Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, March 2015)
This 2014 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program annual report documents wildlife monitoring activities at the Ekati Diamond Mine from January 1 to December 31, 2014, covering habitat loss (52.2 ha in 2014, 3,293.9 ha cumulative), wildlife-vehicle interactions (19 mortalities), non-vehicle mortalities and incidents, and detailed observations of caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, raptors, and breeding birds.
- Date
- 2015-03-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation, Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Northwest Territories, ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, North Slave Métis Alliance, Wek'èezhìi Renewable Resource Board, Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Tlicho Government, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Yamba Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Misery Pit, Misery Road, Fox Pit, Koala Pit, Pigeon Pit, Beartooth Pit, Panda Underground, Koala North Underground, Sable Road, Misery Camp, Main Camp, Falcon Lake, Lac de Gras East, Slave Geological Province
- Parameters
- wildlife habitat alteration and loss, caribou abundance and migration, grizzly bear sightings and behaviour, wolf den productivity, wolverine observations, fox sightings, raptor nesting activity, breeding bird surveys, wildlife-vehicle mortalities, wildlife attractants and waste management, wildlife deterrent effectiveness, wildlife management actions, power line interactions, long lake containment facility monitoring
- Pages
- 130
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