Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 1998)
This Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan for BHP's Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories describes a risk-based monitoring framework for valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, upland breeding birds, loons, and raptors. The plan establishes null and alternate hypotheses, monitoring methodologies (aerial surveys, focal sampling, snow tracking, incident reporting), and measurement endpoints to assess mine impacts during exploration, construction, operation, decommissioning, and post-closure phases.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Golder Associates Ltd., GNWT (RWED), Weledeh Yellowknives Dene, Kitikmeot Hunters' and Trappers' Association, Lutsel K'e, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, North Slave Metis Alliance
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Bathurst Inlet, Exeter Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Lac de Gras, Sable Lake, Lupin, Southern Arctic Ecozone, Misery Pit, Diavik Diamond Project
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, caribou behaviour, caribou disturbance, caribou habitat loss, caribou habitat reclamation, caribou barriers to movement, vehicle collisions, aircraft collisions, grizzly bear monitoring, wolf monitoring, wolverine monitoring, upland breeding birds, loons, raptors, fly rock hazards, tailings containment, water quality
- Pages
- 64
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