Desperation and Carrie Ponds No Net Loss Plan, Misery Pit, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2001)
BHP Diamonds Inc.'s No Net Loss Plan quantifies fish habitat losses from Misery Pit development at Desperation and Carrie Ponds (0.587 weighted habitat units) and proposes habitat compensation through enhancement projects at other lakes and streams to achieve net gain in productive fish habitat capacity in compliance with federal Fisheries Act and DFO policy.
- Date
- 2001-08-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dillon Consulting Limited, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Desperation Pond, Carrie Pond, Misery Pit, Misery Lake, King Pond, Lac de Gras, Harrier Pond, Osprey Lake, Merlin Pond, Eagle Lake, Thinner Lake, Cujo Lake, Mist Lake, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- fish habitat, Arctic grayling, harmful alteration, disruption or destruction (HADD), habitat units (HUs), habitat suitability index (HSI), spawning habitat, rearing habitat, forage habitat, nursery habitat, overwintering habitat, migration habitat, substrate composition, lake basin habitat, water depth, Fisheries Act Section 35, No Net Loss policy, habitat compensation, waste rock storage
- Pages
- 41
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