Morel Mushroom Harvesting Areas Derived From Recent Forest Fires

Annually updated polygon data identifies potential morel mushroom harvesting areas based on the previous year's forest fire locations. The dataset excludes private land, territorial parks, and First Nation lands to guide harvest management. It is distributed by the Government of Yukon through the GeoYukon platform.

Use Cases

• Model morel mushroom yield potential by analyzing the spatial relationship between annual fire polygons and harvest areas.
• Plan sustainable harvest zones by overlaying mushroom area polygons with land use designations like private land and parks.
• Support land management decisions by tracking the annual evolution of morel-producing areas following recent burns.

Strengths

• Data is updated annually, ensuring relevance to the most recent fire season.
• Derived from authoritative fire history data, providing a factual basis for mushroom area prediction.
• Explicitly excludes sensitive land types (private land, parks, First Nation lands), clarifying permissible harvest zones.

Limitations

• Contains only polygons from the previous fire year, offering no historical time series for trend analysis.
• Spatial coverage is limited to the Yukon territory, not applicable to other regions.
• Relies on the accuracy and completeness of the underlying Fire History dataset for its derivation.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon, distributed via GeoYukon.

Collection Method

Derived from the previous year's forest fire areas, with specific land use exclusions applied.

Time Range

Covers the year following the most recent forest fire season.

Freshness

Updated annually; last metadata update was 2026-03-25.

Geography

Yukon, Canada.