Submission on the Proposed BHP Diamond Mine EIS Guidelines, Lac de Gras (NWT Barren Ground Caribou Outfitters Association, April 1995)
Submission by Jim Peterson on behalf of the NWT Barren Ground Caribou Outfitters Association presenting detailed concerns and recommendations regarding the environmental impact assessment guidelines and project description for the proposed BHP diamond mine at Lac de Gras. The submission emphasizes impacts to caribou, grizzly bears, fish populations, and the tourism industry, with specific critiques of assessment methodologies and calls for rigorous monitoring programs and government protection of tourism operators' interests.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Jim Peterson, NWT Barren Ground Caribou Outfitters Association, BHP, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, N.W.T. Wildlife Service, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Bathurst Caribou Herd range, Yellowknife, Coppermine River, Point Lake, Desteffany Lake, Lake Providence, Obstructions Rapids, Red Rock Lake, Slave Geological Province, Mackenzie Delta, Richards Island, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
- Parameters
- caribou population and distribution, caribou migration, grizzly bear denning habitat, grizzly bear population, fish habitat and populations, Arctic Grayling, recreational angling pressure, water balance and tailings management, acid generation, SO2 emissions and tundra vegetation, wildlife mortality, habitat disturbance and restoration, waste management and garbage attraction, noise impacts, road management and wildlife access, cumulative effects, wilderness encroachment
- Pages
- 26
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