OUT OF TOWN HUNTERS AND TOURIST ARE ABUSING OUR TERRITORY AND OUR WAY OF LIFE TO PROFIT AND LEAVE US HOLDING THE BAG

Statement and Petition — Yukon Residents

To the Government of Yukon, local MLAs, and community leaders:

We are alarmed and outraged by recent increases in non‑resident visitation and behaviour that threaten our wildlife, safety, access to resources, and traditional way of life. Visitors who ignore local rules are straining camps, wildlife, and our food sources; engaging in unsafe hunting practices; damaging trails with off‑road vehicles; and profiting from our land without responsibility to our communities. We refuse to stand by while outsiders treat the Yukon like a playground and leave us to deal with the consequences.

We demand immediate, concrete action:

• Seasonal visitor permits & caps: Implement permits and enforce seasonal limits or quotas for high‑use areas and commercial operators.

• Mandatory orientation & safety proof: Require non‑resident hunters, fishers, and high‑impact recreational users to receive local orientation materials and show proof of local safety knowledge or testing.( Not to be imposed on local Yukoners'.)

• Stronger enforcement: Increase conservation officer and RCMP presence during peak seasons; impose hefty fines and immediate revocation of privileges for unsafe, illegal, or reckless behaviour. As local hunters that depend on wild game to survive the winter are being bombarded by recreational off road vehicles interfering with our hunt.

• Visitor use fees for locals: Increase fees (day permits, campsite fees) earmarked for habitat conservation, enforcement, and community benefit.

• Prioritize local businesses: Require commercial tour and filming permits to prioritize Yukon‑registered guides, local hires, and businesses that follow Yukon practices.

• Commercial accountability: Deny or revoke permits for companies that repeatedly violate rules or fail to hire local guides. Yukon resident guides not out of town pretending to be a resident using someone's address to promote a guiding business but live in Quebec.

• Document incidents (dates, locations, photos/videos, witnesses) and file formal complaints with Yukon Environment and the RCMP that will actually do something.

• Support local education and signage campaigns to inform visitors of Yukon rules and cultural norms.

• Mobilize residents, local media, and Indigenous partners to press for enforcement and policy change. On tourists (NOT YUKONER'S)

We, the undersigned Yukon residents, call on our elected leaders to protect our lands, wildlife, and way of life. We will not accept policies that give away our resources and traditions in hard times.

Norm B.