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

3IVOL. }Cff I$O. 2 TFIE AROIIC CIRCUIARActing Director of Inlild1ife Dr. Ir{anfred lloefs , and biologist DonRu^ssell acccnpanied the students on nature walks on Sheep it4ountain.Ttre students were introduced to plant life and obsenred gane. Of44 students , eight managed to acccrnpany Dr. Hoefs to the 6 ,4@ footsi-unn-it of Sheep Ir4or:ntain. Here ttrey had the opportr:nity to obsenzethe sheep fence and gain an insight into what gallis rnanagement is allabout. A sheep fence is a snalt enclosr:re within a range feeding areat1.at the sheep cannot get into for grazLng. By ccnparing the grcx,vthin the protected area with the surrounding site, biologists are ableto judge $llrat percentage of tLre available food is being consuned byt]-e herd.one group of students were able to identiflr 34 different species ofbirds includ.ing six tnrnpeter swans and a nr-rnber of rare redhead ducks -At the north end of Kluane Lake throusands of rnlgrating birds wereobservecl. Anurng thsn large nr-rnbers of golden plovers , rnallards ,pintails, shovelers and both Sncrv and Canada geese. Binoculars andspotting scopes were used for obsenratj-on of all wildlife in order notto aistr:rn their habitat. Students were rewarded with observations ofa new born lamb taking its first uncertain steps and a covr/ Ilxcosemunching an earJ-Y evening meal -BID DIFFERmmIAL SYSTH{ FOB 959ry - Iulay 24, 1917Steps are beirq taken by the Yukon Government to lrnplenent a nctionpasled dgring tfre spring session of the Yul