Pierre River Mine Project

TERRESTRIAL AENV SIRS 44 – 78
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Section 13.1
Within the portion of the corridor that approaches 250 m wide (at minimum;
Figure AENV 70-1), habitat quality and, therefore, effective corridor width, is
predicted to be unaffected by the project for moose, Canada lynx, fisher marten,
Canadian toad and beaver (Table AENV 70-1). For black-throated green warbler,
the 11 ha of moderate-quality habitat present at the Base Case becomes low
quality habitat during construction and operations. For barred owl, 1 ha of high
quality habitat (0.4%) becomes low quality habitat during construction and
operations. Due to the application of the sensory disturbance and water table
drawdown buffers, 79 ha (85%) of high quality black bear habitat becomes low
quality habitat.
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