Baseline Environmental Study Protocols, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, October 1993)
BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. submitted comprehensive baseline environmental study protocols to the Regional Environmental Review Committee in October 1993 for the NWT Diamonds Project located near Yellowknife. The document outlines protocols for biophysical sampling programs including climate, hydrology, water quality, aquatic ecology, fisheries, soils, permafrost, vegetation, wildlife, heritage resources, and socioeconomic studies to establish environmental baseline conditions in anticipation of potential full-scale mining development at the Koala and Fox kimberlite pipes.
- Date
- 1993-10-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Minerals Canada Ltd., The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Regional Environmental Review Committee (RERC), Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Atmospheric Environment Service
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Coppermine River basin, Koala Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Long Lake, Lac de Gras, Kodiak Lake, Panda Lake, Little Lake, Larry Lake, Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake, Paul Lake, Mini watershed, South watershed, Contwoyto Lake, Lupin Mine, Aylmer Lake, Snare Lake, Coronation Gulf, Takijuaq Lake, Hood River, Gordon River, Rae, Reliance
- Parameters
- climate, hydrology, water quality, aquatic ecology, fisheries, lake and stream sediments, soils and terrain, permafrost, vegetation, wildlife and wildlife habitat, trace metals, dissolved metals, suspended solids, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, ammonia, nitrate, phosphorus, zooplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates, periphyton, phytoplankton, fish populations, fish habitat, caribou, grizzly bears, canids, waterfowl, shorebirds, heritage resources, socioeconomics
- Pages
- 72
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