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

VOL. }O$/ NO. 3TTIE ARCTIC CIRCIJIAR60to a visitor, ttre paper will also be sent to national ne\^/spapers andlocal nedia to encor:rage interest in happenings in Yukon and whrat is beingdone to assist toi:rists. TLre first tlvo editions of Yukon Traveller areno\^/ available. Anothrer six will be prepared at regular intenrals and beready for distriJcution dr:ring JuIy , August and Septernber.Ceneral inforrnation about Yukon was in ttre first edition. The second YukonTraveller dealt specifically withr the area of ttre soutlt Alaska Ftighway andWatson l-ake as the Gatevuay -to yukon, describing ttre alternate routes forU.S. visitors heading nortJe. Futr:re editions will concentrate on Teslina16 tlre Carcross l-oop; White,Lrorse; Dawson City; the northr Highway includingKLuane Mayo and Elsal and side roads such as the Denrpster, north and southrCalol *ta the Natranni Range Road. Regular featr:res of Yukon Traveller willbe lists of events in yukon, trnint-s of interest, boat trips and wildernessjourneys which continue tJr:rcugh the tor.rist season. Emergency telephonenunfrers for people needing lnlice, medical or fire-fighting assistance areincluded as well as reninders of governnent regulations conc€rning use ofcanp,Erognds, archeological sites, permits for wilderness travellers andinformation for non-residents carrying guns.C]\LL FOR SINOE AGEIrcY TO CVE{SEE PIPELINE - JuIy 6, L977Ttre yukon Territorial Covernnrent has called for a single regtrlatory agenq/to oversee the social and econcmic impacts of a gas pipeline, shorrld onebe built through southern Yukon. The agenqf would be assisted by a publica,cvisory "o,rr'r.il,made up of representatives of various special interestgroups such as native organizations, environnentalists and wildlife experts.Thre prolnsal was presented to the Kenneth Lysyk inguiry which is looking jntothe locio-eonomil impfications of constnrcting a large gas pipeline totranstrnrt Alaska north slope gas to the lorver 48 states of the U.S- Foothrillspipe Lirt"= (yukon) LtC. has proposed to brrild ttre line paralleling theel-aska Highway and tlre idea has recreived thre suptrrcrt. of the National EnergyBoard, as-wel1 as several American pipeline authoritles.Ccnnnissioner Art pearson presented the government's 92-page position paperto tlre three-nenrber Lysyk board Friday. Ccnun-issioner Pearson said tLre singleadninistrative agenql r,rculd incorporate the environnental , engineeting 'social and ecrcncnr-ic -ontrols neessarlz for the project. TLr-is approach willhave considerable merit since it will establish a "one wi:rdow" concrept fortlre contractor and ttre general public. " . . . . it is the responsibilityof ttre yukon goverrrrrent to beccne involved in ttre develotrment of a strateglgfor regulatin! pipeline activities becau.se it has ttre primary responsibitityfor socio-ecroiornic programs tLrat are of a provincial nature , " he said - "Ttteseprograms deal with ind.ividuals , society and tkre @rritorial econcrn)z artd, as