NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Lawson, Nick
Licensed Year(s): 2001
Summary: The objectives of the research team are to collect baseline environmental information on the DeBeers Canada Exploration Ltd. project at Kennady Lake, to assist with the current environmental management of the property and prepare for an assessment of the environmental effects of potential future development of the site. Three field visits to Kennady Lake will be completed during the summer of 200...

Principal Investigator: Whitney, Candace
Licensed Year(s): 2000
Summary: The Coppermine River basin has significant mineral resources including diamonds as well as base and precious metals. In the early 1990s, the Slave Geological Province experienced a dramatic increase in mining activity when diamonds were discovered in the middle of the West Kitikmeot/Slave area at Lac de Gras. Northern ecological systems are particularly at risk to impacts of mining and other land...

Principal Investigator: Madsen, Eric
Licensed Year(s): 2001 2000
Summary: This research will monitor and evaluate the potential environmental effects from the construction and operation of a diamond mine. The activities planned for 2000 include: water sampling in Lac de Gras and east island streams and lakes, fish-out study on inland lakes, radio-tagging of lake trout in Lac de Gras, tissue sampling of Slimy Sculpin in Lac de Gras, benthic invertebrate sampling and lake...

Principal Investigator: Henry, Gregory H.R.
Licensed Year(s): 1995 1994 1993 1991
Summary: This study continues from the research conducted in 1991 where we examined the plant community and assessed plant distribution as the subarctic forest changes to tundra. We are interested in how the smaller plant species are influenced by changes in the number of trees that are nearby as well as changes in climate. Permanent plots will be established in order to monitor any changes in the plant ...

Principal Investigator: Jacobs, John D.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1988 1987
Summary: To continue the work begun in 1978; to survey vegetation and terrain on the south shore of Amadjuak Lake and the operation of a meteorological station there; to install automatic weather stations and bulk precipitation collectors at two locations, one on the southeast side of Amadjuak Lake and the other on the west side of Nettilling Lake; to monitor environmental change in the interior of Baffin ...

Principal Investigator: Thannheiser, Dietbert
Licensed Year(s): 1981
Summary: To study plant communiites and their distribution patterns as a follow-up to previous visits made in 1971 and 1973....

Principal Investigator: Bierbrier, Allen
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To gather background information on the aresenic levels in the population of Yellowknife for the purpose of establishing an ongoing monitoring process of arsenic levels. To validate the study, a control sample of tests will be conducted in Hay River....