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 records related to DFO overwintering studies on the Nechako River with Cole Shirvell as Scientific Authority. Includes memoranda regarding the overwintering studies; a contract amendment for Archipelago Marine Research; correspondence from Archipelago; multiple drafts of a work statement for contract research on juvenile chinook salmon overwintering in the Nechako River study (including a digital copy on a 5 1/4" floppy); Shirvell's handwritten notes regarding the study; an RFP for the study; a revised proposal from Archipelago for the 1990 study; and a contract for Archipelago for the 1990 study.
File consists of the report "An Analysis of the Kemano Completion Project" by D.F. Alderdice and G.F. Hartman. This document was an exhibit referred to in Alderdice's affidavit for the Nechako court action. Also includes a copy of Alderdice's 1990 resume and a copy of the article "The Sovereign State of Alcan" from a 1983 Telkwa Foundation Newsletter.
File consists of a newspaper article written by Alderdice and Hartman. Includes a copy of the article in its original publication form in The Fisherman newspaper, copies of the article, and annotated early drafts of the article.
File consists of an International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission Bulletin entitled "Prespawning Mortalities of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River System and Possible Causal Factors".
File consists of the second 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". The first final draft of this report was released in August 1987, a second final draft was released in April 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. This copy annotated in depth by Hartman.
File consists of an agenda for a weekend conference held May 26-27, 1990 at the Friendship Centre in Vanderhoof entitled "Nechako: A River Worth Saving". Includes Hartman's handwritten notes for a talk he gave at the public session. According to Hartman, "at this meeting, it was made public for the first time that the key DFO scientists did not support the flows established in the 1987 settlement agreement".
File consists of Ableson and Slaney's "Revised Sport Fisheries Management Plan for the Nechako River and the Murray/Cheslatta System". Annotated by Hartman.
File consists of a photocopy of the final draft of Levings and Lauzier's paper, "Extensive Use of the Fraser River Basin as Winter Habitat by Juvenile Chinook Salmon". Includes accompanying correspondence to Shirvell from Levings regarding the paper.
File consists of various documents regarding predator-prey research in the Nechako River. Includes study requirements for work on the Nechako, memoranda regarding the research project, draft contract proposals for the projects, and Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program proposals for the 1990-91 Competition/Predation Program.
File consists of an August 1990 copy of a report for the "Overwintering of Juvenile Chinook in the Nechako River, 1989/90 Studies", prepared by Emmett and Convey for Shirvell and DFO.
File consists of an original copy of the April 1990 final version of the "Report of the Kemano Task Force", edited by Schouwenburg. Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the report.
File consists of original copies of "Nechako River Physical Data Summary 1986", "Nechako River Physical Data Summary 1987", and "Nechako River Physical Data Summary 1988". Includes accompanying correspondence regarding the reports.
File consists of a copy of "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" and an accompanying memorandum. Report has been annotated by Alderdice.
File consists of copy of data published in unknown source. Includes daily discharge and water level data for Nechako and Fraser Rivers.
File consists predominantly of copied and faxed Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and correspondence from 1990-1993, likely obtained through an Access to Information request from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Also includes correspondence regarding the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
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, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) Public Review, and the court case between the Rivers Defense Coalition and the Ministers of the Environment, Fisheries and Oceans, and Transport. Includes correspondence with William Schouwenburg, Dirk Beck, the Ferguson Gifford law firm, Bruce Rawson, John Hummel, Robert Pellatt of the BCUC, and the Rivers Defense Coalition. Also includes a copy of the "1991/92 Budget Ministry of Environment Expenditure Issue Paper", Alderdice's affidavit for the Rivers Defense Coalition case, news releases regarding the Kemano Completion Project, "Kemano Completion Project--Nechako River: A Summary Statement" by D.F. Alderdice, and Alderdice's notes.
File consists of Alderdice's resumes from 1990 and 1994. The 1990 resume was an exhibit referred to in Alderdice's affidavit for the Nechako court action.
File consists of a copy of the 'Notice of Motion' for the case between the Save the Bulkley Society, Nechako Neyenkut Society, United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union, BC Wildlife Federation, Steelhead Society of British Columbia, and Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers v. the Minister of the Enivornment, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Minister of Transport. Includes Nancy Morgan, Don Alderdice, and Patricia Moss' affidavits for the case. Also includes clippings, Alderdice's notes, and correspondence.
File consists of correspondence with and contracts for a scientific editor to edit the Nechako River overwintering studies reports.
File consists of a draft copy of a report for the "Overwintering of Juvenile Chinook in the Nechako River, 1989/90 Studies", prepared by Emmett and Convey for Shirvell and DFO. Includes accompanying correspondence regarding the report.
File consists of correspondence and reports from John Hummel and Dana Wagg, Cheslatta Band researchers. Also includes clippings; anti-Kemano propaganda material; copies of Alcan correspondence; "The Story of the Surrender of the Cheslatta Reserves on April 21, 1952"; "Chronology of the Cheslatta Lake Flooding and Subsequent Surrender, Moving and Relocation of the Cheslatta Indian Band as Gleaned from Original Letters, Documents, Interviews, and other Printed and Written Material" compiled by Mike Robertson in 1991; "Kemano 2 Update" report by Dana Wagg; and "Kemanogate: Secret DFO probe quashed, Tapes destroyed" by Dana Wagg.
File consists of a reprint of "Overview of Effects of Pacific Coast River Regulation on Salmonids and the Oppurtunities for Mitigation" from the American Fisheries Society Symposium 10.
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 records related to DFO overwintering studies on the Nechako River with Cole Shirvell as Scientific Authority. Includes copies of scientific articles; correspondence regarding the Archipelago contract for the study; contracts for Archipelago; DFO memoranda; meeting minutes; and a draft table of contents for the report resulting from the study.
File consists of a draft copy of an article for the Bulletin of Marine Science by Slaney et al. entitled "Debris Structure Placements and Whole-River Fertilization for Salmonids in a Large Regulated Stream in British Columbia".
File consists of a faxed copy of a Triton Environmental Consultants report prepared for Alcan entitled "Investigation of the Flushing of Accumulated Sediments from the Nechako Canyon".
File consists of a photocopy of the "Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Standing Committee on Forestry and Fisheries" regarding the budget and program of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
File consists of a photocopy of a North American Journal of Fisheries Management (Vol. 12) article by Frissell and Nawa entitled "Incidence and Causes of Physical Failure of Artificial Habitat Structures in Streams of Western Oregon and Washington".
File consists of a photocopy of a Conservation Biology (Vol. 6, No. 3) article by Gary Meffe entitled "Techno-Arrogance and Halfway Technologies: Salmon Hatcheries on the Pacific Coast of North America".
File consists of a photocopy of a North American Journal of Fisheries Management (Vol. 12) article by Richards et al. entitled "Development of Off-Channel Habitats for Use by Juvenile Chinook Salmon".
File consists of photocopied documents from various sources sent to Shirvell from John Hummel, a researcher for the Cheslatta Band. Includes copies of internal DFO memoranda; the "Story of the Surrender of the Cheslatta Reserves on April 21, 1952" by Mike Robertson"; anti-Kemano material written by Dana Wagg and John Hummel, Cheslatta Band researchers; a photocopy of correspondence from the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations containing "Comment on the Kemano Completion Project Guidelines Order"; 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: A Plan for Partial Development of the Hydroelectric Power Potential of the Nanika River in Northwestern British Columbia"; copies of newspaper clippings, news releases, and backgrounders; the 1993 "Cheslatta Band Submission to the Standing Committee on Forestry and Fisheries"; and copies of documents received by the Cheslatta Band through Access to Information legislation.
File consists of photocopy of Triton Environmental Consultants proposal for "Greer Creek Habitat Enhancement".
File consists of Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences by Brown et al. entitled ""Initial Survey: Stomach Contents of Potential Fish Predators of Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tsawytscha) in the Nechako River, B.C."
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.
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 photocopied documents from various sources sent to Shirvell from John Hummel, a researcher for the Cheslatta Band. Includes correspondence from Hummel; internal DFO memoranda copied by Alderdice; a 1981 paper by W.G. Hazelwood entitled "Alcan Environmental Baseline Studies: A Critique"; anti-Kemano material written by Dana Wagg and John Hummel, Cheslatta Band researchers; and the "Story of the Surrender of the Cheslatta Reserves on April 21, 1952" by Mike Robertson".
File consists of a Cheslatta Carrier Nation publication entitled "The Cheslatta Surrender: A Legal Analysis of a Surrender Given by the Cheslatta Carrier Nation to her Majesty the Queen in right of the Government of Canada on the 21st of April, 1952".
File consists of an original Klohn Leonoff report prepared for Alcan entitled "Kemano Completion Project: Nechako Reservoir Flood Forecasting and Operating Study".
File consists of a list of persons involved in the Alcan Kemano controversy and an accompanying letter encouraging the need for a review of the affair.
File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (vol. 49) article by Ray Hilborn entitled "Institutional Learning and Spawning Channels for Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)".
File consists of a photocopy of an Aquaculture and Fisheries Management article by Hvidsten and Johnsen entitled "River Bed Construction: Impact and Habitat Restoration for Juvenile Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar L., and Brown Trout, Salmo trutta L.".
File consists of a draft copy of "An Early Winter Survey of Juvenile Chinook in the Nechako River" by Emmett, Convey and English. Includes annotations from Shirvell.
File consists of a report written by Mike Morrell for the Rivers Defense Coalition entitled "Impacts of Alcan's Kemano Projects".
File consists of a report entitled "An Analysis of the Cheslatta Surrender" sent to Alderdice from John Hummel, researcher for the band.
File consists of a published report entitled "Salmonid Incubation and Rearing Programs for IBM-Compatible Computers". Includes a 5-1/4" floppy disk with the Salmonid Incubation and Rearing Program.
File consists of a copy of "In-Stream Engineering of Fish Habitat Structures in a Large Regulated Central British Columbia River" from Interdisciplinary Approaches in Hydrology and Hydrogeology.