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2008 Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Month
April 1-30
Print out a list of events (PDF). Or, events specific to Celebration of Swans.
April 1 Swan Haven Opens Weekdays 5:00- 9:00pm and Weekends: Noon- 7:00pm.
April 4 YSI lecture: A Full Glacial Refugia South of Beringia? New DNA evidence. With Ken Marr, Curator of Botany, Royal BC. Museum. 7:30pm Yukon College lecture theatre. Social to follow.
April 5 Public Biodiversity Forum Talks and posters. Yukon College, Whitehorse. 9:00–5:00pm. Contact Scott Gilbert at 668-8776 or sgilbert@yukoncollege.yk.ca
April 6 Tropical China, Ethnobotany and Crop Domestication. With Ken Marr, Curator of Botany, Royal BC. Museum. 7:30pm Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.
April 6 Lake LabergeFamily Fishing Day Bring your fishing rod and your lucky hook. Food, fun and games 10:00am-3:00pm. Contact the Yukon Fish and Game Association at 667-4263.
April 6- 12 National Wildlife Week “Pollinators - from flowers to food to our future”.
April 20 Wonders of Waterfowl ID Workshop Swan Haven. 2:00pm-3:00pm. Contact Ducks Unlimited at 668-3824.
April 12 Watercolour Landscape Workshop with Daphne Mennell. Swan Haven 12:00- 3:00pm, drop-in.
April 12 Taxidermy Workshop with Bob White, Yukon Taxidermy. Swan Haven Noon- 3:00pm. To register, call 667-8291.
April 13 Photo Odyssey- Birds of Swan Haven Presentation by master birder Jukka Jantunen at Swan Haven, 3:00-4:00pm.
April 13 Build a Bird or Bat House (or feeder!) Swan Haven 1:00–4:00pm. Sponsored by Turner Contracting Ltd., the Yukon Fish & Game Association, Kilrich Industries and The Truss Plant.
April 13 Pine Lake Family Fishing Day Bring your fishing rod and lucky hook! Food, fun and games 10:00am-3:00pm. Contact the Yukon Fish and Game Association at 667-4263.
April 15 Teatime for Seniors at Swan Haven! 11:00am-3:00pm, drop in. Contact a senior’s home or the Marsh Lake Community Association.
16 avril Les cygnes sont de retour! Tour and talk, en français! Havre des Cygnes (Swan Haven) 19:00 à 21:00 h (with Andre Langlois)
April 16 Bird ID Workshop Whitehorse Public Library 7:00–9:00pm. Contact the Yukon Bird Club at 633-6880.
April 16-19 The Trumpeter Swans Society Conference & 40th Anniversary. Whitehorse Yukon. www.trumpeterswansociety.org. Contact Jim Hawkings at 667-3927 or ttss@threeriversparkdistrict.org
April 17 Celebration of Swans Gala Performance
April 18 Campfire Spring Stories with Tagish First Nation elder Ida Calmegane. Bring your mug for tea and fresh bannock . Meet at the Tagish River Bridge Day Use Area at 7:30pm.
April 19 - 20 Tachäl Dhäl (Sheep Mountain) Visitor Centre is open this weekend!, Kluane National Park and Reserve This weekend open 12:00-5:00pm. Contact Carrie Docken at (867) 634-7250 ext 240.
April 19 Bird Photography Workshop with Jukka Jantunen. Swan Haven 11:00am- 12:30pm.
April 20 Spring Birding Tour with Mary Whitley, Yukon Bird Club. Meet at the SS Klondike, Whitehorse at 9:00am
April 20 Family Day at Swan Haven Noon to 5:00pm
April 22 Celebrate EARTH DAY Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday. www.earthday.ca.
April 22 Environmental Education Association of Yukon (EEAY) AGM. Whitehorse Public Library, 7:00pm-9:00pm. Contact Remy Rodden at 667-3675 for details.
May 1- June 5 Yukon Bird Banding. Assist at Teslin Lake or Albert Creek Banding Stations. Contact Ben Schonewille at 334-2683 or Teslin.bird.banding@gmail.com or Ted Murphy-Kelly at 456-7431 or plus@northwestel.net
May 9-11 Faro’s Sheep and Crane Viewing Festival. Contact the Town of Faro at (867) 994- 2728.
May 10 Swans of Kluane Wildlife viewing walk with Elder Joe Johnson and Mary Jane Johnson, Parks Canada. Meet at 12:00pm at the Burwash Museum. Bring rubber boots!
May 13 International Migratory Bird Day www.birdday.org
May 21-22 Environment Forum. "Environmental Change, Yukon Challenges, Yukon Solutions". For registration and details visit www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca
May 22 International Day of Biodiversity. www.cbd.int/ibd/2008/
Ongoing Events
April 1 - 30 Migratory Birds Film Screening Pick and watch the film of your choice. Whitehorse Visitor Information Centre.
April 5 -19 Natural History Literature Display Whitehorse Public Library
April 12– May 12 Wildlife Art Exhibit Marsh Lake Community Centre, Judas Creek, 10:00am-5:00pm (Sat,Sun & Tues) and 5:00pm-9:00pm (Wed, Thurs, Fri). Closed Mondays.
April 1 - 30 Yukon Student Art Display Visit Swan Haven and place your vote for the People’s Choice Awards at this youth art extravaganza!
May 7 - 20 Exhibit of the Swan Haven People’s Choice Artwork, Canada Games Centre, Whitehorse For more info about Celebration of Swans events, contact Wildlife Viewing at 667-8291
YCS turns 40! Join YCS in celebrating 40 years of achievements in environmental education, research, and advisory work; 40 years of volunteerism, hard work, and dedicated efforts in Yukon conservation and stewardship! www.yukonconservation.org.