Stream Habitat Compensation Program, Panda Lake Diversion Channel, Fish Habitat Creation, Enhancement, Monitoring and Maintenance Plan, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
This is a fish habitat compensation plan for the Panda Lake Diversion Channel developed by BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. and Dillon Consulting to address impacts of the NWT Diamonds Project on stream fish habitat. The plan details physical and hydrological characteristics of the constructed diversion channel, proposed habitat creation and enhancement features, monitoring protocols, and a phased implementation strategy to achieve no net loss of fish habitat as required by the federal Fisheries Act.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Minerals Canada Ltd., Dillon Consulting Limited, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Locations
- Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Koala Watershed, Grizzly Lake, Buster Lake, NWT Diamonds Project, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Koala Lake, Long Lake, Vulture Lake, Bear Paw Lake, Polar Lake, West Panda Lake, Willy Lake, Leslie Lake, Fox Lakes, Lac de Gras, Indin River, Lupin Mine, Coppermine, Fort Reliance, Point Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat creation, fish habitat enhancement, stream habitat compensation, water quality, fish passage, culvert design, channel hydrology, streamflow, channel velocity, water balance, fish species composition, lake trout, arctic grayling, round whitefish, burbot, slimy sculpin, channel erosion, habitat monitoring, habitat maintenance, no net loss policy, fish habitat structures, boulder clusters, riffle-pool configuration, step-pool enhancement, channel bank stabilization, vegetative restoration, Manning's roughness
- Pages
- 118
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