Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2011, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2012)
BHP Billiton's 2011 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program annual report documents wildlife and environmental effects from the EKATI Diamond Mine operations from October 2010 to December 2011, including habitat loss, wildlife-vehicle interactions, carnivore observations, caribou migrations, and effectiveness of mitigation strategies. The report presents 15 years of baseline and ongoing monitoring data for valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, and breeding birds in the 1,600-6,300 km² study area surrounding the mine in the Northwest Territories.
- Date
- 2012-04-10
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Northwest Territories, Lynda Yonge, Claudine A Lee, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, North Slave Métis Alliance, Wek'èezhìi Renewable Resource Board, Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknife Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Tlicho Government, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Diavik Diamond Mine Inc., Environment Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Yamba Lake, Slave Geological Province, Fox Pit, Panda Underground, Koala Underground, Koala North Underground, Misery Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Beartooth Pit, Misery Road, Misery Camp, Ursula Lake, Exeter Lake, Bathurst caribou herd, Misery Landfill, EKATI Landfill
- Parameters
- wildlife habitat alteration and loss, wildlife-vehicle encounters, wildlife mortalities, wildlife incidents, caribou abundance and migration, caribou behaviour and activity budgets, grizzly bear DNA hair snagging, grizzly bear sightings and incidents, wolf occupancy and productivity, wolf den surveys, wolverine abundance and movement, wolverine DNA study, fox observations, raptor nesting, breeding bird survey, wildlife attractants, waste management and landfill monitoring, motion detection cameras, Long Lake Containment Facility monitoring, road permeability, habitat suitability modelling
- Pages
- 131
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