Grizzly Bears and Wildlife/Human Conflicts, Submission to the Wildlife Technical Session, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (GNWT, February 1996)
Government of the Northwest Territories submission to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel addressing grizzly bear ecology, impacts, mitigation and monitoring, and wildlife-human conflict prevention strategies. The document evaluates potential impacts of the proposed NWT Diamonds Project on barren-ground grizzly bears and recommends comprehensive mitigation, monitoring, and management measures including electric fencing, education programs, trained wildlife monitors, and cumulative effects modeling.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Renewable Resources, BHP Diamond Mine, BHP Environmental Assessment Panel, University of Saskatchewan, USDA Forest Service
- Locations
- Yellowknife, NT, Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Coppermine area, Slave Geological Province, Mackenzie Mountains, Barrenlands, Low Arctic, Koala Camp, Marks Camp, Misery camp, Tungsten mine, Salmita mine, Tundra mine, Lupin mine, Contwoyto Lake, Mackay Lake, Richards Island, Red Dog mine, North America
- Parameters
- grizzly bear population dynamics, grizzly bear habitat use, grizzly bear denning, wildlife-human conflict, bear displacement distance, habitat destruction and alteration, increased energy use, social disruption, problem bear kills, cumulative effects, caribou abundance and distribution, food habits, reproductive characteristics, home range size, cub survival, adult female survival, age at first breeding, litter size, birth interval, wildlife monitoring, electric bear fencing, wildlife education, wildlife control training, feeding of wildlife prohibition
- Pages
- 30
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