NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Povey, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004 2003 2002
Summary: Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited, Aboriginal Pipeline Group, ConocoPhillips Canada (north) Limited, Shell Canada Limited, and ExxonMobil Canada Properties are continuing baseline studies begun in 2001 as part of the Mackenzie Gas Project. This por...

Principal Investigator: d'Entremont, Marc
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Government of the Northwest Territories is responsible for the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of safe transportation infrastructure, capable of meeting user needs in the NWT. As part of the DOT's o...

Principal Investigator: MacNeill, Scott W
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This 5-day sampling program will involve fisheries, aquatic, and vegetation studies at/in the vicinity of the abandoned Port Radium Mine site. Concentrations of five biologically significant metals (antimony, arsenic, lead, nickel and zinc) will be dete...

Principal Investigator: Gal, Leonard
Licensed Year(s): 2003 2002
Summary: The objective of the fieldwork is to further assess the non-renewable resource potential of the Edacho area, as a follow-up to Phase I work which was a review of existing data. This assessment is being carried out as part of the Northwest Territories Pro...

Principal Investigator: Graburn, Larry
Licensed Year(s): 2004 2003
Summary: The objective of this field reconnaissance program is to conduct preliminary site investigations of potential barge sites, camp sites, stockpile sites, compressor locations, watercourse crossings, water sources for ice road construction and potential cam...

Principal Investigator: Graburn, Larry
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: The geotechnical investigation program involves drilling or excavating to collect soil samples at specific sites and the installation of thermal recording devices. Boreholes or excavations will be drilled at approximatley 30-35 sites (22 borrow sites, 4...

Principal Investigator: Melton, Derek
Licensed Year(s): 2002 2000
Summary: Researchers will assess fish habitat (by documenting the potential of waterbodies) and to determine the presence or absense of wildlife in the vicinity of the proposed project. A search for registered archaelogical sites within the proposed area will also be undertaken. Information from these studies will form part of an environmental assessment for the proposed project. Researchers will access...

Principal Investigator: Moore, Steve M
Licensed Year(s): 2002 2001 2000
Summary: This study will gather baseline information on wildlife and vegetation to help fulfill step 5 of the protected areas strategy process. Two people (Steve Moore and one guide from Deline) will travel by boat from Deline to Edacho Peninsula and spend six days collecting baseline information on wildlife and ecosystem units. Thirty-six sites will be assessed and classified to ecosystem type. For eac...

Principal Investigator: Machtans, Hillary
Licensed Year(s): 1999
Summary: The proposed field program is designed to provide information on fish habitat and wildlife in the area of three exploratory petroleum well sites and along their respective access routes in the Fort Liard/Nahanni Butte area. Researchers will travel to the well sites and along access routes sites by helicopter with survey work carried out by air, small boat and on foot. Fish habitat and water quali...

Principal Investigator: Johnstone, Robin
Licensed Year(s): 1999
Summary: The proposed field program is designed to provide site-specific information on stream crossings, for planned improvements to the Mackenzie Valley winter road route. Researchers will travel to the crossing sites by helicopter from the closest community. At each crossing location, habitat assessments, water quality samples and fish census techniques (outlined in the DFO fisheries research permit) m...