00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.832278 CaOODSP 20230915091354 cr ||||||||||| 170213s2017 oncb ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn-on Fs70-6/2016-046E-PDF Assessment of the impacts of an agricultural drain maintenance project on aquatic species at risk in Little Bear Creek, Ontario [electronic resource]. Impacts of an agricultural drain project for Little Bear Creek, Ontario [Ottawa] : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, c2017. 9 p. : col. map Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat science advisory report, 1919-5087 ; 2016/046, Central and Arctic Region Issued also in French under title: Impacts du projet d’entretien des drains agricoles sur les espèces aquatiques en péril du ruisseau Little Bear (Ontario). Caption title. "January 2017." "This report is available from the: Centre for Science Advice (CSA), Central and Arctic Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada"--p. 9. Includes bibliographical references (p. 8). "Little Bear Creek is a tributary of Lake St. Clair designated as a municipal drain under the authority of the provincial Drainage Act. Little Bear Creek drains into the St. Clair River via the Chanel Ecarte and passes through the geographic townships of Dover, Chatham, and Camden, within the Chatham-Kent Region. Adjacent farm land drains into Little Bear Creek through subsurface tile drains. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has submitted a drain maintenance request to excavate 29.5 km from the mouth and upstream to Countryview Line, where the remaining drain portions are buried. Proposed drain maintenance includes excavation via drag-line rigging and long and standard excavators, and the removal of accumulated sediment and riparian vegetation (i.e., small trees and large brush). Little Bear Creek is home to six species at risk fishes listed under the federal Species at Risk Act: Endangered Pugnose Shiner; Endangered Lake Chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta); Special Concern Pugnose Minnow (Opsopoeodus emiliae); Special Concern Blackstripe Topminnow; Special Concern Grass Pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus); and, Special Concern Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops).There is concern that the proposed maintenance will negatively affect fish species at risk and/or their habitats, including Pugnose Shiner Critical Habitat"--Intro., p. 3. gccst Environmental impact assessment gccst Endangered species gccst Fresh water fish gccst Habitats Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canada. Ecosystems and Oceans Science. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. Impacts du projet d’entretien des drains agricoles sur les espèces aquatiques en péril du ruisseau Little Bear (Ontario) (CaOODSP)9.832280 Science advisory report (Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat) 1919-5087 ; 2016/046, Central and Arctic Region (CaOODSP)9.506226 PDF 847 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mpo-dfo/Fs70-6-2016-046-eng.pdf