Pre-Construction Workshop Report, Matthews Lake and Area Fish Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Project (BHP Billiton, January 2004)
This pre-construction workshop report documents a November 28, 2003 meeting in Yellowknife where representatives from Indigenous communities, government agencies, and consultants discussed baseline assessment results and prioritized options for restoring and enhancing fish habitats in the Matthews Lake area degraded by historical mining activities (Salmita and Tundra Mill mines). The workshop identified that community priorities favor fixing obvious man-made problems (fuel drums, debris) over enhancing natural habitats, with plans to proceed toward implementation in summer 2004 following further community consultation.
- Date
- 2004-02-27
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Dillon Consulting Limited, GeoNorth Ltd., Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Dogrib Treaty #11, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Dech'i Laot'i Council, North Slave Métis Alliance, Yellowknives Dene, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs - Contaminated Sites Division, Arctic Expeditors, Dene La Services, BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Public Works & Government Services Canada
- Locations
- Matthews Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Courageous Lake, MacKay Lake, Great Slave Lake, Lockhart River, Ekati Diamond Mine, Salmita Mine, Tundra Mill, Bulldog Lake, Olsen Lake, Marsh Lake, Sandy Lake, Prelude Lake, Stark Lake, Hintak Lake, Snare Lakes, Snare River, Colomac Mine, Rae Rock, Yellowknife Bay, Wool Bay, Giant Mine, Kugluktuk, Bernard Harbour, Nunavut, Calgary, Alberta
- Parameters
- fish habitat restoration, fish habitat enhancement, fish habitat compensation, aquatic habitat conditions, Arctic grayling, lake trout, northern pike, burbot, round whitefish, longnose sucker, slimy sculpin, lake chub, stream habitat, lake habitat, pond habitat, fish spawning habitat, fish overwintering habitat, fish passage, benthic invertebrates, water quality, stream substrate, stream depth, stream velocity, stream canopy cover, in-stream cover, fish abundance, fish condition, contaminated sites, mine reclamation, habitat degradation
- Pages
- 42
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