Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd (NAK)

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Thanks, LS! reformatted your info.

Impacted Mine Site Streams

Habitat and Fish Use
• Pacific salmon habitat in the direct mine site footprint is considered to have less high quality spawning and rearing habitat characteristics when compared to downstream habitats.
• Streams directly impacted by the mine site tend to have higher gradients, fewer off channel and overwintering habitats, lower proportions of spawning gravels, and less woody debris when compared to downstream habitats.
• The majority of adult fish and spawning observations for all Pacific salmon occurred considerably downstream of waters directly affected by mine facilities.
• Observed densities of juvenile salmon in streams around
the mine site are substantially lower than in downstream reaches,where more favorable habitat conditions are present.
• Resident fish species documented in the mine site area include:
Arctic gra