File consists of copies of Department of Fisheries and Oceans correspondence and memoranda regarding the Nechako River court action with Alcan. Also includes copies of the "Amended Statement of Defence to Amended Counterclaim" for the Attorney General of Canada v. Alcan case.
File consists of copies of an article from the Canadian Water Resources Journal Vol. 11, No.1, some of which are annotated. Also includes an accompanying memorandum regarding the article.
File consists of a draft regional technical position of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans entitled "Nechako River, British Columbia: Flow Requirements for Fish and Fish Habitat". The paper may have been written by Gordon Ennis. Annotated by Gordon Hartman.
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 draft copy of Rowland's DFO "Nechako River Salmonids Gas Bubble Trauma Field Study, 1985".
File consists of handwritten notes for DFO studies on the Nechako River, work plans for the 1986-1987 studies, a list of private consultants with IFG training, a 'Statement of Work' for surveys on the Nechako River between Cheslatta Falls and Vanderhoof, and a memorandum regarding the "Survey Contract for the Nechako River 1986".
File consists of a summary of the 1986 Nechako River water temperature and TGP studies, memoranda regarding the studies, notes from Blachut, and contract position write-up for a Nechako River report writer. Includes photocopies of articles entitled "Stream Temperature Prediction Under Reduced Flow" by Morse; "Change in Thermal Regime as a Cause of Reduction of Benthic Fauna Downstream of a Reservoir" by Lehmkuhl; "On the Statistics of Grain Size Variation Along a Gravel River" by Church and Kellerhals; "In Defense of the Instream Flow Methodology" by Orth and Maughan; and a USGS "Water Temperature--Influential Factors, Field Measurement, and Data Presentation".
File consists of SAS (Statistical Analysis System) logs for analyzing microhabitat data gathered from DFO studies on the Nechako River in 1986.
File consists of an original set of field notes from 1986 Nechako River studies compiled by Alger and Charbonneau. Includes notes for field work between May and July 1986 with raw microhabitat data. Also includes a copied set of the same field notes.
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 schedules of documents compiled during the inspection and discovery of documents phase for Alcan in the Attorney General of Canada v. Alcan case. Also includes accompanying memoranda.
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 miscellaneous reports, research material, memoranda and correspondence related to Total Gas Pressure (TGP) research and/or flow analysis research. Includes memoranda regarding the DFO's position on Nechako River fish flow requirements and a statement by Jorgen O.T. Jensen for the Nechako court case on "Assessment of the Influence of Excess Total Gas Pressure (TGP) on Salmonids in the Nechako River.
File consists of copies of Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and other correspondence related to the developing court action between Alcan and the provincial and federal governments. Also includes a "Nechako River Total Gas Pressure Sampling Program 1985 Trip Report" and correspondence about expert witness statements for the Alcan court case.
File consists of a photocopy of Clifford Burner's Fishery Bulletin entitled "Characteristics of Spawning Nests of Columbia River Salmon".
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 a report entitled "Diver Observations of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Overwintering in the Nicola River, British Columbia" prepared for DFO by B. Emmett and H.I. McElderry of Archipelago Marine Research.
File consists of photographs of 1986 Nechako River study sites and methods used in the studies. Includes underwater photography of juvenile salmonids. These photographs accompanied Shirvell's expert report for the Nechako court action.
File consists of raw data for juvenile chinook salmon microhabitat in the Nechako River.
File consists of raw data for juvenile chinook salmon captured in the Nechako River during a 1986 DFO study. Data records date captured, site of capture, weight, and length. Also includes microhabitat data for site where fish were captured.
File consists of raw data from Nechako River studies. Includes copies of water quality data from the Nechako River gathered between 1966 and 1974 and stored in NAQUADAT. Also includes original raw data gathered from 1985-1986 studies on the Nechako River.
File consists of memoranda regarding the 1986 Nechako River studies, original raw data from May 1986 studies on the Nechako, and copies of field notes.
File consists of Shirvell's field notes for August 1985 field work on the Nechako River. Also includes photocopies of field notes by Lauzier, Alger and Kotyk from scuba diving in the Nechako Canyon, 1986.
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.
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.
Shirvell, ColeFile 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.