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Protecting species diversity and the biophysical environment
Beavers and Bears
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During impoundment, Hydro-Québec will track land animals by helicopter and, if need be, rescue endangered animals. Several years after impoundment, Hydro-Québec will inventory the beaver colonies that have established themselves along the shorelines of the new water bodies.
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In the Rupert diversion bays and the reduced-flow section of the Rupert River
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The tallymen will trap or relocate beavers and bears in the areas to be cleared, flooded or exposed.
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The creation of the Rupert diversion bays, the building of roads, camps and various structures, and exposure of the Rupert River's banks may cause losses of wildlife.
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Schedule of mitigation measures
Beaver trapping or relocation: 2007 to 2009.
Bear trapping or relocation: 2009.
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