Gold Run Creek, southeast of Dawson City, Yukon, is the site of a pilot project to stabilize slope failure caused by placer mining. Laberge Environmental Services conducted a reconnaissance survey in July 2003, and several bioengineering structures, including retaining walls and a live willow flume, were installed in fall 2005. The dataset likely contains details of the site assessment and intervention.
Use Cases
- Analyzing bioengineering intervention effectiveness based on the description of installed structures
- Studying slope failure mechanisms in mined areas based on the described runoff channel formation
- Evaluating revegetation as a stabilization factor based on the mention of mature willow species
- Assessing environmental impact of placer mining based on the described disturbance of frozen ground
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, documented pilot project at Gold Run Creek
- Describes concrete bioengineering interventions like retaining walls and a live willow flume
- Provides temporal context with reconnaissance in 2003 and installation in 2005
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single site in Yukon
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Collection Method
- Reconnaissance survey and project documentation.
- Time Range
- 2003-2005
- Geography
- Gold Run Creek, southeast of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada