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C o o r d i n a t e s : 6 9 ° 1 9 ′ 59 ″ N 1 3 5 ° 0 5 ′ 17 ″ W / 6 9 . 3 3 3 ° N 1 3 5 . 0 8 8 ° W / 69.333; -135.088 (Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary )
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The KIBS was established in 1961 to protect the breeding colony of lesser snow geese .[5] The IUCN Category IV site area is 609 km 2 (235 sq mi ) of which 197 km 2 (76 sq mi ) make up the marine portion which have marine and intertidal marine components, but not subtidal.[6] Part of the Mackenzie River Delta, a key migratory bird terrestrial habitat site (NT Site 12), is located within the KIBS.[5]
Geography
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The sanctuary is located on the coast of the Beaufort Sea approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi ) west of the community of Tuktoyaktuk , and 140 kilometres (87 mi ) north of Inuvik . The low-lying landscape consists of shallow channels and extensive mudflats among islands composed mostly of muskeg .[7]
Several hills in the KIBS have upland terrain that has remained above water level since glaciation . The ground in these hills is covered by sand or glacial till.[8]
Natural resources
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Two confirmed natural gas fields are located within the KIBS.[2] The fields contain 4.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, representing more than half of the gas intended to fill the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline .[9]
Wildlife
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KIBS is frequented from May through October by more than 90 bird species, including many migrating waterfowl . Compared to other Key Habitat Sites in Northern Canada , particularly high densities of Arctic tern , greater white-fronted goose , loon , northern pintail , and sandhill crane frequent the area. Tundra swan concentrate around the outer section of the MBS.[10] A colony of approximately 3000 lesser snow geese have been identified at KIBS, as well as nationally significant numbers of Hudsonian godwit and whimbrel . The short-eared owl , a Species at Risk Act -listed bird, has been records at KIBS, as well as grizzly bear , polar bear and wolverine , which are listed species by Canada's Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife,[11] and the highly endangered Eskimo curlew .[12] The Lapland longspur appears to be avoiding the KIBS because of seismic lines and drilling pads brought on by natural gas exploration.[13]
An animation of tagged tundra swan movements, where individuals can be seen in the Mackenzie Delta area in June through September.
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References
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^ a b "Canada's Wild Places Seen From Far-Off Spaces" . Environment Canada . 2008-04-07. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010 .
^ "Management of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region" . Parks Canada. 2009-08-06. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 17 September 2010 .
^ Zellen, Barry Scott (2008). Breaking the ice: from land claims to tribal sovereignty in the arctic . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7391-1942-6 .
^ a b Latour, p. 30
^ "Kendall Island" . Marine Protected Area Global. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010 .
^ "Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary" . www.canada.ca . Environment and Climate Change Canada. Retrieved 2023-06-03 .
^ Migoń, Piotr , ed. (2010). Geomorphological Landscapes of the World . Springer. p. 5. ISBN 978-90-481-3054-2 .
^ "Bird sanctuary debated at pipeline hearings" . CBC News. November 20, 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2010 .
^ Latour, P.B.; Leger, J.; Hines, J.E. "NT Site 12 - Mackenzie River Delta" (PDF) . ngps.nt.ca . Canadian Wildlife Service. p. 29 . Retrieved 17 September 2010 . [permanent dead link ]
^ Environment Canada, p. 5
^ Sierra Club of Canada National Office. "Threats to the Mackenzie Valley" . sierraclub.ca . Retrieved 17 September 2010 .
^ Struzik, Ed (2005). Ten rivers: adventure stories from the Arctic . CanWest Books. p. 226. ISBN 0-9736719-4-7 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kendall_Island_Migratory_Bird_Sanctuary&oldid=1209006194 "
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