Snare Lake Public Hearing Transcript, Northwest Territories Diamonds Project (Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, January 1996)
Public hearing of the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s application to construct and operate a diamond mine near Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, held in Snare Lake on January 26, 1996. The hearing included presentations from the BHP project team on technical, environmental, and socioeconomic aspects, and testimony from Dogrib community members expressing concerns about caribou migration, wildlife protection, employment opportunities, and environmental monitoring.
- Date
- 1996-01-26
- Document type
- meeting-minutes
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Letha MacLachlan, Cindy Kenny-Gilday, Walter Kupsch, Jessie Sloan, Jim Excell, Karen Azinger, David Boyd, Terry Janes, Clem Pelletier, Chief Joseph Judas, Dogrib communities, Alexi Arrowmaker, Louie Wane, Charlie Football, Joe Dryneck, Sam Simpson, Jimmy Kodzin, Joe Bolin, Margaret Lafferty, Pierre Judas, Johnny Arrowmaker, Luci Davis
- Locations
- Snare Lake, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Lupin Gold Mine, Coppermine River, Echo Bay, Long Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Leslie Lake, Fox Lake, Misery Lake, Great Bear Lake, Bathurst Inlet, Snowdrift, Lac de Savage, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Rae-Edzo, Contwoyto Lake, Lutsel K'e, Saskatoon, Calgary, Vancouver, New Mexico, Navajo Nation
- Parameters
- caribou migration, water quality, fish populations, wildlife habitat, environmental impact assessment, tailings management, kimberlite mining, diamond extraction, grizzly bear habitat, wetlands, eskers, air quality, spill prevention, winter road operations, employment, training programs, community mobilization, traditional land use, heritage sites, landscape restoration, mine closure, long-term monitoring
- Pages
- 56
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