Pigeon Stream Fish Habitat Compensation and Monitoring Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2007)
This report describes the Pigeon Stream Fish Habitat Compensation and Monitoring Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing how habitat lost to the proposed Pigeon Pit development will be compensated through the construction of the Pigeon Stream Diversion. The plan provides habitat budgets, final engineering designs, construction schedules, and a comprehensive post-construction monitoring program to ensure no net loss of fish habitat.
- Date
- 2007-08-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Pigeon Stream, Pigeon Pond, Upper Pigeon Pond A, Fay Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Leslie Lake, Pigeon Pit, Pigeon Pad, Little Reynolds Pond, Long Lake Containment Facility, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- fish habitat, Arctic grayling, lake trout, burbot, slimy sculpin, habitat suitability indices, spawning habitat, rearing habitat, foraging habitat, migration habitat, stream flow, water temperature, benthic invertebrates, periphyton, substrate composition, stream gradient, bankfull width, bankfull depth, habitat units, no net loss principle
- Pages
- 164
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