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File consists of documents, correspondence and memoranda related to the Nechako River court action. Includes correspondence regarding the Nechako River court action (including correspondence from legal counsel); documents regarding Nechako River aerial photography; a copy of a summary of "Nechako River Water Temperature and TGP Studies, 1986" along with accompanying maps and technical drawings; meeting agendas; and copies of Alcan and Envirocon documents.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda related to the Nechako River court action. Includes DFO memoranda regarding preparation for the Canada vs. Alcan court case; a list of documents held by Alcan relating to the case; a list of bioengineering reports produced by DFO, which DFO scientists needed to review for documents that were not to be given to Alcan; and correspondence to legal counsel.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda leading up to the 1987 settlement agreement. Includes correspondence regarding a Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. report, legal counsel for the court case, the out-of-court settlement, and the final settlement agreement. Also includes a reprint of Mundie's article "Predictability of the Consequences of the Kemano Hydroelectric Proposal for Natural Salmon Populations"; a copy of Behnke's "Critique of Instream Flow Methodologies"; copies of documents with advice for expert witnesses, including a "Guidebook on the Preparation and Submission of Expert Witness' Evidence"; a copy of Langer's article "The Professional Fisheries Scientist as an Expert Witness"; a 1987 paper by Robert Behnke entitled "The Illusion of Technique and Fisheries Management"; the "Agreement Respecting Studies and Data Between Attorney-General of Canada and the Aluminum Company of Canada Limited"; lists of documents agreed to by DFO and Alcan; copies of the documents "Summary of Remedial Measures Options" and "Proposed Nechako River Monitoring and Remedial Measures"; copies of depositions of Clair B. Stalnaker and Robert T. Milhous; graphics intended for display during expert witness testimonies; a background paper from Alcan regarding "Court Proceedings involving the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans versus Alcan and the Province of British Columbia"; a copy of the 1987 settlement agreement; and a folder for DFO employees for the announcement of the agreement including a news release, biographies, and a copy of the agreement.

File consists of correspondence and memoranda from the Cheslatta Band and Carrier Sekani Tribal Council relating to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review of 1994. Includes copied and faxed correspondence and informational material.

File consists predominantly of copied and faxed Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and correspondence from 1990-1993, likely obtained through an Access to Information request from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Also includes correspondence regarding the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

File consists predominantly of copied and faxed Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and correspondence from 1986-1989, likely obtained through an Access to Information request from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Some items were also used as exhibits in the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

File consists of records relating to the development of the Siddon v. Mair court case. Includes a document written by Alderdice entitled "Notes on Controversy between T. Siddon and Rafe Mair", clippings, correspondence from Connell Lightbody Barristers and Solicitors regarding the case, the 'Statement of Claim' for the Siddon v. Mair case, Alderdice's notes, and the "Statement of Dr. Donald Alderdice" for the case.

File consists of a photocopy of Leving's paper, "Consumptive and Non-Consumptive Uses of Vegetation in the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Ecosystems", from the proceedings of "Wetland Functions, Rehabilitation, and Creation in the Pacific Northwest: The State of our Understanding".

File consists of a photocopy of chapter 11 of "Pacific Salmon: Management for People", edited by Derek Ellis and published by the University of Victoria in 1977. The excerpted chapter, written by J.H. Mundie, is entitled "Concluding Remarks: The Problem in its Setting".

File consists of a copy of the "Conceptual Alternatives for a Release Facility at Kenney Dam: An Interim Report of the Kenney Dam Release Facility Working Group", related figures and notes by Alderdice, and a letter to David Lane of the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation regarding the Interim Report.

File consists of a photocopy of a Regulated Rivers: Research & Management (vol. 5) article by Orth and Leonard entitled "Comparison of Discharge Methods and Habitat Optimization for Recommending Instream Flows to Protect Fish Habitat".

File consists of a photocopy of a report prepared for the Ministry of Transportation and Highways by Beniston et al. entitled "Coldwater River Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring Study - Year 2 (1987-88)".

File consists of a published copy of a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report by R.A. Bams entitled "Coho Salmon Smolt Production from Kelvin Creek (Cowichan River Watershed) B.C., During Four Years of Colonization with Hatchery and Salvaged Wild Fry"

File consists of newspaper clippings and excerpted articles from various B.C. newspapers and magazines regarding the Nechako-Alcan controversy and the Kemano Completion Project. Also includes issues of the Rivers Defense Coalition newsletter and the Telkwa Foundation Newsletter.

File consists of a published copy of Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1728, entitled "Chinook Salmon Studies in the Nechako River: 1980, 1981, 1982".

File consists of a copy of an Aluminum Company of Canada Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development Technical Memorandum by Envirocon entitled "Chinook Salmon Spawning, Incubation and Emergence Studies in the Nechako River, B.C. During 1980-1981".

File consists of report entitled "Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Fry and Smolt Enumeration/Marking Project, Nechako and Quesnel/Horsefly Rivers, B.C." by W.R. Olmsted, P.W. Delaney, T.L. Slaney and G.A. Vigers of EVS Consultants for DFO.

File consists of a draft copy of an Aluminum Company of Canada Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development Technical Memorandum by Envirocon entitled "Chinook Salmon Fry Density in Relation to Depth, Velocity, Substrate and Cover in the Nechako River".

File consists of a photocopy of "Nechako River Chinook Salmon Escapements Estimates" and a copy of discharge-escapement data for BC rivers.

File consists of a photocopy of an Envirocon graphs and tables, possibly copies of overheads used in a presentation entitled "Chinook Salmon by Life Cycle Stage".

File consists of correspondence and reports from John Hummel and Dana Wagg, Cheslatta Band researchers. Also includes clippings; anti-Kemano propaganda material; copies of Alcan correspondence; "The Story of the Surrender of the Cheslatta Reserves on April 21, 1952"; "Chronology of the Cheslatta Lake Flooding and Subsequent Surrender, Moving and Relocation of the Cheslatta Indian Band as Gleaned from Original Letters, Documents, Interviews, and other Printed and Written Material" compiled by Mike Robertson in 1991; "Kemano 2 Update" report by Dana Wagg; and "Kemanogate: Secret DFO probe quashed, Tapes destroyed" by Dana Wagg.

File consists predominantly of faxed correspondence and documents from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council. These documents include copies of newspaper clippings, news releases, publicity material regarding Cheslatta Band's position on the Kemano Completion Project, briefing notes, documents written by Dana Wagg, correspondence from Alcan to the Band, and copies of released Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda. Also includes "The Story of the Surrender of the Cheslatta Reserves on April 21, 1952" by Mike Robertson; a copy of a "Proposal for an Agreement between the Government Commission of the Gitksan Wet'suwet'en People and the Vera Corporation regarding the Nanika River Project" of November 13, 1991; and a 1984 paper by Megan Swail entitled "The Kemano Completion Project: Selected Legal Issues".

File consists of a copy of Peter Ward's report on "Channel Changes in Kemano River to Date and Expected Future Changes from Kemano Completion Project".

File consists of Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1477 entitled "Case Histories of Regulated Stream Flow and its Effects on Salmonid Populations" by D.W. Burt and J.H. Mundie.

File consists of a published copy of Burt and Mundie's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report entitled "Case Histories of Regulated Stream Flow and its Effects on Salmonid Populations". Includes accompanying correspondence related to the publication.

File consists of the second draft of a transcript of the meeting between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (represented by Bell-Irving, Fretwell, and Blacket), the Aluminum Company of Canada (represented by Bill Rich, Brian Hemmingway, Doug Bruchet, Bruce Jenkins, and Clyde Mitchell), and the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (Edward John, Justa Monk, Morris Joseph, et al) regard studies conducted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. on the Nechako River and its resources. Document sent to Hartman by John Hummel, Cheslatta Band researcher, who included an accompanying letter. Annotated by John Hummel.

File consists of various documents relating to the BCUC KCP Public Review Technical Hearings. Includes hearing transcripts, the "Final Argument of Ben B. Meisner", and correspondence from BCUC regarding the technical hearings.

File consists of the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project Technical Hearing Phase 5: Final Argument for Rivers Defense Coalition.

File consists of the "British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project - Rivers Defense Coalition Outline of Evidence for Technical Hearing Phase Four".

File consists of the "British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project - Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Summary of Evidence for Technical Hearing Phase Three: Fisheries".

File consists of British Columbia Utilities Commission newsletter and news releases for the Kemano Completion Project Public Review which were distributed to participants in the Review process.

File consists of copies of correspondence and documents that relate to the BCUC public review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes correspondence to and from BCUC and their legal counsel regarding Shirvell's presence as a witness at the review of the Kemano Completion Project.

Subseries consists of records relating to Shirvell's participation in the British Columbia Utilities Commission public review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes Shirvell's notes and submission to the review panel, copies of submissions from other DFO scientists, correspondence relating to the review, copies of exhibits submitted for the review, and BCUC reports.

File consists of a copy of "British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review - Technical Hearings Phase 3: Final Argument for Alcan"

File consists of copy of "British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review - Final Argument Phase V: Rivers Defense Coalition" sent to Don Alderdice from Andrew Thompson.

File consists of the Document List and Index for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review: Public File (Version no. 3).

File consists of an incomplete list of the BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review "A" list of exhibits. Also includes "Exhibit List Part 'B': Public File", which lists documents available in the public file.

File consists of correspondence relating to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review. Includes copied and original correspondence to and from Gordon Hartman; Bill Rich (Alcan); Dr. Gregory Lawrence; Thom Thompson (BC Hydro); LLL&M Barristers and Solicitors (for Alcan); Fraser & Beatty Barristers and Solicitors (for Rivers Defense Coalition); Premier Mike Harcourt; Moe Sihota, BC Minister of Environment, Land and Parks; Brian Tobin, Minister of Fisheries; the Nechako Environmental Coalition; and Robert Pellat, BCUC Commission Secretary. Also includes a list of relevant sections of the Utilities Commission Act for Kemano, an "Order in the Matter of the Utilities Commission Act...and A Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project", meeting minutes for BCUC sessions, the "KCP Registered Participant List", a schedule for a Kemano tour, and copies of related articles.

File consists of various documents relating to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review. Includes copies of correspondence from the Nechako Environmental Coalition; the Nechako Valley Regional Cattlemen's Association; Thom Thompson (BC Hydro); British Columbia Utilities Commission; the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program; David Strangway; and P.A. Larkin. Also includes "Terms of Reference in the Matter of the Utilities Commission Act

File consists of an original copy of a "Brief Submitted to the Department of Fisheries' Public Hearing, Vanderhoof, B.C., by the Council of the Corporation of the Village of Fort St. James".

File consists of a copy of Gordon Hartman's "Brief for Presentation to the B.C. Utilities Commission Review Panel on the Kemano Completion Project", annotated by Shirvell.

File consists of a final draft and original copy of Shirvell's brief to the Kemano Completion Project BC Utilities Commission Review Panel. Final draft includes original photographs. Also includes accompanying memoranda and figures for the review panel.

File consists of a copy of DFO's report on "Biological Engineering Studies Conducted on the Nechako River During 1980, 1981 and 1982". Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the studies and editorial comments.

File consists of a photocopy of a Water Pollution Research Journal of Canada article by Rogers et al. entitled "Bioconcentration of Chlorophenols by Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Overwintering in the Upper Fraser River: Field and Laboratory Tests".

File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Vol. 45) article by Fausch entitled "Tests of Competition between Native and Introduced Salmonids in Streams: What Have We Learned?".

File consists of a report entitled "British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Deepwater Release Facility Recommendations: Implications for Sockeye Salmon". Authorship unknown. Annotated.

File consists of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Public Review hearings transcripts, pages 5191-5266 and 5450-5470. Includes transcription of discussion with Clark, Jenkins, Chapman, Mitchell, and Rublee.

File consists of copies of exhibits 537-719 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes: a document by L.R. Russell et. al. entitled "Chinook Salmon Studies in the Nechako River: 1980, 1981, and 1982", dated November, 1983 (ex. #537); "Memorandum from C.S. Shirvell to G. Ennis, regarding Corrections to Notes from Nechako Workshop, November 14, 15", dated November 28, 1985 (ex. #538); "Memorandum from M. Fretwell to D.L. Deans, regarding Nechako River Programs: Stream Fertilization Fish Assessment Proposal", dated May 10, 1988 (ex. #540); "Summary of Evidence from the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program for Technical Hearing Phase Ill: Fisheries", dated March, 1994 (ex. #572); and a "Memorandum from the Director General Pacific Region to Mr. Lefebvre, regarding Alcan Trial Proposed Out of Court Settlement", dated March 12, 1987 (ex. #719).

File consists of copies of exhibits 500-531 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes: a document by T.G. Brown et. al. entitled "Availability of Juvenile Chinook Salmon to Predators Along the Margins of the Nechako and Stuart Rivers, B.C.", dated January 1994 (ex. #500); maps from the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program entitled "Airphoto Mosaics: Nechako River from Kenney Dam to Vanderhoof" (ex. #520); document by P.A. Slaney entitled "In-Stream Engineering of Fish Habitat Structures in a Large Regulated Central B.C. River" (ex. #521); document by P .A. Slaney et. al. entitled "Debris Structure Placements and Whole-River Fertilization For Salmon ids in a Large Regulated Stream in B.C.", dated 1991 (ex. #522); and a "Submission by H. Brooks" (ex. #531).

File consists of copies of exhibits 442-464 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes: a "Memorandum from Assistant Deputy Ministers to Deputy Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, regarding Funding Requirements Resulting from Alcan Agreement", dated December 15, 1987 (ex. #442); document by L. Jaremovic and D. Rowland of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans entitled "Compilation and Analysis of Nechako River Spawning Escapement and Carcass Recovery Data 1983 to 1986", dated January, 1987 (ex. #443a); article by R.W. Kraft of Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. entitled "Investigations of the Effect of the Power Development on Fisheries" (ex. #444); "Memorandum from J.P. Tuyttens of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to T. Taylor, Regional Supervisor of Fisheries, regarding Kenney Dam Closure and Observations Following Same", dated November 10, 1952 (ex. #445); "Memorandum from C. Clarke to R. Bell-Irving of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, regarding Expert Reports for Nechako Court Action - Temperature Requirements for Juvenile Chinook Salmon, dated May 29, 1986 (ex. #446); "Memorandum from J.G. Stockner and K. Shortreed to S. Samis, regarding Volume 21 - Water Quality", dated September 26, 1984 (ex. #450); document by S.A. McFarlane entitled "Utilization of the Nechako River by Chinook Salmon" by S.A. McFarlane (ex. #452); "Memorandum from P.S. Chamut to P. Asselin, regarding Nechako Steering Committee Meeting", dated January 31, 1990 (ex. #455); "Memorandum from R. Bell-Irving to C.L. Dominy, regarding Minister's Request for Technical Briefing", dated May 27, 1987 (ex. #457); "Document on Salmon Streams by Fishery Officers - Nechako and Stellako Rivers" (ex. #458); "Minutes of Technical Discussions of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island, regarding Nechako River Flows", dated April 23, 1987 (ex. #461); "Memorandum from Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to P. Asselin, regarding Migratory Bird Sanctuary - Nechako River", dated September 9, 1987 (ex. #462); document by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans entitled "Application of the EARP Guidelines to the Kemano Completion Project" (ex. #463); and "Tapes of the Minimum and Maximum Daily Water Temperatures of the Nechako River at Finmoore and Stuart River Above Nechako River from 1988 to 1993" (ex. #464).