Download or read book Wildlife Models Used in the Assessment of Potential Effects of the Mackenzie Gas Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... The Mackenzie Project Environmental Group (MPEG) was retained to conduct baseline environmental studies and assess potential effects of the Mackenzie Gas Project This paper describes the models that were used in conjunction with published Traditional Knowledge (TK) and field surveys as tools in the wildlife assessment. A habitat-based approach was used as the basis for the assessment. Effort was focused on determining habitat availability for wildlife in anticipation of discussions with all stakeholders during the regulatory review process. The objectives of wildlife habitat modeling were to: Evaluate habitat in the Local Study Area (LSA) and Regional Study Area (RSA) for selected species prior to construction, during construction, during operations and through decommissioning; Quantify changes in habitat through all project phases and Identify habitats and areas that are preferred by wildlife. ... The study areas for wildlife consist of a complex mosaic of vegetation communities, which vary in type and extent both within and between Ecological Zones. For this study, habitat assessments were performed for the Regional and Local study areas for each Valued Component (VC). Habitat assessments were carried out at the local scale using the LSA, which is defined by a boundary 500 m on either side of the centre line of the pipeline corridor and 1,000 m from the edge of the production areas. The local study area was used to evaluate direct potential effects of the project on wildlife and wildlife habitat. The Regional Study Area was used to evaluate effects at the regional level as well as potential cumulative effects. The boundaries of the RSA for this habitat assessment were based on the largest average annual home range size of the VCs found in the pipeline corridor or production area. For the production area, the size of the RSA was based on the diameter (40 km) of the average home range size of female barren-ground grizzly bears (1,200 square km...). The RSA for the production area was generally defined as the area within a 40km radius from the edge of the production areas. In addition, the boundaries of the RSA were adjusted to take into account the known annual movements of barren−ground grizzly bears and barren−ground caribou; the boundaries of the RSA were expanded to the east to include part of the Tuktoyaktuk peninsula, a known movement corridor for grizzlies using the production area .... The RSA was also expanded to the east, south of the Husky Lakes area, to account for the winter range of the Cape Bathurst barren-ground caribou herd .... To the west, the RSA was limited by the edge of the Mackenzie Delta and the Mackenzie River, as grizzly bears and caribou are not known to regularly use the Delta area or cross the river .... For the pipeline corridor, the RSA was based on the average winter home range size of male woodland caribou (711 square km...), which has the largest known average home range of all VCs using the study area. An area 30 km either side of the centre line of the pipeline corridor was generally used as the boundary for the RSA. To the west, the RSA was expanded beyond the 30 km limit in some locations to include important caribou areas (e.g., lower lying areas around Wrigley and Ebbutt Hills; summer ranges of the McConnell Range and the Horn Plateau)--ASTIS [online] bibliography.
Download or read book Wildlife Habitat Suitability Modelling written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... The Mackenzie Project Environmental Group (MPEG) was retained to conduct an assessment of the impacts of the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) on wildlife. One potential impact of the project is the loss of wildlife habitat. As a result, habitat models were developed to help quantify the amount of habitat loss resulting from project construction and operations. This paper describes the models that were used to assess project impacts on bird VCs (Valued Components). The objectives of habitat modelling, as applied to the Mackenzie Gas Project, were to: [1] Evaluate habitat in the Local Study Area (LSA) and Regional Study Area (RSA) for selected bird species prior to construction (i.e., baseline scenario), during construction, and during operations. [2] Quantify changes in habitat through all project phases, and [3] Identify habitats and areas that are preferred by bird VCs. ... Because of potential effects of the Mackenzie Gas Project on wildlife habitat availability, the MPEG adopted a habitat-based approach to impact assessment. A habitat-based approach to assessment is a comparison of habitat availability before and after changes occur within an area. This approach relies on an understanding of broad habitat types within a study area as well as species habitat requirements. A habitat-based approach to assessment is ideally suited for: Large study areas; Long-term effects; Species for which species-habitat relationships can be determined; and Regions where habitats are relatively static. The habitat-based approach is a useful tool to quantify project impacts for species whose habitat preferences can be readily defined. When information on habitat use or species-habitat associations is not available, other tools can be used to determine project impacts. These include use of general distribution data that delineate important areas for wildlife. ... Because detailed bird distribution data was available for only part of the RSA ..., habitat modelling was used as the primary tool to assess project impacts throughout the entire study area (pipeline corridor and production area). Additional information was used where possible to help validate model results, or to address impacts on species for which habitat modelling was not possible--ASTIS [online] bibliography.
Download or read book Potential Impacts on Birds in the Mackenzie Valley from Pipeline Clearings for the Mackenzie Gas Project written by John M. (John Morton) Cooper and published by Yelloknife, N.W.T. : Canadian Wildlife Service. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mackenzie Valley Gas Project proposes to build a 1,220 kilometre pipeline that will follow an existing pipeline corridor from Inuvik to Norman Wells, then follow a new alignment from Norman Wells to northern Alberta. Impacts to birds from an expanded & new pipeline corridor are expected and this report describes a study initiated to estimate those impacts. It presents findings of breeding bird surveys conducted at two areas in 2004, Norman Wells and Fort Simpson, chosen to represent northern & southern segments of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline route. Study plots represented typical habitats in both study areas. Vegetation characteristics were measured for each plot. Plots were surveyed ten times each in June 2004 and analyzed to quantify habitat & breeding bird territories. Data were specifically analyzed to determine densities of breeding birds in each habitat and species/habitat associations. Landsat coverages were used to quantify habitats across a 200-by-50 kilometre pipeline corridor at each study area, and breeding bird densities at each study area were then used to extrapolate densities across similar habitats along the length of the corridor segment. Potential losses of habitat & breeding birds are estimated for the combined 400 kilometre long corridor. Additional data sets are analyzed to assess whether the 2004 map data represent a typical year. Issues related to adaptive landscape management, retention harvesting strategies along the corridor, edge effects on birds, bird community responses, ecological indicators, and considerations for future landscape-level development are discussed. Finally, recommendations are made for future studies & approaches related to potential impacts of the pipeline on boreal ecosystems.
Download or read book Handbook of Cumulative Impact Assessment written by Jill A.E. Blakley and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important Handbook is an essential guide to the state-of-the-art concepts, debates and innovative practices in the field of cumulative impact assessment. It helps to strengthen the foundations of this challenging field, identify key issues demanding solutions and summarize recent trends in forward progress, particularly through the use of illustrative case examples.
Download or read book Potential Impacts on Birds in the Mackenzie Valley from Pipeline Clearings for the Mackenzie Gas Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mackenzie Valley Gas Project proposes to build a 1,220 km pipeline to transport liquid natural gas from Inuvik to a southern terminus in northern Alberta. The proposed pipeline route will follow an existing pipeline corridor for about 500 km, more or less, from Inuvik to Norman Wells, then follow a new alignment for about 800 km, more or less, from Norman Wells to Alberta. Impacts to birds from an expanded and new pipeline corridor were expected and studies were initiated to estimate impacts. In 2004, breeding bird spot map surveys were conducted at two study areas, Norman Wells and Fort Simpson. These two study areas were chosen to represent certain segments of the Mackenzie Valley, Norman Wells representing a central portion of the pipeline route and Fort Simpson representing a southern portion"--Abstract, p. i.
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Download or read book Critical Norths written by Sarah Jaquette Ray and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia, “the North” has held a powerful sway in Western culture. Long seen through contradictions—empty of life yet full of promise, populated by indigenous communities yet ripe for conquest, pristine yet marked by a long human history—it has moved to the foreground of contemporary life as the most dramatic stage for the reality of climate change. This book brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to ask key questions about the North and how we’ve conceived it—and how conceiving of it in those terms has caused us to fail the region’s human and nonhuman life. Engaging questions of space, place, indigeneity, identity, nature, the environment, justice, narrative, history, and more, it offers a crucial starting point for an essential rethinking of both the idea and the reality of the North.
Download or read book An inventory of wildlife habitat of the Mackenzie Valley and Northern Yukon Prepared by the Special Habitat Evaluation Group Canadian Wildlife Service Dept of the Environment by G H Watson and others for the Environmental Social Program Northern Pipelines written by Canada. Wildlife Service. Special Habitat Evaluation Group and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Impacts of the Mackenzie Gas Project on Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary Intervenor Report Nature Canada written by David Brent Gurd and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary (MBS), located in the Mackenzie River Delta in the Northwest Territories, is an important breeding and staging ground for a variety of waterfowl and shorebirds. Over 60,000 shorebirds such as Red-necked Phalaropes, Whimbrels, and Lesser Golden Plovers nest in the outer delta of the Mackenzie River, which includes Kendall Island."--Nature Canada.
Download or read book Annotated Bibliography of Ecological Cumulative Impacts Assessment written by Samuel C. Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foundation for a Sustainable Northern Future written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subject to the full implementation of the Panel's recommendations, the Panel has concluded that the adverse impacts of the Mackenzie Gas Project and the Northwest Alberta Facilities would not likely be significant and that the Project and those Facilities would likely make a positive contribution towards sustainability. [...] The Panel would like to express its gratitude to the community field workers who travelled to various northern communities to The Panel would like to thank the Canadian Environmental explain the review process to everyone, and to the Aboriginal Assessment Agency, the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact interpreters who had the difficult task of simultaneously Review Board and the Inuvialuit Game [...] The prospect of these additional net gains without significant adverse impacts during the life developments was the basis of both the aspirations and the of the Project and effective use of the Project and associated apprehensions the Panel heard with respect to the Project. [...] The Proponents have committed to provide certain mitigations and enhancements with respect to the Project, the most In the Panel's view, the MGP offers a unique opportunity to build important of which include the establishment of the Aboriginal a sustainable future in the Mackenzie Valley and Beaufort Delta Pipeline Group, the negotiation of Access and Benefits regions. [...] The Proponents' committed to providing important mitigations and enhancements, mitigations and enhancements, the measures governments the most notable being the creation of the Mackenzie Gas Project would put in place, and the Panel's recommendations would, Impacts Fund.
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Download or read book Aboriginal Peoples and Natural Resources in Canada written by Claudia Notzke and published by Captus Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most current and comprehensive book of its kind, Aboriginal Peoples and Natural Resources in Canada explores the opportunities and constraints that aboriginal people encounter in their efforts to use water resources, fisheries, forestry resources, wildlife, land and non-renewable resources, and to gain management power over these resources. This examination begins with a historical perspective, and takes into account cultural, political, legal and geographical factors. From the contemporary research of the author, the reader is informed of the most current developments and provided with a well-reasoned outlook for the future." "This book is an essential resource for aboriginal people engaged in the use and management of natural resources, and for those who seek professional training in the field. Anyone wanting to know more about the social and environmental issues pertaining to more responsible and equitable environmental and ecological management will find a wealth of information in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Foundation for a Sustainable Northern Future Chapter 11 Conservation management and protected areas written by Joint Review Panel (Canada) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Regional Impacts of Climate Change written by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II. and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
