Hypothetical Lake Replacement & Habitat Enhancement at Paul Lake (BHP Billiton, June 1996)
BHP Diamonds Inc. proposes a habitat replacement and enhancement plan for Paul Lake to compensate for fish habitat losses resulting from the NWT Diamonds Project mining operations, which will affect 12 lakes over a 25-year period. The plan includes constructing a weir to raise Paul Lake water levels by 3.4 metres in two stages, creating 2.9 million square metres of new habitat and replacing 50.1 million cubic metres of lost lake volume, with comprehensive environmental monitoring over 10 years.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Oikos Ecological Services Ltd., Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd., Terrain Analysis & Mapping Services Ltd., Sivatech Consulting Ltd.
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Paul Lake, Bat Lake, Airstrip Lake, Panda Lake, Misery Lake, Koala Lake, Fox Lake, Alexis Lake, Leslie Lake, Long Lake, Brandy Lake, Willy Lake, Nancy Lake, West Panda Lake, Paul Lake Basin, Paul Lake Crossing, Misery Haul Road, Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake, Duchess Lake, Sieve Lake, Arnie Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat, lake volume replacement, water level elevation, habitat area, spawning habitat, lake bathymetry, water quality, fish population, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, trace metals, mercury, acid rock drainage (ARD), fish migration, littoral zone, substrate composition, shoreline preparation, weir design, fishway design, hydrology, precipitation and evaporation
- Pages
- 33
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