Prairie Creek All Season Road - EA1415-01
Document List - Technical reports
Meeting summary of a meeting between Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Parks Canada, and CanZinc on March 7, 2017 to discuss the hydrology of Sundog Creek.
Draft Final Commitments Table submitted by Canadian Zinc Corporation, including commitments made in their response to parties' technical reports
Canadian Zinc Corporation's response to parties' technical reports
CBC North news article from April 5, 2017 entitled 'N.W.T government turns to courts to stop Nahanni Butte road construction'. Submitted to the Review Board by Nahanni Butte Dene Band.
Request for party status (Form 1) and supporting documents submitted by Liidlii Kue First Nation (LKFN)
A letter to parties regarding LKFN's request for party status and extension to submit a technical report. The letter asks parties with any concerns about LKFN's requests to submit them to the Board.
This is a Dehcho Drum news article from March 30, 2017 titled 'Territory seeking injunction against band'. Submitted to the Review Board by Nahanni Butte Dene Band.
As part of the response to CanZinc's technical report information requests, Parks Canada provided individual collar data maps of the 2015/16 caribou collar study for Nahanni National Park Reserve.
As part of the response to CanZinc's technical report information requests, Parks Canada provided kernel density maps of the 2015/16 caribou collar study for Nahanni National Park Reserve.
Parks Canada responses to CanZinc's March 20 caribou information requests related to the Parks Canada technical report.
Letter from Parks Canada to CanZinc regarding CanZinc's information requests related to the Parks Canada technical report.
DehCho Drum article from March 23, 2017. Posted on behalf of Nahanni Butte Dene Band
Hyperlinked document to Parties' technical reports and reference documents for EA1415-01
DFO technical report supplement in response to CanZinc March 9 document.
Letter from CanZinc to Parks Canada requesting additional information related to the technical report and northern mountain woodland caribou.
Letter from NPMO clarifying final recommendations from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Technical Report
Notice of proceeding with a draft final commitments table for EA1415-01. Several commitments require clarification from CanZinc. A final commitments table is requested from CanZinc for April 7, 2017.
Letter from Nahanni Butte Dene Band to the Honourable Catherine McKenna and Daniel Watson regarding the Parks Canada technical report.
Letter from CanZinc to the Review Board clarifying CanZinc's agreement with Nahanni Butte Dene Band to co-manage the project.
Notice of proceedings describing 1) A procedure for consideration of the Prairie Creek all season road habitat loss and offset memo and 2) Submission of materials referenced in technical reports
March 11, 2017 CBC article titled 'First Nation to have greater role in parks: federal environment minister'. Submitted by NBDB.
Email from Carrie Breneman indicating that the Dehcho First Nation technical report is drafted and will be submitted on Monday once it is approved.
Technical report from GNWT for EA1415-01.
Species Status Report: Boreal Caribou (2012). Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
EA1415-01 Canadian Zinc Corporation's Prairie Creek All-season Road Updated Government of Canada Departments Participation and Status Summary.
Technical report from INAC for EA1415-01.
Technical report from ECCC for EA1415-01.
Cover letter from the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency's Northern Projects Management Office for the technical reports from federal departments.
Golder Associates 2011 technical memorandum to CanZinc regarding February 2011 wildlife surveys for the Prairie Creek Mine and Access Road (EA0809-002). Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Scientific article "Persistent changes to ecosystems following winter road construction and abandonment in an area of discontinuous permafrost, NNPR...". Referenced in Parks Canada technical report.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada report on "Biological and habitat data for bull trout and associated species...[in the Mackenzie River Valley]. Referenced in the Parks Canada technical report.
"Alberta conservation information center ecological community sampling guidelines". Referenced in the Parks Canada technical report.
Alberta Native Plant Council (ANPC) "Guidelines for rare vascular plant surveys in Alberta". Referenced in the Parks Canada technical report.
Scientific paper "The impacts of roads and other infrastructure on mammal and bird populations: a meta-analysis". Referenced in the ECCC technical report.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "Trumpeter swan survey of the rocky mountain population: winter 2014". Referenced in the ECCC technical report.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "The 2010 North American trumpeter swan survey". Referenced in the ECCC technical report.
"Prediction manual for drainage chemistry from sulphidic geologic materials". Referenced in the ECCC technical report.
Environment Canada occasional paper number 114 "Key migratory bird terrestrial habitat sites in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut". Referenced in the ECCC technical report.
Article "Determining effects of an all weather logging road on winter woodland caribou habitat use in south-eastern Manitoba". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Scientific article "Identifying indirect habitat loss and avoidance of human infrastructure by northern mountain woodland caribou". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Thesis "Responses of mountain caribou to linear features in a west-central Alberta landscape". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Recovery strategy for the boreal caribou in the Northwest Territories (2017). Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Scientific article "Avoidance of roads by large herbivores and its relation to disturbance intensity". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Article "Longevity and mortality of boreal woodland caribou of the Dehcho region, Northwest Territories". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Scientific article "Experimental log hauling through a traditional caribou wintering area". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
Scientific article "Movement responses of caribou to human-induced habitat edges lead to their aggregation near anthropogenic features". Referenced in the GNWT technical report.
GNWT submitted a note to file of a teleconference call and a series of emails with CanZinc regarding the Liard crossing. Includes an Allnorth figure of the staging area and crossing.
This is a letter from the Government of Northwest Territories to Chief of Nahanni Butte Dene Band regarding a land inquiry
Directions for document consideration will follow. Information on the Prairie Creek All Season Road aquatic habitat function loss, alteration and gain.
Technical reports are due Friday, March 10 at 23:59. Please submit all referenced documents that are not on the registry, including hard copies for documents over 50 pages.
This is a Dehcho Drum news article from March 2, 2017 titled 'Roadwork opens old trail'. Submitted to the Review Board by Nahanni Butte Dene Band.
Letter from Chief of Nahanni Butte Dene Band to Indigenous and Nortehrn Affairs Canada responding to INAC correspondence of February 14.
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada clarifies requirements for development on IAB lands in the context of the Prairie Creek All Season Road environmental assessment.
Letter in response to Nahanni Butte Dene Band's January 20th, 2017, letter to the Review Board.
Information about viewing the video edit of the Prairie Creek All Season Road on Thursday February 23, 2017.
Memorandum of Understanding between Canadian Zinc and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation.
Updated workplan with dates for process steps from now to the public hearings, which are scheduled for April 24-28th, 2017.
Letter from Dehcho First Nations Grand Chief Herb Norwegian to the Review Board.
This is the agenda and presentation for the meeting "Preparing technical reports" for Friday February 17, 2017
This Notice of Proceeding advises parties that technical reports are due March 10, 2017.
Notice of proceeding with information on the location, time and purpose of the rescheduled technical report preparation meeting for parties.
This is a Dehcho Drum news article from February 9, 2017 titled Nahanni Butte pushes for more control over traditional lands. Submitted to the Review Board by Nahanni Butte Dene Band.
This is a letter from the Chief of Nahanni Butte Dene Band to the Review Board
This Note to File summarizes an engagement meeting between Board staff and Nahanni Butte.
This is a letter from CanZinc to the Review Board and is the their second response to the Oboni risk assessment
Band Council Resolution regarding participation in the Consensus Team.
CBC North article re Priairie Creek Mine and Nahanni Butte access road
This is a Dehcho Drum news article from Jan 26, 2017 titled Nahanni Butte Strikes Out Alone on First Stages of Road. It is submitted by Nahanni Butte Dene Band
Letter following up on discussions between the GNWT and CanZinc and outlining requirements for land applications
Letter from the Nahanni Butte Dene Band to the Review Board regarding clarification of risk assessment correspondence PR#398, dated 16-Jan-2016
This is an email from Nahanni Butte to the Review Board requesting that the technical report preparation meeting be postponed until Chief and Council have met
This is a letter from the Review Board Chair to the Chief of the Nahanni Butte Dene Band in response to January 10, 2017 correspondence that clarifies the risk assessment
Notice that the technical report preparation meeting scheduled for January 13 has been postponed at the request of the developer. The meeting will be rescheduled.
This is an email from NBDB re participation in the January 13 meeting to discuss the technical report phase and viewing of a video of the road route.
Notice of proceeding with information on the location, time and purpose of the technical report preparation meeting for parties.
List of organizations with party status as of January 2017
This is a response to information requests from CanZinc dated Dec 16 regarding the risk assessment submitted by Oboni Riskope.
This Note to File advises parties on next steps in the response to the risk assessment and technical reports.
This is a letter from CanZinc to the Review Board regarding an information request on the risk assessment.