Federal Environmental Assessment Panel Review of BHP Diamonds Inc. Northwest Territories Diamonds Project, Public Hearing Technical Session, Wildlife, Yellowknife (Multiple parties, February 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel hearing on wildlife impacts of the proposed BHP Diamonds Northwest Territories diamond mine project near Lac de Gras. BHP presented comprehensive wildlife baseline studies covering caribou migration corridors, grizzly bear movements and habitat use, esker ecosystems, carnivore denning, bird nesting and migration, and small mammal populations, with proposed adaptive management and monitoring strategies to minimize impacts.
- Date
- Document type
- Meeting Minutes
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Government of the Northwest Territories, Northern Environmental Coalition, NWT Chamber of Mines, Environment Canada, Lutsel K'e Dene Council, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Renewable Resources
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Ekati Diamond Mine, Misery, Long Lake, Contwoyto Lake, Coppermine, Bathurst Inlet, Exeter Lake, Duchess esker, Misery esker, Lac du Sauvage esker, Takijuk Lake Upland, Barren Lands, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Slave geological province
- Parameters
- caribou migration, wildlife habitat, grizzly bears, eskers, foxes, wolves, wolverine, birds, water quality, tailings ponds, vegetation, wetlands, riparian communities, small mammals, peregrine falcons, ecosystem mapping, denning areas, food sources, displacement, disturbance, traditional knowledge, baseline data
- Pages
- 123
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