Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2003)
This report presents results of the 2002 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program at the Ekati Diamond Mine, the sixth year of monitoring, covering valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, and birds. Key findings indicate the mine has limited effects on wildlife, with habitat being more important than mine proximity in determining caribou behaviour, and no significant declines in monitored populations despite ongoing mining expansion.
- Date
- 2003-01-09
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Golder Associates Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Canadian Wildlife Service, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Bathurst caribou herd, Misery Road, Sable Road, Long Lake Containment Facility, Koala pit, Misery pit, Fox Lake road, Kodiak Lake, Exeter Lake, Lupin Mine
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, caribou behaviour, caribou migration, wildlife habitat loss, vehicle and aircraft collisions, wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines, upland breeding birds, falcons, peregrine falcons, gyrfalcons, landfill management, waste attractants, wildlife mortalities, snow tracks, nesting success
- Pages
- 147
Original document
Loading the document…