Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) 2024 Annual Report, Part 3, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, April 2025)
The 2024 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report for Ekati Diamond Mine documents caribou distribution, behaviour, and interactions with mine infrastructure. The report presents satellite collar data for Bathurst and Beverly/Ahiak caribou herds, incidental observations totaling 5,306 caribou across 207 observations, behavioural surveys, road monitoring, and Long Lake Containment Facility monitoring, with findings indicating caribou tolerance for areas near the mine and no injuries attributed to mine operations.
- Date
- 2025-04-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Burgundy Diamond Mines, GNWT ENR, Environment Department, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Lac de Gras, Bathurst Inlet, Coronation Gulf, Yellowknife, Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Long Lake Containment Facility, Sable Haul Road, Misery Haul Road, Lac du Sauvage Road, Lynx Road
- Parameters
- caribou distribution, satellite-collared caribou, Bathurst herd, Beverly/Ahiak herd, kernel utilization distribution, incidental observations, caribou behaviour, caribou migration patterns, group size and composition, wildlife effects monitoring, road and powerline surveys, traffic monitoring, caribou distress responses, processed kimberlite, waterfowl observations, mammal observations
- Pages
- 79
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