Wildlife Research Reference Collection, Caribou and Wolverine, Ekati and Lac de Gras Area (GNWT, 1997 to 2008)
Anne Gunn from GNWT Wildlife and Fisheries provides comments on the 2003 Ekati Diamond Mine Wildlife Effects Monitoring Program, analyzing caribou monitoring data from 1987-2003 and addressing habitat loss, behavioral responses to mining, atmospheric contamination, and processed kimberlite tailings risks to wildlife. The document recommends adaptive monitoring and mitigation strategies to address cumulative effects on the declining Bathurst caribou herd.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Anne Gunn, GNWT Wildlife and Fisheries, RWED, BHP Billiton, Golder Associates, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Bathurst Caribou Management Planning Committee
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Bathurst herd range, Northwest Territories, Ursula Lake, Exeter Lake, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Colomac, Diavik, Beartooth pit, Long Lake, Slave Geological Province
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, caribou migration patterns, caribou behavior, caribou health and disease, water quality, habitat quality, zone of influence, aerial survey monitoring, dust accumulation, metal contamination in lichens, aluminum, ammonium, titanium, nickel, processed kimberlite tailings, revegetation, cumulative effects, air quality, wildlife monitoring, predation risk
- Pages
- 471
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