File consists of a fax cover sheet and original lecture notes created by Cole Shirvell for a workshop on Instream Flow Incremental Methodology.
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 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 draft copy of the report "1988/89 Studies on the Nechako River: Investigations into the Use of Instream Cover Structures by Juvenile Chinook Salmon" produced by Envirocon for the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program. Includes accompanying correspondence relating to the report.
File consists of a copy of Mike Morrell's report, "Impacts of Alcan's Kemano Project and the Federal-Provincial-Alcan Agreement on Salmon Populations of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers", which was prepared for the Save the Bulkley organization.
File consists of report prepared by Mike Morrell for Save The Bulkley entitled "Impacts of Alcan's Kemano Project and the Federal-Provincial-Alcan Agreement on Salmon Populations of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers".
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 an original copy of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Annual Report: September 14, 1987-March 31, 1988". Includes accompanying correspondence regarding the annual report.
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 copies of documents obtained by the Cheslatta Carrier Nation under the Access to Information Act. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda from the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; Alcan Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.; Department of Fisheries and Oceans; and Cheslatta Band. Also includes DFO review sheets for their review of Kemano Completion documents and a paper by W.T. Stanbury entitled "Notes on the Analysis of Risk in the DFO-Alcan Case".
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 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 various maps, figures, and graphs generated in conjunction with Nechako River scientific studies. Includes a map of dune areas at a site in the Nechako River entitled "Comparison of areas predicted by ALCAN's habitat model to be used by chinook salmon for spawning in Reach 2-1 with areas that they have historically used", a graph of "Habitat Predictions for Pre-Migrant Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River", an annotated graph of "Upper, Lower and Optimum Temperature for Nechako River Chinook Salmon", a hand drawn graph of "Water temperatures at the margins of the Nechako River during the warmest part of the year at three locations downstream from Cheslatta Falls", a hand drawn graph of "Lethal water temperature distribution in a river", a "Nechako River Salmon Study Area Base Map", maps of Nechako River temperature/TGP transects, and a hand drawn graph of maximum usable area for pre-migrant juvenile chinook salmon in the Nechako River.
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)".
Subseries consists of records concerning the Nechako River court action that began in 1980 and ended in 1987 with a settlement agreement. The case (Attorney General of Canada vs. Attorney General of British Columbia vs. Alcan Aluminum) was in regard to the increased need for water rights to the Nechako River as a result of Alcan's Kemano Completion Project.
Sans titreFile 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 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 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 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 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.