Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) Summary, Appendix E, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, March 2024)
The 2023 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program (WEMP) report for Ekati Diamond Mine documents wildlife monitoring activities, habitat impacts, and wildlife management actions conducted by Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. from January to December 2023. The report presents findings on caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, raptors, and other wildlife species, including 491 wildlife management actions implemented, 23 vehicle-related mortalities, and habitat loss of 19.6 hectares from mine expansion.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd., Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Limited, ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Misery Road, Sable Road, Lac du Sauvage Road, Long Lake Containment Facility, Sable East Waste Rock Storage Area, Misery Camp, Sable Office, Main Camp
- Parameters
- wildlife effects monitoring, caribou abundance and behaviour, grizzly bear sightings, wolf observations, wolverine observations, fox sightings, raptor nesting, habitat alteration and loss, wildlife-vehicle interactions, wildlife mortalities, waste management, wildlife attractants, infrastructure damage, vehicle traffic monitoring, migratory birds, moose observations
- Pages
- 13
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