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APPENDIX C-2: FACTORS, DISCIPLINES,CRITERIA, AND INDICATORS
Webequie Supply Road Project
Webequie First Nation
February 10, 2025
AtkinsRéalis Ref: 661910
APPENDIX C-2: FACTORS, DISCIPLINES,
CRITERIA, AND INDICATORS
AtkinsRéalis
| Factor | Discipline | Criteria (VC) | Indicator |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of impacted upland ecosystem. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Edge Habitat – Total length (km) of edges removed/displaced. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of impacted Low Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity) |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of impacted Moderate Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity) |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of impacted High Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of Low Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of Moderate Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Upland Ecosystem | Area of High Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of impacted riparian ecosystem. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of impacted Low Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of impacted Moderate Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of impacted High Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of Low Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of Moderate Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Riparian Ecosystem | Area of High Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of impacted wetland ecosystem. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Edge Habitat – Total length (km) of edges removed |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of impacted Low Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of impacted Moderate Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of impacted High Structural/Vegetative Complexity (Biodiversity). |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of Low Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of Moderate Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of High Habitat Usage impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of Low Wetland Function impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of Moderate Wetland Function impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Wetland Ecosystem | Area of High Wetland Function impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Fire Potential | Area of Low Fire Potential within 500 m. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Fire Potential | Area of Moderate Fire Potential within 500 m. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Fire Potential | Area of High Fire Potential within 500 m. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Fire Potential | Area of Extreme Fire Potential within 500 m. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Designated Areas (ANSI, ESA, PSW, Rare Communities, etc.) | Area of Designated Areas removed /displaced |
| Factor | Discipline | Criteria (VC) | Indicator |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Plants of significance or importance; and designated Species at Risk plant populations (including species with special conservation status, rarity, or cultural significance) | Area of significant, important, and/or designated plants impacted. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Plants of significance or importance; and designated Species at Risk plant populations (including species with special conservation status, rarity, or cultural significance) | Area of sites identified by Indigenous peoples as culturally significant or of value. |
| Living Environment | Vegetation | Plants of significance or importance; and designated Species at Risk plant populations (including species with special conservation status, rarity, or cultural significance) | Area of impacted rare plant species. |
| Living Environment | Fish and Fish Habitat | Fish and Fish Habitat (SAR Fish – Lake Sturgeon) | Area of impacted rare habitat |
| Living Environment | Fish and Fish Habitat | Fish and Fish Habitat (Non-SAR Fish) | Area of waterbodies impacted |
| Living Environment | Fish and Fish Habitat | Fish and Fish Habitat (Non-SAR Fish) | Area of Low Sensitivity Habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Fish and Fish Habitat | Fish and Fish Habitat (Non-SAR Fish) | Area of Moderate Sensitivity Habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Fish and Fish Habitat | Fish and Fish Habitat (Non-SAR Fish) | Area of High Sensitivity Habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Range Level (+ 500 m buffer) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 1 Habitat: High Use Area (nursery) at the Sub-range Level impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 1 Habitat: High Use Area (nursery) at the Sub-range Level (within 10 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 1 Habitat: High Use Area (winter use) at the Sub-range Level impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 1 Habitat: High Use Area (winter use) at the Sub-range Level (within 10 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 1 Habitat: High Use Area (travel corridor) at the Sub-range Level impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 1 Habitat: High Use Area (travel corridor) at the Sub-range Level (within 10 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 2 Habitat (seasonal range) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 2 Habitat (seasonal range, within 10 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Caribou (Boreal population and Eastern Migratory population), Species at Risk | Area of Category 3 Habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Wolverine, Species at Risk | Area of den habitat sites within 2 km impacted. (den + 2km buffer around den & the area of this buffer that intersects the ROW) |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Wolverine, Species at Risk | Area of habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Wolverine, Species at Risk | Area of ROW within impact zone buffer (10 km) around known wolverine occurrences |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bats (including SAR Bats) | Area of impacted candidate maternity habitat (forested). |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bats (including SAR Bats) | Area of impacted high-quality candidate habitat. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bats (including SAR Bats) | Number of candidate bat hibernacula habitat (e.g., caves) within 2 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bats (including SAR Bats) | Number of candidate bat hibernacula habitat (e.g., caves) within 5 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Forest Birds (including SAR birds) | Area of candidate nesting habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Forest Birds (including SAR birds) | Number of SAR recorded occurrences within 2 km |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Forest Birds (including SAR birds) | Number of SAR recorded occurrences within 5 km impacted. |
| Factor | Discipline | Criteria (VC) | Indicator |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Raptors (including SAR birds) | Area of candidate nesting habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Raptors (including SAR birds) | Area of raptor nests recorded occurrences impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Raptors (including SAR birds) | Area of Raptor Nesting SWH impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Raptors (including SAR birds) | Area of Osprey and Bald Eagle nests impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Raptors (including SAR birds) | Area (ha) of Osprey and Bald Eagle Nesting SWH (within 5 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Shorebirds | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – GRYE |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Shorebirds | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – GRYE |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Shorebirds | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – GRYE |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Shorebirds | Area of Shorebird Stopover SWH impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Shorebirds | Area of Shorebird Stopover SWH (within 5 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of stopover and staging SWH impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of stopover and staging SWH (within 5 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of Waterfowl Nesting SWH impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of Waterfowl Nesting SWH (within 5 km) impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – Canada Goose |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – Canada Goose |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – Canada Goose |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – Mallard |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – Mallard |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Waterfowl | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – Mallard |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of bog/fen habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – Olive Sided Fly Catcher |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – Olive Sided Fly Catcher |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – Olive Sided Fly Catcher |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – CONI |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – CONI |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – CONI |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of Sharp-tailed Grouse Leks SWH within 2 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Bog/Fen Birds and Other Wetland Birds (including SAR-birds) | Area of Sharp-tailed Grouse Leks SWH within 5 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – Marten |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – Marten |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – Marten |
| Factor | Discipline | Criteria (VC) | Indicator |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Area of low-quality habitat impacted – Otter |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Area of moderate quality habitat impacted – Otter |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Area of high-quality habitat impacted – Otter |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Number of den sites within 2 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Number of den sites within 5 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Number of Wolf Rendezvous Sites within 2 km impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Furbearers – Excluding SAR (Wolverine) | Number of Wolf Rendezvous Sites within 5 km impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area of low-quality winter area habitat impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area of moderate quality winter area habitat impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area of high-quality winter area habitat impacted |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area (ha) of high-quality winter area habitat removed/displaced within 2 km. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area (ha) of moderate quality winter area habitat removed/displaced within 2 km. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area (ha) of low-quality winter area habitat removed/displaced within 2 km. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area (ha) of high-quality winter area habitat removed/displaced within 10 km. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area (ha) of moderate quality winter area habitat removed/displaced within 10 km. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area (ha) of low-quality winter area habitat removed/displaced within 10 km. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area of aquatic (wetland) feeding habitat within 2 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Moose | Area of aquatic (wetland) feeding habitat within 10 km impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Amphibians (Frogs) | Area of candidate breeding habitat impacted. |
| Living Environment | Wildlife | Designated Significant Wildlife Habitat | Area of non-caribou significant wildlife habitat impacted. |
| Physical Environment | Surface Water | Surface Water | Area of lakes and ponds crossed |
| Physical Environment | Surface Water | Surface Water | Area of streams and rivers crossed |
| Physical Environment | Groundwater | Groundwater | Number of drinking water wells displaced or potentially affected within 300 m of alternative. |
| Physical Environment | Groundwater | Groundwater | Number of springs displaced or potential affected within 300 m of alternative. |
| Physical Environment | Groundwater | Groundwater | Area (ha) of recharge areas impacted. |
| Physical Environment | Groundwater | Groundwater | Area (ha) of discharge areas impacted |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Indigenous Current and Historical Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes | Area of caribou habitat impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Indigenous Current and Historical Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes | Number of hunting/fishing cabin sites impacted |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Indigenous Current and Historical Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes | Number of unspecified Indigenous land use sites of value or interest impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Indigenous Current and Historical Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes | Area of hunting and trapping sites impacted. |
| Factor | Discipline | Criteria (VC) | Indicator |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Indigenous Current and Historical Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes | Number of fishing sites impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Indigenous Current and Historical Use of Lands and Resources for Traditional Purposes | Area (ha) of plant harvesting (food and/or medicinal) or gathering sites impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of water access routes used by small boats (i.e., canoe) impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of historical travel routes impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of portage routes impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of burial sites impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of hunting blinds impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of ice fishing houses/huts impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of cultural teaching/spiritual sites impacted. |
| Indigenous Environment | Indigenous Peoples Land Use and Interests | Cultural Continuity (ability to practice and transmit cultural traditions including historical disruptions where Indigenous peoples have a desire to reinvigorate a cultural tradition) | Number of tent frames impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Land and Resource Use (non-Indigenous) | Mineral and Aggregate Resources | Number of mining claims impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Land and Resource Use (non-Indigenous) | Mineral and Aggregate Resources | Area of licensed pits/quarries impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Land and Resource Use (non-Indigenous) | Provincial Parks, Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSIs) or Conservation Reserves | Area of Provincial Parks, Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSIs) and/or Conservation Reserves impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Visual Aesthetics | Visual Character and Sensitivity | Number of tourism/outfitter operations within 1 km impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Visual Aesthetics | Visual Character and Sensitivity | Number of known land and/or water access routes impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Visual Aesthetics | Visual Character and Sensitivity | Number of fishing and hunting areas impacted where potential visual change or experience may occur. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Archaeology | Archaeological Sites and Resources | Number of registered archaeological sites within 1 km impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Archaeology | Archaeological Sites and Resources | Area of archaeological potential impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Archaeology | Archaeological Sites and Resources | Number of known burial sites within 1 km impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Archaeology | Archaeological Sites and Resources | Number of known burial sites impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Cultural Heritage | Built Heritage Resources and Cultural Heritage Landscapes | Number of known Indigenous or non-Indigenous built heritage features/sites impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Cultural Heritage | Built Heritage Resources and Cultural Heritage Landscapes | Number of non-Indigenous cultural heritage landscapes of value or interest impacted. |
| Socio-Economic Environment | Cultural Heritage | Built Heritage Resources and Cultural Heritage Landscapes | Number of designated Provincial heritage properties affected |
| Factor | Discipline | Criteria (VC) | Indicator |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of geohazards (hazardous slopes, landslides, sinkholes/depressions) intersected. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of good terrain conditions for design and construction. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of fair terrain conditions for design and construction. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of poor terrain conditions for design and construction. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of very poor terrain conditions for design and construction. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of open water crossings required for consideration of structures (bridges, culverts). |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Constructability and Design | Area of alluvial floodplains crossed with floating vegetation mats or groundwater near surface that may need enhanced engineering design. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Cost | Total length (km) of alternative route. |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Cost | Construction capital cost ($) |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Cost | Operation and maintenance cost ($) |
| Technical Considerations | Technical | Location of Supportive Infrastructure (aggregate/rock extraction areas, construction camps, laydown/storage yards, access roads) | Length (km) of temporary and permanent access roads required to construct and maintain the alternative route |