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TitleTraditional land use study: Petro-Canada Oil and Gas SAGD MacKay River Project
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1997
Publication Languageen
Keywordstraditional land use
Abstract

This objective of this traditional land use study was to provide information on the Fort McKay community in order to facilitate understanding of traditional land uses, to provide traditional land use information on a regional and site specific basis, and to provide traditional land use information to the oil and gas industry planning to develop in the region. This traditional land use study is brief. It gives a history of the Fort McKay Community, which includes two seasonal round maps—one pre-1960 and one post-1960. The traditional land use portion of the report provides a very brief overview of regional land use, including significant sites, fur-bearing animals, big game, fish, birds, plants, place names, and traplines; of what uses the community made of resources, such as traplines, animals, and plants in the region; and of the consumption of traditional resources, such as animals, fish, birds, and plants in the region. A section on the site-specific traditional land use follows. It too briefly discusses pre-project significant sites, fur-bearing animals, big game, fish, birds, berries, trees and plants, and traplines in the project area, but does not discuss what the potential impact on these resources will be. The report concludes by noting that the construction and operation of the project will have a great impact on the study area. The authors of the report recommend that ongoing field reconnaissance and ground truthing be conducted with members of the community, and that consultations with community members be ongoing.

Notes

First Nation consulting firm commissioned by Petro-Canada Oil and Gas

Topics

Environmental Impact Assessment

Locational Keywords

Fort McKay

Group

CEMA

Citation Key24858

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