Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, November 2002)
This is the 2002 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) draft report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, documenting environmental and wildlife monitoring results from 1997-2002. The report comprehensively tracks impacts on valued ecosystem components including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, birds, and other species, with sections on habitat loss, vehicle collisions, landfill attractants, mortalities, and behavioral disturbance patterns.
- Date
- 2002
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development (RWED), Echo Bay Mines Ltd, Department of Transportation, Golder Associates, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Environment Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Bathurst Inlet, Lac de Gras, Long Lake, Misery Road, Sable Road, Fox Lake Road, Koala Pit, Misery Pit, Panda Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Pigeon Pad, Old Camp, Misery Camp, Daring Lake, Mackenzie District, Yellowknife, Slave Geological Province, Bathurst caribou herd range, Lupin mine
- Parameters
- caribou abundance and behavior, caribou mortality and incidents, vehicle and aircraft collisions, habitat loss, landfill and waste management, attractants in landfill, grizzly bear disturbance, wolf den activity and pup production, wolverine tracks and activity, upland breeding birds density and diversity, falcon nesting and occupancy, barriers to movement, open pits and containment facility interactions, snowmelt timing, weather patterns, muskox observations
- Pages
- 102
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