Teck Highland Valley Copper wildlife habitat baseline
- Client Name
- Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada
Challenge
Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership is proposing a mine expansion and transmis颅sion line twinning to support the extension of the mine life through until 2040. This project requires the submission of an environmental assessment under the BC Environmental Assessment Act and the Canadian Environ颅mental Assessment Act.
Solution
SLR was retained by Tech Highland Valley Copper Partnership to complete baseline wildlife surveys for the Area Expansion and Transmission line Twinning projects.
Impact
- Completion of wildlife baseline surveys for bats (acoustic recorders), waterfowl, breed颅ing birds, American badger, northern goshawk, flammulated owl, western screech-owl, Williamson鈥檚 sapsucker, Lewis鈥檚 woodpecker, burrowing owl, American pika, western rattlesnake, ungulates (aerial surveys and wildlife cameras), sharp-tailed grouse and wildlife camera deployment targeting ungulates and furbearers.
- Developed habitat suitability and habitat suitability index modelling for key species.
- Detected 14 bat species including the listed little brown myotis, northern myotis, pallid bat, and spotted bat.
- Detections of listed mammal species including American badger and fisher.
- >9,800 unique detections of 46 species of wildlife on the remote cameras.
- Provided mentoring to several First Nation communities for wildlife surveys.
