The rising sun bathes the cliffs in the rosy hues of dawn. In a manner I can only describe as precarious, I watch, heart in mouth, as the billy goat stands on his back feet while on a sheer cliff slope. His front legs dangle loose in the air, all the better to...
This time last year we released a very special limited edition hat (or toque as we Canadians like to call it). It was the product of generous Yukon businesses who care about Yukon's wildlife. The 5 premium toques included a donation to the Preserve. They sold out in...
A red fox streaks by on a snowy November morning. I stop my activity, pivot and watch through the window. While I am inside and the fox is outside, it is so close to the window of my home that I know any movement on my part will translate to sound, making this wild...
Watson is thriving! He’s double in size thanks to endless hours of care by our Veterinarian and Animal Care staff.
Watson arrives June 2019. If you’ve been following along with local media, you’ll know by now that we have a couple pretty cute moose in our Wildlife Rehabilitation and Research Centre. Thanks to the expert care of Dr. Maria Hallock and our Animal Care staff, the moose are eating well. But the road ahead is still uncertain – these moose are going through a stressful, challenging experience.
Take a look at this lynx. Does something look off to you? Those red splotches in her eyes are blood. A car hit her outside of Dawson City in mid-May, 2018. The driver got her to a local vet, who gave her a few stitches to repair a laceration in her leg. But her...
Nov 12, 2020 Update This original Yukon Wildlife Preserve blog article was written while the research was still in progress in 2018. Several articles have come out since then, with more insight on the outcomes of this research project: 2020 Ecology and Evolution Blog...
Traditional knowledge, to me, is generation upon generation of events and experiences carefully preserved in language, stories, names and songs. Lifetimes of information passed from grandparent to grandchild largely unchanged in the telling. Before I was brought in to...