Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

VOL. )Ofi/ I\1o.3TTIE ARCTTC CIRCUIAR7LAny person who kills a sheep, goat or grrzzLy, is required to sr:hrn-it tlrefreaA to a @nsen/ation officer or to ttre wildlife (technical) branch at3IO Wood St-reet in V{tritekrorse. Ttrey will be returned jnrrEdiately to ttrehr:1ter. Regulations also require the hrxrter to retain evidence of sex ofall big gam; animals , r:ntil tLrey have beerr t-ransported to tlre hunterr sresidence. Thre irrformation from skul-l and horn measurement-s, jaws andreproductive organs gives thre brancle an insight into ttre healtkr age and'reproAuctive capacity of big game. Special regulations affect carjJcouhr:nting along the Oernpster Highway, goat and sheep hr:nting, in some gamemanagglpnt. zoneS , ald the antlerless moose Season.Scnre of t]-re nemr regulations this year include the following. Possessionof sqneone else's hr:nting licence or seal while hr:nting is prohiJcited.A non-resident holder of a valid game bird licence must keep all firearmssecr:re1y sto,led. The exception is the shotgr:n which may b renxrved forhr:ntingr garrp birds or snall- gane. TLre wolf and coyote season is frcntAugust I to l\,Iarch 31, 1978. And thris year's antlerless moose season isfrcm Septenber L2 to 25. Hr:nters are rerninded that only full cr:rl ornine year old rams can be taken in Gane li{anagenent Zclne 7 . In addition,only goats withr nrcre than eight inch horn lengttr .Ileasured along the outercunrature, cart be taken.A for:r mile wide hr:nting crorridor goes into effect along the DerpsterHighway between lrtite 4I.6 and I{iIe 106. Thre restricLion also applies frcntprile tZZ to the NWil border. The restrictive corridor will be in effectfrcnr October 20 te lilcvsnber lO, and only afternoon hr:nting will be perrnitted.tbrmal hr:nting season reg1rlations apply for thre first 4L.6 niles of thehighway, but no hr:nting is perrnitted in the crcrridor between Ittile 106 andItile L23. Any activitlz vfrrich prevents or interferes with caribou crossingthe hr-ighway ii considered harassnent and is prohibited at all times.lruKON HOUSE T'O REIOCATE JuIy lI 'L977Trorrrisnr, parlcs and Infonnation Director KarI Crosby announced today thatthe yr:kon Goven:rnent's information office in Vancourer will be r:ndergoingchalges resulting in relocation, reduced staff and a change of name. Thenarrp "Yukon Hou,se" will be dropped in favor:r of "Yukon GovernmentInformation Office" and staff will be reduced frcm three pennanent enployeesto one inforrnation officer. "TLle scaleddoum version nray not be as fanqfas our forner office in Vancouver", said Gosby, "but thre Yukon will stillhave representation and tlre savings can be used to stimulate tourisn andconvention sales in other market areas. Thre Vancouver information officewill prcvide information to British Coh-rnbia Lower Ivlainland residents,rnaintain liaison wittr nedia, act as an advance base for Yr:kon prcnrotionalactivities which rnay have an irrpact on Yr:kon or its governrnent. Thedecision to reduce representation in Vancrcuver cEIIIE about as the result