Fish Habitat Compensation Concepts, Planning and Design Document 2001 to 2020, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2001)
This is a comprehensive planning and design document for fish habitat compensation concepts at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories covering the period 2001-2020. It outlines strategies for compensating unavoidable fish habitat losses from kimberlite mining through habitat enhancement, restoration, and creation projects, focusing on three target fish species (Arctic grayling, lake trout, and round whitefish) and providing detailed methodologies for assessing and calculating habitat productivity gains.
- Date
- 2001-08-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dillon Consulting Limited, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Panda Pit, Eagle Lake, Osprey Lake, Exeter Lake, Big Pond, Peregrine Pond, Harrier Pond, Merlin Pond, Alexis Lake, Eagle-Osprey Stream, Alexis-Leslie Stream
- Parameters
- fish habitat compensation, fish habitat loss, habitat enhancement, lake trout, Arctic grayling, round whitefish, spawning habitat, rearing habitat, nursery habitat, forage habitat, overwintering habitat, migration habitat, littoral zone, substrate composition, habitat suitability index, habitat units, water depth, pit lake creation, stream habitat enhancement, No Net Loss policy, productive capacity
- Pages
- 73
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