File consists of memoranda from Per Saxvik to Bell-Irving regarding "Fraser River Flow Analysis with Reference to Fish Passage Capacity through the Main Fishways at Hell's Gate". Also includes a "Fraser River Canyon Fish Passage Summary Report (June 1988) Updated October 1989" by Per Saxvik of SEP Engineering.
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.
File consists of a file folio that was produced by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on the occasion of the 1987 settlement agreement between DFO, the provincial government of BC, and Alcan. Includes a copy of the settlement agreement, a news release, biographies of the Nechako River Working Group involved in the settlement process, and an original October 1986 copy of the DFO "Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat".
File consists of a photocopy of the "Proceedings of the Workshop on Habitat Improvements, Whistler, B.C., 8-10 May 1984", a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences publication by John Patterson.
File consists of copies of DFO expert report for the Nechako River court action and related records. Includes DFO memoranda regarding the expert reports; Shirvell's "Technical Statement for Nechako River Court Action - DFO vs. Alcan: Habitat Modelling"; Jensen's expert report "Assessment of the Influence of Excess Total Gas Pressure (TGP) on Salmonids in the Nechako River"; Servizi's expert report "Nechako River Total Gas Pressure: Critique of Alcan Predictions and Review of Total Gas Pressure and Flow"; William's expert report regarding cooling flows; Harrison and Wilson's expert report "The Management and Status of Nechako River Chinook Salmon"; Healey's expert reports entitled "The Spawning of Chinook Salmon and Their Spawning Requirements", "The General Ecology of Chinook Salmon That Spawn in Headwater Tributaries", and "Report on Miscellaneous Topics Relating to DFO Flow Requirements in the Nechako River"; Bell's expert report "Effect of Elevated Water Temperatures on Infectious Diseases of Salmon"; Hamilton's expert reports "Availability of Water", "Relationship of Flow to Spawning and Incubation Habitat", and "Relationship of Flow to Rearing Habitat"; Blachut's expert report; and Slaney's affidavit.
File consists of documents provided by Alcan and Envirocon regarding chinook salmon rearing. Shirvell reviewed these documents "for discovery" and commented via annotations.
File consists of records relating to the examination of documents for discovery for the Nechako River court action. Includes correspondence from legal counsel, Shirvell's responses to questions for discovery, and DFO memoranda regarding trial preparation.
File consists of a DFO memorandum regarding the inspection and discovery of documents for Nechako River court action. Attached are photocopies of the commentary on the documents reviewed for the court case and an identification table for the reviewed documents.
File consists of a letter from Dilip Mathur with attachments of photocopies of records from the case of the Philadelphia Electric Power Company and the Susquehanna Power Company before the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
File consists of Instream Flow Incremental Methodologies documents gathered in preparation for the Nechako River court action. Includes photocopies of correspondence; the "Direct Testimony of Ken. D. Bovee submitted on behalf of the United States Department of the Interior" in the case of the Philadelphia Electric Power Company before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; "Guidelines for Preparing Expert Testimony in Water Management Decisions Related to Instream Flow Issues" by the Cooperative Instream Flow Service Group; abstracts and publications lists related to IFIM; "Instream Flow Methodologies Research Project" prepared by J. Emil Morhardt for the Electric Power Research Institute; Envirocon records; a draft copy of Envirocon's Technical Memorandum, "Methods for the Determination of Spawning and Incubation Flow Requirements of Chinook Salmon"; Jenkins and Mitchell's review of Slaney et al. (1984) report on Nechako trout and char; and a draft copy of Envirocon's Technical Memorandum, "Documentation of the Habitat Modelling Process".
File consists of a faxed copy of the document "Nechako River Flow Requirements for Fish and Fish Habitat: Technical Position of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans" and accompanying memoranda.
File consists of a published copy of "Department of Fisheries and Oceans Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat". Also includes a summary document on the policy.
File consists of copies of memoranda from Bill Schouwenburg at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Also includes post-retirement correspondence and the Curriculum Vitae of William Schouwenburg.
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Sin títuloFile 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 hand drawn overheads by Cole Shirvell showing Nechako River streamflows. Overheads are meant to be layered, showing the effects of Alcan's proposed flows in the Nechako River.
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 an important memorandum from Alderdice and Jensen to Gordon Ennis regarding a Byrnes and Servizi manuscript on K2 values in the Nechako River. Also includes accompanying notes and memoranda, an excerpt of a report, and graphs.