Submission to the Panel Reviewing Environmental Effects of the Proposed BHP Diamond Mine at Lac de Gras (NWT Barren Ground Caribou Outfitters Association, April 1995)
The NWT Barren Ground Caribou Outfitters Association, presented by Jim Peterson, submitted comments to the environmental review panel regarding the proposed BHP diamond mine at Lac de Gras. The submission details concerns about project impacts on caribou herds, fish and wildlife populations, wilderness ecosystem integrity, and the viability of the outfitting tourism industry, while recommending rigorous impact assessment methodologies, monitoring programs, and regulatory protections for tourism operators.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- NWT Barren Ground Caribou Outfitters Association, Jim Peterson, BHP, Panel reviewing environmental effects, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, NWT Wildlife Service, Federal Government, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Bathurst Caribou Herd range, Yellowknife, Slave Geological Province, Point Lake, Desteffany Lake, Lake Providence, Obstructions Rapids, Red Rock Lake, Coppermine drainage, Coppermine River, Mackenzie Delta, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Richards Island
- Parameters
- caribou abundance and distribution, wildlife populations, fish populations, water quality and hydrology, air quality, tailings management and stability, acid generation, noise impacts, habitat disturbance, road impacts on wildlife, grizzly bear populations, wolf denning, vegetation and tundra ecosystem impacts, recreational angling, SO2 accumulation in flora, permafrost and terrain, cumulative effects
- Pages
- 26
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