Whitehorse

Stay tuned for event details in the coming weeks...

The Yukon Land Use Planning Council has hired Katie Fraser as the Land Use Planner to assist the Senior Land Use Planner and the Dawson Regional Planning Commission.

Katie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science with a focus in Wildlife Biology from McGill University, and has over 7 years of experience working in the field of natural resource management within Yukon. Most recently, Katie has worked as both an Assessment Officer and Manager for the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) within the Dawson district office, where she gained ample experience conducting and directing environmental and socio-economic assessments within the Dawson region. Katie is from Dawson City, where she continues to reside with her family. Katie is excited for the opportunity to participate in the development of the Dawson Regional Land Use Plan.

At the Commission's meeting on June 18-19 (see agenda), the following items were discussed:

• the Senior Planner's report
• administrative matters
• an overview of the Resource Assessment Report (in draft)
• public engagement and communications
• issues and interests, as presented by the Parties: Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and Yukon Government
• a review of Land Management Units and other plan concepts contemplated by the previous Commission
• a review of the Commission's Vision Statement

The Commission adopted their Policies and Procedures document and the minutes for meeting #1.

The day after the meeting, the Commission and some staff toured much of the region by air. Their first excursion took them north to Tombstone Park then the Tatonduk River, then back up the Yukon River via the 40 Mile town-site and Clinton Creek. Their second excursion took them south to the mouth of the White River, then to Coffee Creek, then back via the Indian River Valley and the Goldfields.