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Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2024 Annual Report, Part 1, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2025)
7 April 2025Report
This is the 2024 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, covering monitoring activities from January 1 to December 31, 2024. The report documents wildlife effects from mining development, assesses mitigation effectiveness, and focuses on Valued Ecosystem Components including caribou, grizzly bear, wolf, wolverine, and raptors across a 2,800 km² study area.
Wildlife Monitoring Caribou
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Annual Report 2024, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2025)
7 April 2025Report
This is the 2024 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, submitted by Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. in April 2025. The report documents wildlife monitoring activities, wildlife effects from mining development, and the effectiveness of mitigation efforts for valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, and raptors across a 2,800 km² study area for the calendar year 2024.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2024 Annual Report, Part 3, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2025)
1 April 2025Report
The 2024 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report for Ekati Diamond Mine documents caribou distribution, behaviour, and interactions with mine infrastructure. The report presents satellite collar data for Bathurst and Beverly/Ahiak caribou herds, incidental observations totaling 5,306 caribou across 207 observations, behavioural surveys, road monitoring, and Long Lake Containment Facility monitoring, with findings indicating caribou tolerance for areas near the mine and no injuries attributed to mine operations.
Caribou Wildlife Monitoring
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2024 Annual Report, Part 2, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2025)
1 April 2025Report
This 2024 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report documents caribou monitoring at the Ekati Diamond Mine, focusing on the Bathurst and Beverly/Ahiak herds' seasonal movements, habitat use, and responses to mine infrastructure. The report presents satellite collar data, incidental observations, and traditional knowledge to assess mitigation effectiveness and potential mining impacts on caribou populations.
Caribou Wildlife Monitoring
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Summary, Appendix E, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, March 2024)
1 March 2024Report
The 2023 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) report for Ekati Diamond Mine documents wildlife monitoring activities, habitat impacts, and wildlife management actions conducted by Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. from January to December 2023. The report presents findings on caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, raptors, and other wildlife species, including 491 wildlife management actions implemented, 23 vehicle-related mortalities, and habitat loss of 19.6 hectares from mine expansion.
Wildlife Monitoring Caribou
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Annual Report 2023, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, January 2024)
1 January 2024Report
The 2023 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report documents wildlife monitoring activities and effects at the Ekati Diamond Mine for the calendar year 2023, covering five Valued Ecosystem Components (caribou, grizzly bear, wolf, wolverine, raptors) and additional species including foxes and migratory birds. The report presents results on habitat loss, waste management, wildlife-vehicle interactions, wildlife mortalities, and detailed monitoring of each species group, with 206 caribou observations totaling 11,555 animals, 132 grizzly bear sightings, and implementation of 491 wildlife management actions.
Monitoring Wildlife Caribou
Wildlife Management and Monitoring Plan (WMMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, March 2023)
10 March 2023Report
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company submits the updated Wildlife Management and Monitoring Plan (WMMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine to the Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources department. The WMMP replaces the 2017 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan and incorporates stakeholder feedback, traditional knowledge, and mitigation strategies for wildlife species including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverine, and raptors, with monitoring programs addressing habitat loss, waste management, wildlife incidents, and caribou road interactions.
Wildlife Caribou Development Plans
Barren-ground Caribou Telemetry Analyses, Study Area and Land Cover Classification, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, November 2022)
1 November 2022Report
This report documents decisions on study area expansion and landcover data selection for barren-ground caribou movement analyses at Ekati Diamond Mine. The analysis compares multiple landcover datasets (LC2009, EOSD, LC2000) and concludes that merging LC2000 (ETM+) and LC2009 classifications provides continuous coverage capturing 93% of Bathurst herd telemetry locations.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring Development Plans
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Annual Report 2021, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, March 2022)
31 March 2022Report
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd. submitted the 2021 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, documenting wildlife monitoring activities, effects from mining development, and effectiveness of mitigation efforts across multiple species including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, raptors, and migratory birds throughout a 2,800 km² study area.
Wildlife Monitoring Caribou
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Annual Report 2020, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2021)
30 April 2021Report
This is the 2020 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, covering January 1 to December 31, 2020. The report documents wildlife monitoring activities, wildlife effects from mining development, and the effectiveness of mitigation efforts for valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, and raptors, with operations reduced due to COVID-19 care and maintenance status from March 20, 2020 onward.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring Traditional Knowledge
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Including Caribou Road Mitigation Plan, Measure 6-1, Ekati Diamond Mine (Government of the Northwest Territories, Environment and Natural Resources, June 2017)
30 May 2017Regulatory Filing
This regulatory filing documents the Government of the Northwest Territories' approval of Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation's Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan (WEMP) and Caribou Road Mitigation Plan (CRMP) for the Jay Project, issued on May 30, 2017, with six conditions requiring additional information on site surveillance, raptor deterrence, blast exclusion zones, camera trapping methods, caribou monitoring, and traditional knowledge incorporation.
Wildlife Caribou Regulatory Traditional Knowledge
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, March 2015)
31 March 2015Report
This 2014 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program annual report documents wildlife monitoring activities at the Ekati Diamond Mine from January 1 to December 31, 2014, covering habitat loss (52.2 ha in 2014, 3,293.9 ha cumulative), wildlife-vehicle interactions (19 mortalities), non-vehicle mortalities and incidents, and detailed observations of caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, raptors, and breeding birds.
Monitoring Wildlife Caribou Wolverine
Interim Lac de Gras Regional Grizzly Bear DNA Report, Ekati and Diavik Diamond Mines (Diavik Diamond Mines, November 2013)
6 November 2013Report
This interim report presents results from the first year (2012) of a two-year joint Ekati and Diavik grizzly bear DNA study covering a 16,272 km² region around the diamond mines. DNA analysis of 1,902 hair samples identified 112 individual grizzly bears (42 males, 70 females), with remote camera data documenting 10 family groups and substantial movement patterns across the study area.
Grizzly Bear Wildlife Monitoring Habitat Assessment Traditional Knowledge
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program, Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, April 2013)
10 April 2013Report
This is the 2012 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program annual report for the EKATI Diamond Mine, covering January 1 to December 31, 2012, documenting wildlife observations, habitat loss, wildlife incidents, and mitigation effectiveness across caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, and breeding birds. The report shows 212.9 hectares of additional habitat disturbance, 14 vehicle-related animal mortalities (none of VEC species), four non-vehicle wildlife mortalities, and 15 wildlife incidents, while implementing regional collaborative monitoring programs including grizzly bear DNA studies and caribou behavioral surveys.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring Wolverine
WEMP Addendum, Wildlife Camera Monitoring Summary Report (BHP Billiton, August 2012)
1 August 2012Report
This 2011 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) addendum reports on a new motion-trigger camera monitoring initiative deployed around the EKATI Diamond Mine to monitor caribou and other wildlife interactions with Misery Road. The report presents preliminary data from 46 cameras deployed between July and November 2011, which recorded 877 caribou observations and documented that approximately 42% of caribou successfully crossed the road, suggesting Misery Road may not be a major barrier to wildlife movement during snow-free periods.
Wildlife Caribou Monitoring Grizzly Bear
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2011, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2012)
10 April 2012Report
BHP Billiton's 2011 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program annual report documents wildlife and environmental effects from the EKATI Diamond Mine operations from October 2010 to December 2011, including habitat loss, wildlife-vehicle interactions, carnivore observations, caribou migrations, and effectiveness of mitigation strategies. The report presents 15 years of baseline and ongoing monitoring data for valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, and breeding birds in the 1,600-6,300 km² study area surrounding the mine in the Northwest Territories.
Monitoring Wildlife Caribou
Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories, Southern Arctic (GNWT, 2012)
~2012Report
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This 2012 report by the Ecosystem Classification Group describes the ecological regions of the Northwest Territories Southern Arctic, identifying 35 Level IV ecoregions within two main Level II ecoregions (Tundra Plains and Tundra Shield). The classification integrates climate, physiography, vegetation, soils, and wildlife characteristics to characterize Arctic landscapes and provides a framework for resource management and environmental assessment.
Wildlife Caribou Habitat Assessment Monitoring
Challenges of Managing Northern Ungulates, 13th International Arctic Ungulate Conference Program (GNWT, August 2011)
22 August 2011Report
The 13th International Arctic Ungulate Conference program held August 22–26, 2011 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, convening government wildlife agencies, indigenous representatives, and international researchers to address challenges in managing northern caribou and reindeer populations, including population decline, industrial development impacts, disease, climate change, and integration of traditional knowledge.
Wildlife Caribou Traditional Knowledge Habitat Assessment
Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2011)
14 April 2011Report
BHP Billiton's 2010 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program annual report documents wildlife impacts and management at the EKATI Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories from October 2009 to September 2010, including monitoring of habitat loss, wildlife mortalities and incidents, caribou behavior and migration, predator occurrence, and breeding bird populations across 1,600–6,300 km² study areas.
Monitoring Wildlife Caribou Wolverine
Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories, Cordillera (GNWT, 2010)
8 September 2010Report
The 2010 Ecological Regions of the Northwest Territories - Cordillera report presents a comprehensive ecosystem classification framework for the Cordillera, identifying 36 Level IV ecoregions across the mountainous region. The report integrates climatic, physiographic, vegetation, soil and wildlife attributes to characterize regional ecosystems based on the continental Ecological Regions of North America framework, incorporating intensive aerial and ground surveys conducted in 2007.
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Monitoring Traditional Knowledge

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