Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: water quality, environmental impact, biology, fish habitat, hydrology, geotechnical survey, ice thickness, pipeline corridor
Principal Investigator: | Povey, Andrew (93) |
Licence Number: | 13780 |
Organization: | Mackenzie Project Environment Group |
Licensed Year(s): |
2005
2004
2003
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Issued: | Apr 12, 2005 |
Project Team: | Gary Ash, local assistant |
Objective(s): The 2005 research has two main components, as follows. 1) Selected delta channels, streams, and lakes, as well as streams and lakes along the proposed gathering lines from Niglintgak, Taglu, and Parsons, will be surveyed to assess overwintering conditions for fish and watercourse freezing conditions. This is a continuation of the multi-season assessment of watercourses begun in 2002. 2) A fisheries spring survey will be conducted at watercourses that may be crossed by all-season roads to determine the use of watercourses by fish during the period of spring flow.
Project Description: The researchers did a number of baseline studies during 2001 through 2004 as part of the Mackenzie Gas Project. These studies are continuing in 2005. Local knowledge and technical/scientific research is being used to design plans, assess impacts, and develop environmental protection plans. The aquatics field crews will consist of two Mackenzie Project Environment Group researchers and a local assistant. Access to sites will primarily be by helicopter. ATV's, snowmobiles, and boats may also be used to access selected sampling locations; where these are needed, they will be hired locally. The field crews will be based in Inuvik, or possibly Swimming Point or Camp Farewell. The researchers expect that any particular waterbody will be visited just once during the winter or spring aquatics studies, and most visits will be less than 12 hours. For streams with ice cover, holes will be augered through the ice to determine ice th... Show more