- Water quality and flows;
- Waterway navigability;
- Wildlife habitat and Species at Risk;
- Marten Falls First Nation (MFFN) community and neighbouring Indigenous communities;
- Culturally significant sites;
- Land use;
- New public access into MFFN territory (e.g., increased hunting pressure);
- Visual and/ or landscape changes;
- New opportunities for natural resource-related industry; and
- Ability to support potential Ring of Fire industrial traffic.