Caribou and Roads (Traditional Knowledge in Wildlife Monitoring), 2006 Annual Report, Plain Language Version, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2007)
This 2006 annual report documents BHP Billiton's Caribou and Roads Traditional Knowledge Project at the Ekati Diamond Mine, which integrates Inuit elder knowledge with wildlife monitoring to protect caribou from mine-related hazards including roads, pits, and active mining areas. The report describes monitoring visits by the Elders Advisory Group, construction and maintenance of inokhok (traditional caribou deterrent structures), temporary fencing at Beartooth Pit, road improvements, and community workshops in Kugluktuk to share findings and recommendations.
- Date
- 2007-10-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Vivian Banci, Jimmy Hanak, Jack Ovilok, Helen Enogaloak, Kugluktuk Elders, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Kugluktuk, Pigeon Valley, Sable Road, Beartooth Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Airstrip, Pigeon Creek, Great Bear Lake, Bathurst Inlet, Victoria Island
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, caribou migration, wildlife monitoring, traditional knowledge, inokhok, road crossings, snow fence, caribou trails, Bluenose West herd, Bluenose East herd, Bathurst herd, Ahiak herd, Dolphin and Union herd, wolf predation
- Pages
- 42
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