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File consists of annotated drafts and a final draft of the letter Gordon Hartman sent to Prime Minister Chretien. Includes a reply to the letter from the Office of the Prime Minister.

File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase One: KCP Facilities and Operation for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

File consists of the "Government of Canada Outline of Evidence for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Inquiry into the Kemano Completion Project: Phase 3".

File consists of the "Government of Canada Outline of Evidence for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Inquiry into the Kemano Completion Project: Phase 4".

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 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 "A Brief on the Kemano Completion Project's Hydrothermal and Internal Wave Modelling" by G.A. Lawrence.

File consists of a "Submission to the B.C. Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project" by William J. Schouwenburg.

File consists of C.S. Shirvell's Brief to the B.C. Utilities Commission Review Panel regarding the Kemano Completion Project's effect on the Nechako River.

File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Monitoring - 1989 (Volume 2)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.

File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Applied Research - 1990 (Volume 2A)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.

File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Remedial Measures - 1989 (Volume 2)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.

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 issues of the Rivers Defense Coalition newsletter. Includes Vol. 1, Nos.2-4 and Vol. 2, No. 1. Rivers Defense Coalition consists of the following: Allied Rivers Commission; B.C. Federation of Naturalists; B.C. Wildlife Federation; Fort Fraser Trappers Association; Gulf Trollers Association; Nechako Environmental Coalition; Nechako Neyenkut Society; Pacific Trollers Association; Pulp, Paper & Woodworkers Association Local #9; Recreational Canoeing Association of B.C.; Save the Bulkley Society; Steelhead Society; and the United Fishermen & Allied Workers Union.

File consists of an issue of British Columbia Report (vol. 6, no. 23) featuring the cover story "The Truth About KCP: Politics, not Science, Drove the NDP to Kill the Megaproject" by Steve Vanagas.

File consists of handwritten and copied notes written by Hartman regarding salmon escapement in the Nechako, Stuart, Stellako, Nadina, and Fraser Rivers, among others. Includes escapement data summaries.

File consists of a 1995 "Application for Export Permit to the National Energy Board re: Intalco Aluminum Corporation" from Powerex British Columbia Power Exchange Corporation.

File consists of a photocopy of Hartman's article from GeoJournal entitled "Impacts of Growth in Resource Use and Human Population on the Nechako River: A Major Tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada".

File consists of Ken Rood's report for the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund and the Fraser Basin Council entitled "Preliminary Assessment of the Murray-Cheslatta System".

File consists of a copy of a Klohn-Crippen Consultants report prepared for the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee entitled "Water Release Facility at Kenney Dam Updated Conceptual Layout and Cost Estimate".

File consists of a copy of a Triton Environmental Consultants report prepared for the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund entitled "Kenney Dam Release Facility: Evaluation of the Effect of Operation of a Proposed Kenney Dam Water Release Facility on Cooling Water Releases and Nechako River Temperatures".

File consists of slide print-outs for a joint presentation by Cheslatta Carrier Nation and Alcan to the federal government in Ottawa entitled "Enhancing the Environment of the Nechako Watershed".

File consists of press clippings from a variety of British Columbia newspapers, magazines, newsletters and bulletins reporting on the Alcan Kemano Completion Project. Includes articles from the Time-Columnist, The Fisherman, the Prince George Citizen, the Comox District Free Press, B.C. Wildlife Federation's Outdoor Edge, the Vancouver Sun (including columns by Stephen Hume), Nanaimo News Bulletin, the Province, Regional News, the Toronto Star, Nanaimo Times, New Westminster Now, the Georgia Straight, and The Watershed, among others.

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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 Roland Sanford's 1984 University of Washington MSc thesis entitled "PHABSIM Error Analyses: Techniques and Case Studies". Includes accompanying correspondence from Sanford to Shirvell regarding the thesis.

File consists of a published copy of Alderdice and Jensen's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report entitled "Assessment of the Influence of Gas Supersaturation on Salmonids in the Nechako River in Relation to Kemano Completion".

File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Zoology by Swales et al. entitled "Winter Habitat Preference of Juvenile Salmonids in Two Interior Rivers in British Columbia".

File consists of two drafts of the report by K.M. Rood of Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. entitled "A Study of Some Aspects of the Geomorphology of the Nechako River". Includes a draft from December 1, 1986 annotated by Shirvell and a draft from January 5, 1987 with accompanying correspondence.

File consists of a photocopy of a New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research article by Irvine et al. entitled "A Test of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology for Underyearling Rainbow Trout, Salmo gairdnerii, in Experimental New Zealand Streams".

File consists of the remaining data tables that were not included in the draft of Woodward-Clyde Consultants' report entitled "Task 4 Technical Memorandum: Sensitivity of Weighted Usable Area Predictions to Variance in the Input Criteria".

File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Vol. 45) article by Andrus et al. entitled "Woody Debris and Its Contribution to Pool Formation in a Coastal Stream 50 Years after Logging".

File consists of a photocopy of a Regulated Rivers: Research & Management (vol. 4) article by John Williams entitled "Snake River Spring and Summer Chinook Salmon: Can They Be Saved?".

File consists of a photocopy of a report prepared by consultants Karl English and T. Webb entitled "Data Assessment and Definition of a Chinook Production Model for the Nechako River".

File consists of a photocopy of a manual prepared by Envirowest Environmental Consultants for DFO entitled "Fish Habitat Enhancement: A Manual for Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Habitats".

File consists of a photocopy of a Regulated Rivers: Research & Management (vol. 5) article by Gan and McMahon entitled "Variability of Results from the Use of PHABSIM in Estimating Habitat Area".

File consists of a report by Nell Stallard for DFO entitled "Analysis of the Diet of Fish from the Nechako River, B.C., 1986-1990".

File consists of a photocopy of a chapter entitled "An Acceptable Level of Certainty: Taking Down the Nechako" from Mark Hume's book, "Run of the River".

File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (vol. 50) article by Ray Hilborn and John Winton entitled "Learning to Enhance Salmon Production: Lessons from the Salmonid Enhancement Program".

Subseries primarily consists of reports and publications created by Envirocon Limited, the environmental consultants contracted by Alcan for the Kemano Completion Project environmental assessment. Also includes records created by Envirocon, Alcan, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans regarding joint meetings and Envirocon's scientific methodology.

File consists of a draft copy of a report by Envirocon entitled "Preliminary Results of Chinook Salmon Studies in the Nechako River: Volume 1 - Interim Report".

File consists of a draft copy of an Aluminum Company of Canada Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development Technical Memorandum by Envirocon entitled "Investigation of the Sensitivity of Average Power Flows to Various Definitions of Existing Stock Size".

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 a photocopy of an Envirocon graphs and tables, possibly copies of overheads used in a presentation entitled "A Comparison of the Results from Habitat-ENV with Results from Habitat (IFG)".

File consists of an original copy of "Environmental Studies Associated with the Proposed Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development - Volume 15: Environmental Planning and Project Design" by Envirocon prepared for Alcan. Annotated by Cole Shirvell.

Subseries consists predominantly of publications and draft publications written by Cole Shirvell. Also includes maps, photographs, raw data, field notes, and correspondence and reports regarding field work.

File consists of a notebook containing raw data regarding water chemistry, physical parameters of streams, and electrofishing results gathered by Cole Shirvell while he was at the University of Otago.

File consists of copies of raw Nechako River transect data formatted for use in the MOD-WSP program. Includes measurements of depth, substrate, cover, and velocity.

File consists of a copy of the paper by Shirvell and Morantz entitled "Assessment of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology for Atlantic Salmon in Nova Scotia". Also includes a review of the paper by Robert T. Milhous, annotated with the thoughts of Cole Shirvell.

File consists of documents relating to the editorial review of Shirvell's report, "Review of Incremental-Type Methodology for Assessing Reduced Streamflows and Its Application to Alcan's Proposed Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development". Includes correspondence from Envirocon, comments on Shirvell's report from Robert Milhous and other colleagues, and a draft of the paper with commentary from Envirocon.