WEMP Addendum, Wildlife Camera Monitoring Summary Report (BHP Billiton, August 2012)
This 2011 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) addendum reports on a new motion-trigger camera monitoring initiative deployed around the EKATI Diamond Mine to monitor caribou and other wildlife interactions with Misery Road. The report presents preliminary data from 46 cameras deployed between July and November 2011, which recorded 877 caribou observations and documented that approximately 42% of caribou successfully crossed the road, suggesting Misery Road may not be a major barrier to wildlife movement during snow-free periods.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Yamba Lake, Lac De Gras, Misery Road, Main Camp, Misery Camp, Fox Pit, Koala Underground, Koala North Underground, Misery Pit, Sable Road, Pigeon culvert, Fay Bay, Paul Lake, Tucker's Leap, Dyke B Road, Bathurst Inlet, Southern Arctic Ecozone, Takijua Uplands Ecoregion
- Parameters
- wildlife camera monitoring, caribou activity, caribou movement patterns, road permeability, vehicle collisions, berm height, habitat characteristics, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, breeding birds, falcons, red foxes, Arctic hares, rough-legged hawks, peregrine falcons, common ravens, motion-trigger cameras, wildlife crossing structures
- Pages
- 57
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