Wildlife Management and Monitoring Plan (WMMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, March 2023)
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company submits the updated Wildlife Management and Monitoring Plan (WMMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine to the Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources department. The WMMP replaces the 2017 Wildlife Effects Monitoring Plan and incorporates stakeholder feedback, traditional knowledge, and mitigation strategies for wildlife species including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverine, and raptors, with monitoring programs addressing habitat loss, waste management, wildlife incidents, and caribou road interactions.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Environment and Natural Resources (Government of the Northwest Territories), Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Łutselk'e Dene First Nation, Deninu K'ue First Nation, Fort Resolution Métis Council, North Slave Métis Alliance, Tłįchọ Government
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Arctic Circle, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Point Lake, Sable Pit, Misery Underground, Long Lake Containment Facility, Lac du Sauvage, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Carrie Pond watershed, Pigeon-Fay Watershed, Upper Exeter Watershed, Horseshoe Watershed, Point Lake Watershed
- Parameters
- barren-ground caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverine, raptors, migratory birds, habitat alteration and loss, wildlife-vehicle interactions, wildlife-aircraft interactions, human-wildlife interactions, caribou migration routes, caribou population decline, linear features (roads and power lines), waste management, wildlife attractants, wildlife mortalities, wildlife incidents, caribou crossings, noise disturbance, contaminants and toxins, peregrine falcon, short-eared owl, red-necked phalarope, rusty blackbird, lesser yellowlegs, barn swallow, bank swallow
- Pages
- 223
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