The non-profit Yukon Trappers Association has been in operation since 1973, initiated by a group of trappers who wanted to speak with a unified voice and to provide services and products that were specific to trappers. For many years YTA was also responsible for providing the Trappers Education Program, an instructional workshop to teach the basics of trapping. The Yukon Government (YTG) has taken this program over. Since 2009 YTA has been run by a solid group of volunteers who provide all the services and maintain the administrative integrity of YTA without pay.