Caribou Monitoring Protocol Workshop Summary, Lac de Gras Area (EMAB, October 2001)
A two-day workshop held October 25-26, 2001 in Yellowknife to develop a caribou monitoring protocol for the Lac de Gras area, bringing together nearly 50 participants from communities, government, and diamond mining companies (BHP Billiton and DIAVIK) to discuss legal frameworks, existing monitoring programs, and recommendations for coordinated herd and site-specific monitoring integrating scientific and traditional knowledge.
- Date
- 2001-10-25
- Document type
- meeting-minutes
- Parties
- Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board (EMAB), Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), BHP Billiton, DIAVIK Diamond Mines Inc., Terriplan Consultants Ltd., Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Dogrib Treaty 11, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, North Slave Metis Alliance, GNWT Department of Resources Wildlife and Economic Development, Nunavut Department of Sustainable Development, Bathurst Caribou Management Planning Committee
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Bathurst herd range, Ekati, DIAVIK, Misery Lake Road, Sable Road, East Island, Artillery Lake, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Sachs Harbour
- Parameters
- caribou monitoring protocol, caribou abundance and population trends, calf survival rates, caribou distribution and migration, body weight and condition, diseases and parasites, forage availability and habitat loss, water quality, dust deposition and contamination, insect harassment, wolf predation, mining disturbance impacts, climate and weather effects, harvest levels, traditional knowledge integration
- Pages
- 21
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