Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2002)
This 2001 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program report for the Ekati Diamond Mine presents five years of data on wildlife species and habitats, including monitoring of caribou migration patterns, grizzly bear presence, wolf denning, wolverine disturbance, and upland breeding birds. The report documents habitat losses of 1,148 hectares (46% of predicted loss), assesses effectiveness of mitigation measures for vehicle/aircraft collisions and landfill management, and evaluates impacts of mining activities on valued ecosystem components in the Northwest Territories.
- Date
- 2002-01-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton, Golder Associates Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Canadian Wildlife Service, Government of the Northwest Territories
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Misery Road, Long Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Diversion Channel, Sable Road, Misery camp, Ursula Lake, Exeter Lake, Paul Lake, Yellowknife, Lockhart Lake, Diavik, Lutsel K'e, Kugluktuk, Daring Lake, Mackenzie District, Lac de Gras region
- Parameters
- wildlife collisions, habitat loss, habitat reclamation, vegetation monitoring, air quality, landfill management, waste management, animal attractants, carnivore incidents, wolverine, fox, caribou abundance, caribou behavior, caribou migration, grizzly bear distribution, wolf denning, upland breeding birds, loons, raptors, muskox, footrot disease, processed kimberlite, nickel content, road dust, snow cover, weather patterns, population health
- Pages
- 118
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