Revegetation Projects Annual Report 2012, Ekati Diamond Mine (Harvey Martens & Associates, July 2013)
This annual report documents Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation's 2012 revegetation and progressive reclamation activities at the Ekati Diamond Mine, including site amelioration work, monitoring of plant establishment at six reclamation sites, and research on plant species suitability for three major landscape types. The report presents findings on seedling survival, substrate materials assessment, and natural colonization of processed kimberlite.
- Date
- 2013-07-19
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation, Dominion Diamond Corporation, BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Harvey Martens & Associates Inc., Helen Butler, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Yellowknife Dene First Nation, Tlicho Government, Kugluktuk Hamlet, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment and Natural Resources (GNWT), Environment Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Antwerp, Core Zone, Buffer Zone, Culvert Camp, Fred's Channel, Esker South, Airport Esker, Old Camp Road, Misery Topsoil Stockpile, Koala Topsoil Stockpile, Fay Bay, Long Lake Containment Facility, Pigeon Stream Diversion, Rock Pad Reclamation Study Site, Lac de Gras, Kugluktuk, Arctic Circle
- Parameters
- revegetation, reclamation, plant cover, vegetation research, processed kimberlite, soil characteristics, native plant species, dwarf birch, grasses and sedges, mosses and lichens, closure criteria, upland plant communities, riparian plant communities, seedling survival, surface roughening, topsoil stockpiles, channel bank stabilization, wildlife browsing, plant community development, trace metals, pH and salinity
- Pages
- 213
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