Stream Habitat Compensation Program, Panda Diversion Channel, Ekati Mine (BHP Billiton, May 1998)
BHP Diamonds Inc. presents a comprehensive Stream Habitat Compensation Program for the Panda Diversion Channel at Ekati Mine, developed in accordance with a Fish Habitat Compensation Agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to address harmful alteration of fish habitat resulting from mine development. The plan details physical channel characteristics, hydrological analysis, existing fisheries resources, and proposed habitat creation and enhancement designs across six reaches of the diversion channel, including fish passage structures, habitat enhancement features, and monitoring protocols.
- Date
- 1998-05-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Dillon Consulting, Rescan Environmental Services
- Locations
- Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories, Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Koala Lake, Koala Watershed, Grizzly Lake, Buster Lake, Grizzly Creek, Buster Creek, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Lupin Mine
- Parameters
- fish habitat creation and enhancement, stream habitat compensation, water quality, channel hydrology, fish passage, culvert design, water velocity, stream flow, channel erosion, benthic invertebrates, habitat monitoring, lake trout, arctic grayling, round whitefish, burbot, slimy sculpin, bank stabilization, habitat structures
- Pages
- 179
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