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File consists of J.H. Mundie's expert report for the Nechako River court action. Includes curriculum vitae.

File consists of a list of documents sent to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans from the B.C. provincial government ("Attorney General of British Columbia") for the Nechako River court action. Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the list of documents in regards to preparing for the trial.

Subseries consists of material relating to the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, predominantly publications and reports. Includes some correspondence between NFCP and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Also includes air photo maps of the Nechako River from 1990.

File consists of a photocopy of "Juvenile Salmon Utilization of Rejuvenated Tidal Channels in the Squamish Estuary, British Columbia", a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report by Ryall and Levings.

File consists of a January 30, 1987 final draft 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".

File consists of a draft copy of Woodward-Clyde Consultants' report entitled "Habitat Modelling in the Nechako River: Volume 1".

File consists of a draft copy of Woodward-Clyde Consultants' report entitled "Habitat Modelling in the Nechako River: Volume 2".

File consists of a July 1987 issue of a Colorado State University training announcement (vol. 4, no. 2) entitled "Instream Flow Chronicle: A Training Announcement". Features an article by Shirvell entitled "Does the IFIM Have Biological Significance: A Critique".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Fisheries Management (Volume 2)". Includes C. Robin Harrison's expert report, "The Management and Status of Fraser and Nechako River Chinook Salmon". Also includes Patrick A. Slaney's expert report, "Assessment of the Influence of Flows on the Rainbow Trout and Char Populations of the Nechako River".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Summer Temperature Control (Volume 5)". Includes G.R. Bell's expert report, "Effect of Elevated Water Temperatures on Infectious Diseases of Salmon". Also includes I.V. Williams' expert report, "The Effects of Water Temperature on Adult Sockeye". Additionally, includes P.B. Saxvik's expert report, "Control of Water Temperature by Manipulation of River Flow".

File consists of a photocopy of Shirvell's handwritten "Review Comments on Dr. Don Chapman's Rebuttal Report to C.S. Shirvell's Expert Witness Report".

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 a document produced by the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program entitled "Settlement Agreement: 14 September 1987", which includes a copy of the settlement agreement between DFO, the provincial government and Alcan. Also includes copies of correspondence and news releases related to the creation of the settlement agreement.

File consists of a copies of the settlement agreement between Alcan, the Federal Government, and the Province. Also includes a copy of the agreement released by the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program and a news release about the agreement from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

File consists of a copy of a memorandum from Fretwell to Levings, Healey and Shirvell regarding "Nechako Court Action - Possible Remedial Measures to Maintain Productivity at Low Flows". Includes two attached documents entitled "Proposed Nechako River Monitoring and Remedial Measures" and "Summary of Remedial Measures Options".

File consists of the Feb. 1987 version of "A Study of Some Aspects of the Geomorphology of the Nechako River" by K.M. Rood of Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd.

File consists of a copy of the 1987 settlement agreement between Alcan Aluminum Limited; Canada, represented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; and British Columbia, represented by the Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Also includes an annotated copy of the "Summary Report of the Nechako River Working Group" and a news release regarding the settlement agreement.

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 an article reprint from the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (vol. 44, no. 1) by Morantz, Sweeney, Shirvell, and Longard entitled "Selection of Microhabitat in Summer by Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Statement of Evidence on Habitat Modelling on the Nechako River, A. Clyde Mitchell (Volume 4)".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: General Ecology (Volume 1)". Includes an index to the DFO expert reports and M.C. Healey's expert report, "The Ecology of Chinook Salmon That Spawn in Headwater Tributaries and River Flows Necessary to Conserve Such Populations".

File consists of correspondence and notes regarding the expert reports for the Nechako River court action. Includes commentary on the reports and lists of errata for the various reports.

File consists of a copy of Stanbury and Vertinsky's report entitled "Notes on the Analysis of Risk in the DFO-Alcan Case", annotated by Shirvell. Includes accompanying memoranda and notes regarding the report.

File consists of press conference and newscast transcripts. Includes copies of "Media Roundup" (a DFO Communications Branch release that provided newscast transcripts relating to DFO activities) and transcripts from press conferences and other media events and releases concerning the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, particularly the 1987 settlement agreement with Alcan.

File consists of copies of Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and other correspondence related to the court action between Alcan and the provincial and federal governments. Also includes a "Summary Report of the Nechako River Working Group" and a copy of the 1987 settlement agreement between Alcan and the government.

File consists of a photocopy of a rough draft of Shirvell's "Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River", which was prepared for the Nechako River court action.

File consists of an article reprint from the Regulated Streams journal by Scott and Shirvell entitled "A Critique of the Instream Flow Methodology and Observations on Flow Determination in New Zealand".

File consists of an original copy of the August 1987 final draft of the "Report of the Kemano Task Force", edited by Schouwenburg. Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the report.

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Flow Regimes (Volume 2)". Includes Donald W. Chapman's expert report, "Nechako River Flow Regime: A Report to the Court". Also includes Bruce W. Jenkin's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on the Adequacy of Pleadings Flows to Protect Fish Populations of the Nechako River".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Physical Studies (Volume 3)". Includes A. Clyde Mitchell's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on Nechako River Flow Regimes and Hydraulic Characteristics". Also includes Rolf Kellerhals' expert report, "Effects of Alcan's Proposed Nechako River Flow Regime on Channel Morphology".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Chinook Salmon and Their Habitat Requirements (Volume 6)". Includes Bruce W. Jenkins' expert reports, "Statement of Evidence on Chinook Salmon Resources in the Nechako River" and "Statement of Evidence on Habitat Requirements of Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River". Also includes Joan Kilby's expert report, "Benthic Invertebrate Fauna of the Nechako River".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Physical Studies (Volume 3)". Includes Roy E. Hamilton's expert reports, "Availability of Water" and "Physical Methods Used by Alcan and by DFO to Determine the Relationship of Flow to Rearing Habitat".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River (Volume 8)", which include C.S. Shirvell's expert report.

File consists of photocopies of Shirvell's handwritten reviews of Alcan expert reports. Includes Shirvell's reviews of the expert reports by A. Clyde Mitchell, Bruce W. Jenkins, and Donald W. Chapman. Also includes memoranda regarding the DFO's critical review of the Alcan expert reports.

File consists of rebuttals to Shirvell's expert report entitled "Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River". Includes Donald W. Chapman's report entitled "Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River: A Rebuttal to a Report by C.S. Shirvell by D.W. Chapman". Also includes A. Clyde Mitchell and Bruce W. Jenkin's report entitled "A Rebuttal of the Expert Report by C.S. Shirvell Entitled 'Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River".

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 the first final draft of the "A Report of the Kemano Task Force: Review of the Environmental Studies Report Submitted by Alcan in Support of the Kemano Completion Proposal in Relation to Continued Fish Production from the Rivers Involved". A second final draft of this report was released in 1990, and a third final draft in 1994. The Report of the Kemano Task Force was never officially published, although it was made available upon request to the public after 1994.

File consists of a report by K.M. Rood of Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. entitled "Report on Surveys of the Nechako River".

File consists of a published copy of the Nechako River Project's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report entitled "Study of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River, British Columbia, 1985 and 1986".

File consists of a photocopy of a Transactions of the American Fisheries Society article by Hillman et al. entitled "Summer and Winter Habitat Selection by Juvenile Chinook Salmon in a Highly Sedimented Idaho Stream".

File consists of photocopies of newspaper clippings, news releases, and articles from various British Columbia newspapers, newsletters and magazines from 1987. Includes articles regarding the 1987 Settlement Agreement between Alcan and the government.

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Index of Expert Reports and Qualifications of Experts (Volume 1)".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Water Quality (Volume 5)". Includes A. Clyde Mitchell's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on Nechako River Total Dissolved Gas Levels". Also includes Niko R. Zorkin's expert report, "Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Nechako River". Additionally, includes H.R. Hamilton's expert report, "Report on Nutrient Water Quality of Nechako River".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Temperature Studies (Volume 7)". Includes Glen H. Geen's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on the Effects of Temperature on Migrating Adult Sockeye Salmon". Also includes A. Clyde Mitchell's expert reports, "Statement of Evidence on Nechako River Water Temperature Distribution" and "Statement of Evidence on Changes in Fraser River Water Temperatures". Additionally, includes John Eric Edinger's expert report, "Review of Envirocon Ltd. Hydrothermal Modelling and Analyses of the Nechako River For Alcan".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Over-Winter Flows (Volume 4)". Includes S.P. Blachut's expert report, "Physical Winter Conditions Nechako River". Also includes R.A. Bams expert report, "Biological Effects of Winter Flows".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Total Gas Pressure (Volume 6)". Includes James A. Servizi's expert report, "Review of Total Gas Pressure and Flow and Critique of Alcan's Predictions". Also includes J.O.T. Jensen's expert report, "Assessment of the Influence of Excess Total Gas Pressure (TGP) on Salmonids in the Nechako River".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Geomorphology (Volume 7)". Includes Kenneth M. Rood's expert report, "The Effects of Regulation of Flow in the Nechako River on Channel Morphology, Sediment Transport and Deposition and Flushing Flows". Also includes Charles R. Neill's expert report, "Effects of Flow Regulation on Channel Morphology, Sediment Transport and Deposition, and Flushing Flows".

File consists of documents resulting from the examination for discovery process from Alcan. Includes DFO memoranda regarding the responses from Alcan, responses to questions to Alcan from DFO, and requested documents.

File consists of a DFO memorandum regarding the deposition evidence of C. Stalknaker and R. Milhous for the Nechako court action. Attached to the memorandum are photocopies of the two deposition statements.