369 record(s) found with the tag "vegetation" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Taltson Hydro Project; Expansion Baseline Studies and Water Effects Monitoring Program
Principal Investigator: Uren, Shane
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: The Expansion Project proposes to supply power to the Snap Lake, Gahcho Kue, Diavik and EKATI mine sites by expanding the existing infrastructure at the facilities on the Taltson River at Twin Gorges and at Nonacho Lake. Studies characterizing baseline e...


2003 Port Radium: Phase 2 Environmental Studies
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...


Forest Health at a Gas Well Site near Fort Liard, NWT
Principal Investigator: Enns, Katherine
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This project will assess the sulphur dioxide impacts of a natural gas well production test on vegetation in complex, steep terrain and establish a biomonitoring system for tracking changes in vegetation health in the vicinity of a natural gas well. Well...


Analaysis of Bathurst Caribou Herd Dynamics Using a Proxy Indicator
Principal Investigator: Zalatan, Rebecca
Licensed Year(s): 2004 2003
Summary: Caribou populations fluctuate over long time spans, however, long-term records of population cycles are scarce. The population dynamics of the Bathurst caribou herd across the Northwest Territories will be reconstructed using two proxy indicators of cli...


The Effect of Great Slave Lake on Air and Surface Temperatures in Peatlands near Yellowknife
Principal Investigator: Karunaratne, Kumari C
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004 2003
Summary: This project will examine the effect of Great Slave Lake on air and surface temperatures in peatlands near Yellowknife over a period of three years. Air and surface temperatures are components of the climate/permafrost relation, and are used in numerica...


Climatic Relationships to Phenological Patterns Among Arctic Plant Species
Principal Investigator: Clark, Karin
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: The objectives of the research are to get a better understanding of how caribou foraged plant species might be responding to climate. This information may be used to make predictions of how plants might adapt to a warmer climate and in turn how this mig...


Environmental Studies for Anadarko Canada Energy Ltd.'s Proposed East Liard Gas Gathering System
Principal Investigator: Buckland, Laurie L
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: The field studies are required to obtain specific environmental information for the study area and will be used in the preparation of baseline and environmental impact assessment reports in support of regulatory approvals. The study area is a 5 km wide...


Status and Occurrence of Nahanni Aster (Symphyotrichum nahanniense) in Nahanni National Park Reserve and Vicinity
Principal Investigator: Tate, Douglas
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: The Nahanni aster is a small plant that is known to be found at only three hotspring sites within Nahanni National Park Reserve. This study proposes to visit the three known sites (by helicopter) to survey the number of asters present and collect some s...


Environmental Survey for EnCana ECA et al Begadeh Exploratory Wellsite Project
Principal Investigator: Newyar, Chuck
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This survey is required to obtain specific environmental information to be used in support of land use permit and water licence applications for EnCana's proposed winter drilling program within the Tulita District of the Sahtu Settlement Area. Emphasis...


Trace Contaminant Transformation and Fate in Northern Ecosystems
Principal Investigator: Siciliano, Steven D
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This study will: (1) assess sulfate-reducing bacterial diversity and mercury transformations; and (2) analyze the toxicity of contaminants deposited on vegetation and soil to wildlife that may digest it. Little is known about transformations of mercury...


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