Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program, EKATI Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2004)
This 2003 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report documents the seventh year of monitoring at the EKATI Diamond Mine, assessing impacts on caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, upland birds, falcons, and habitat. Key findings include no wildlife vehicle/aircraft collisions, 365 hectares of additional habitat disturbance, minimal landfill attractants, and limited evidence of negative mine effects on most wildlife populations, though caribou post-calving migration numbers were notably lower than previous years.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Golder Associates Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Department of Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development (RWED), Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Canadian Wildlife Service, Government of the Northwest Territories
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Yamba Lake, Slave Geological Province, Mackenzie District, Bathurst caribou herd range, Kugluktuk, Misery camp, Fox pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Sable road
- Parameters
- wildlife collisions, habitat loss, landfill management, waste management, wildlife incidents, wildlife mortalities, weather conditions, snowmelt timing, biting insect activity, caribou abundance and distribution, caribou behaviour, caribou habitat suitability, grizzly bear habitat suitability, grizzly bear disturbance, wolf den occupancy, wolf reproduction, wolverine activity, upland breeding bird diversity and richness, falcon nesting success, muskox observations
- Pages
- 190
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