Energy, Mines, and Resources
Agriculture
Wildlife Damage Prevention Program
This program provides assistance to protect high-value crops and pasture lands from damage by wildlife. It provides funding to install approved wildlife fences or
to use wildlife deterrents. This includes purchasing a guardian dog or hiring a contractor with herding dogs to herd wildlife away from crop areas to more preferred areas.
Eligible activities
Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- fencing with approved game farm fencing material made of woven wire that stands at least 7 feet (2.1 metres) high and is secured to solid posts no greater than 20 feet apart;
- hiring a herding contractor;
- purchasing a guardian dog.
Eligible applicants
Any individual producer who resides in a documented high-risk area or has suffered wildlife damage, in excess of $250 from elk, moose, deer or bison, to cultivated land currently in production is eligible for assistance.
Eligible funding
Individual producers are eligible for 50% of costs to a maximum of $3/linear foot for installation of 7-foot game fencing to protect titled crop lands from damage by elk, moose, deer and bison. Maximum amount of funding available to individuals is $15,000 over the life of the program.
Individual producers are eligible to hire a herding contractor, at 100% funding up to $2,500 per year, to herd elk, moose, deer and bison from titled crop lands.
Individual producers are eligible for 50% funding up to $500 towards a pedigreed livestock guardian dog to address problems associated with wildlife predation on either crops or livestock. Producer will be required to submit a proposal outlining the problem and the potential benefit of acquiring a guardian dog.
Contact Us:
Energy, Mines and Resources
Agriculture Branch
Phone: 867.667.5838
Fax: 867.393.6222
Email: agriculture@gov.yk.ca
Visit us on the 3rd floor, Room 320, of the Elijah Smith Building at 300 Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon.
