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Gold Canyon Resources Inc. Springpole Gold Project Road Alternatives Assessment calving caribou were surveyed for a four year period pre- and post- development of a road. The development of the road was found to have a statistically significant effect on calving caribou, resulting in fewer calving caribou being found near the road after construction than before construction. The degree of use by caribou of the areas adjacent to the road after construction was found to vary depending on the amount of human use of the road. Despite the lowered degree of usage of areas adjacent to the road, the overall number of caribou in the area and overall calving rate remained relatively constant. The study goes on to suggest that the low density of caribou on the calving grounds allowed for the use of alternative calving areas. However, other studies have shown that caribou mortality increases in close proximity to linear corridors due to increased encounter rates between wolves and caribou (James and Smith 2000). Once all of the caribou habitat information and caribou location data was considered in relation to the potential road corridors, it was determined that there were two specific locations that had the potential to negatively impact caribou. These locations were at Dead Dog Lake (calving/post-calving), and in the area north of the eastern arm of Springpole Lake (winter, calving/post-calving). Caribou collar data revealed that Dead Dog Lake had been used as a calving lake during 2012. In order to avoid any negative impact to this calving area, the eastern road corridor was shifted further east, away from the lake. The area to the north of the eastern arm of Springpole Lake was also used as a calving/post-calving area by a collared caribou in 2012. The options for avoiding the negative impacts to this area through road location are limited due to the fact that there are limited options with regard to road placement in this location. The road must extend from the eastern end of Springpole Lake to the current location of the exploration camp at the northern end of Springpole Lake, thereby, requiring the road to traverse through the calving/post-calving area. Additional mitigation strategies for both areas would involve road building in the winter to reduce disturbance during calving, restricted use of the road, signage regarding low rates of speed in the area, and following all MNR best management practices. Early Winter As previously mentioned, the area immediately south of Springpole Lake is considered a caribou wintering area, as evidenced by the historical sightings of caribou in that area during the winter. The current functionality of this area to provide winter habitat is questionable based on the fact that a large fire burned this area in 2011. According to the caribou collar data, none of the collared caribou used this area during early winter following the fire of 2011. At least four of the collared animals spent time in the RSA during early winter, however, no collared animals were within 15 km of Road Option A. The construction of road Option A is not expected to have any negative environmental effect on any of these early wintering areas. The following sections outline further determination of potential environmental effects to caribou following the Interim Policy Guidance for Assessing Development Proposals in the Continuous Distribution for Caribou in Ontario (OMNR 2012). For the purposes of this report, the “development proposal” in question refers to the construction and use of a winter road extending
Gold Canyon Resources Inc. Springpole Gold Project Road Alternatives Assessment from the current terminus of the Wenasaga road and extending northward to the Springpole camp. As per the guidance document, the mitigation of potential effects are discussed over multiple scales (ranges, seasonal ranges, high use areas, and calving sites) utilizing the following pre-determined assessment principles: 1. Manage cumulative disturbance within the Range by minimizing the anthropogenic disturbance footprint The range assessment determined that the CCR already exceeds the “low risk” threshold of 35% disturbance (Table 3.5.2). The construction of a road corridor will add to this measure of disturbance, however, the disturbance caused by either road option will have a negligible (i.e.
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The basic environmental protection
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