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Figure 13. Simulated response of wolverine habitat suitability to the simulated land-use scenario. Habitat suitability was assessed at the tertiary watershed scale; the graph presents trajectories in habitat suitability for 30 watersheds that overlap with the study area. A habitat suitability index of 1 is representative of natural habitat (i.e., no land-use impacts). 2012 2062 38 Canadian Boreal Initiative | Wildlife Conservation Society <strong>Canada</strong>
The moose population was insensitive to the simulated expansion of anthropogenic footprint (Figure 14), but increased dramatically when climate change was incorporated (Figure 15). The expected warming of winters caused the moose population to more than double and expand across the study area. Increased hunting pressure associated with simulated road expansion was insufficient to dampen moose population growth, with the exception of portions of the SFLs where road density was high. The current distribution of aquatic impacts is similar to that of terrestrial impacts; northern watersheds are intact whereas southern watersheds exhibit some degradation of ecological integrity largely due to the impacts of roads and timber harvest (Figure 16). As the simulation proceeded, however, the development of mines and dams increased aquatic impacts for a number of northern watersheds. Two watersheds, in particular, received high watershed impact scores by the end of the simulation: the Lower Attawapiskat watershed received an impact score of 13 due to the presence of 11 mines; and, the Albany - Mouth watershed received an impact score of 10 due to the development of four dams. The expected warming of winters caused the moose population to more than double and expand across the study area..... The development of mines and dams increased aquatic impacts for a number of northern watersheds. A Fork in the Road: Future Development in Ontario’s Far North 39
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