Wetlands

• There has been little loss of important wetlands. Four wetland areas have protected status, all as a result of land claims settlements since 1984. Some of the smaller wetlands, mainly in southern Yukon, are threatened by residential or agricultural development.

• An estimated average of 300,000 ducks breed on the Old Crow Flats (a wetland of international importance). This nesting habitat is particularly important in times of drought on the Prairies.