{"id":328224,"date":"2025-12-06T01:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328224\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T01:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:51:41","slug":"more-flood-mitigation-infrastructure-coming-to-2-yukon-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328224\/","title":{"rendered":"More flood mitigation infrastructure coming to 2 Yukon communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Two Yukon communities are receiving new federal funding to advance long-anticipated flood mitigation projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The government announced on Friday that $1.8 million to go toward projects in Teslin and Dawson City to reduce flood risk, as well as create more community green space. <\/p>\n<p>In Teslin, money will go toward restoring roughly 450 metres of eroding shoreline along Teslin Lake. The project includes stabilizing the bank with large rocks and planting native species to reduce long-term erosion linked to rising water levels due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Liz Bosley of the Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) says flooding concerns have grown in recent years, especially following major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/north\/yukon-teslin-flood-mitigation-1.6522044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spring floods<\/a> in 2022 and 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there&#8217;s a high snow volume, we\u2019re concerned about flooding in the summer months, when the water rises,\u201d said Bosley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project will also involve planting native species along the shoreline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it makes good sense to plant the trees that would naturally grow in that area,\u201d said Bosley.<\/p>\n<p>She said TTC and the Village of Teslin have been working together for several years on a plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Village of Teslin received regulatory approval for a flood control project in 2023. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Map showing Teslin shoreline. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764985901_904_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6483333333333334\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>The project in Teslin includes stabilizing the bank with large rocks and planting native species to reduce long-term erosion linked to rising water levels due to climate change. (Village of Teslin)<\/p>\n<p>Yukon MP Brendan Hanley says both Teslin and Dawson City have seen impacts of repeated flooding \u2014 including major damage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/north\/trondek-hwechin-farm-dawson-city-flood-1.6842269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to the Tr\u2019ond\u00ebk Hw\u00ebch\u2019in farm<\/a> near Dawson in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existing dikes were just overwhelmed by the flooding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In Dawson, the new funding will support a 340-metre berm at the Tr\u2019ond\u00ebk Hw\u00ebch\u2019in farm and the planting of berry-producing and perennial species that will help move runoff water. The project also includes improvements to the surrounding trail system.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the funds will also go toward another initiative to create a natural healing garden between the Dawson hospital and long-term care facility, featuring culturally significant plants, permaculture beds, benches and a new walking path. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-328224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}