Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth No Net Loss Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2002)
This No Net Loss Plan for BHP Billiton's Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipe developments at Ekati Diamond Mine quantifies fish habitat losses and compensation requirements across affected water bodies (Pigeon Stream, Big Reynolds Pond, Sable Lake, Two Rock Lake, and Beartooth Lake), using Habitat Unit calculations to meet DFO's Net Gain objective.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Pigeon Stream, Pigeon Pond, Big Reynolds Pond, Little Reynolds Pond, Sable Lake, Two Rock Lake, Beartooth Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Fay Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, North Panda Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Lac de Gras watershed, Panda Pit, Ulu Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat, harmful alteration, disruption or destruction (HADD), fish community, Arctic grayling, lake trout, round whitefish, slimy sculpin, burbot, habitat suitability index, habitat units, spawning habitat, rearing habitat, nursery habitat, overwintering habitat, migration habitat, forage habitat, substrate composition, fish population, No Net Loss policy, habitat compensation
- Pages
- 64
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