Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2024 Annual Report, Part 2, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2025)
This 2024 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report documents caribou monitoring at the Ekati Diamond Mine, focusing on the Bathurst and Beverly/Ahiak herds' seasonal movements, habitat use, and responses to mine infrastructure. The report presents satellite collar data, incidental observations, and traditional knowledge to assess mitigation effectiveness and potential mining impacts on caribou populations.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Burgundy Diamond Mines, GNWT ECC, GNWT ENR, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Tłıcho, Łutselk'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Deninu Kųę First Nation, Fort Resolution Métis Council, North Slave Métis Alliance, Arctic Canadian, COSEWIC, IEMA
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Bathurst Inlet, Contwoyto Lake, Lac de Gras, Aylmer Lake, Great Slave Lake, Coronation Gulf, Queen Maud Gulf, Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, Yellowknife, Lutsel K'e, Wekweèti, Kugluktuk, Reliance, Edzo, Point Lake, Sable haul road, James River, Burnside River, Arctic Circle
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, caribou migration, caribou seasonal ranges, caribou core use areas, caribou habitat use, caribou movement patterns, caribou population decline, caribou collars and telemetry, caribou incidental sightings, caribou behaviour, caribou diet, caribou health and body condition, mine infrastructure proximity, road and powerline effects, processed kimberlite ingestion risk, Bathurst herd, Beverly/Ahiak herd, traditional knowledge, mitigation effectiveness, zone of influence
- Pages
- 16
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