Revised Final Environmental Study Report (24 MB) - Gold Canyon ...

Gold Canyon Resources Inc.
Springpole Gold Project
Road Alternatives Assessment
Table 3.5.4 Total area (ha) of caribou winter habitat patches potentially affected by each road
corridor option.
Patch Size Option A (ha) Option B (ha)
1-100 ha 0.04 5.81
101-250 ha 0.00 0.00
251-500 ha 0.55 0.00
501-1000 ha 0.00 0.00
1001-5000 ha 0.00 0.00
5001-10000 ha 1.51 0.00
10001-20000 ha 17.99 0.00
>20000 ha 0.65 7.56
Table 3.5.5 Total area of caribou winter habitat patches within the Trout Lake Forest and the
RSA pre-, and post-2011 wildfire.
Pre-2011 Wildfire
Post-2011 Wildfire
Patch Size Area within
RSA (ha)
Area within Trout
Lake Forest (ha)
Area within
RSA (ha)
Area within Trout
Lake Forest (ha)
1-100 ha 9,394 36,697 8,761 36,065
101-250 ha 3,668 12,129 3,529 8,600
251-500 ha 1,563 9,256 1,236 8,929
501-1000 ha 3,005 14,407 3,004 14,406
1001-5000 ha 5,142 18,453 5,124 18,434
5001-10000 ha 13,776 31,535 13,655 31,414
10001-20000 ha 14,997 18,164 14,960 18,127
>20000 ha 83,982 241,313 52,474 209,805
Table 3.56 Percent of total area of caribou winter habitat patches within the Trout Lake Forest
and the RSA pre-, and post-2011 wildfire.
Pre-2011 Wildfire
Post-2011 Wildfire
Patch Size % Area within % Area within Trout % Area within % Area within Trout
RSA Lake Forest RSA Lake Forest
1-100 ha 6.93 3.50 6.46 3.44
101-250 ha 2.71 1.16 2.60 0.82
251-500 ha 1.15 0.88 0.91 0.85
501-1000 ha 2.22 1.37 2.22 1.37
1001-5000 ha 3.79 1.76 3.78 1.76
5001-10000 ha 10.16 3.01 10.08 3.00
10001-20000 ha 11.07 1.73 11.04 1.73
>20000 ha 61.97 23.01 38.72 20.01