File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Nechako Environmental Coalition as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the coalition and its representatives.

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 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.

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 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 an original copy of the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Project Report entitled "Nechako and Stuart Rivers Chinook Spawner Enumeration 1990 Data Report" by R.J. Beniston.

File consists of a copy of a reprint from the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (vol. 6, iss. 1) entitled "Morphological Effects of Interbasin River Diversions".

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 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 requests for information sent to various participants by the British Columbia Utilities Commission and other registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes responses to those information requests, summaries of information requests, and accompanying correspondence.

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 Levings and Lauzier's paper, "Migration Patterns of Wild and Hatchery-Reared Juvenile Chinook Salmon (oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Nicola River, British Columbia", from the "Proceeding of the 1988 Northeast Pacific Chinook and Coho Salmon Workshop".

File consists of a draft copy of an Aluminum Company of Canada Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development Technical Memorandum by Envirocon entitled "Methods for the Determination of Spawning and Incubation Flow Requirements of Chinook Salmon".

File consists of a scientific memorandum from Harold Mundie to Forbes Boyd regarding "Preparation for Nechako River Court Action". Document primarily discusses the flow regime required in the Nechako River to protect the salmon.

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".

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File consists of a list of documents from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans that were created between 1977 and 1994 and released to the public through Access to Information Act requests or other means. The list includes requested records that were not made available because they are exempt from the Access to Information Act.

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 copy of letter from J. Harold Mundie to George Baker, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the House of Commons. Includes a post-it note from Harold to Don regarding the letter.

File consists of annotated drafts and a final draft of the letter Gordon Hartman sent to Prime Minister Chretien. Includes a reply to the letter from the Office of the Prime Minister.

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 a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (vol. 50) article by Ray Hilborn and John Winton entitled "Learning to Enhance Salmon Production: Lessons from the Salmonid Enhancement Program".

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Lake & Stream Biological Habitat Enhancement Society as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the society and its representatives.

File consists of schedules for the Kitimat community hearings, along with submissions for the presentations at the hearing.

File consists of a copy of a Klohn-Crippen Consultants report prepared for the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee entitled "Water Release Facility at Kenney Dam Updated Conceptual Layout and Cost Estimate".

File consists predominately of memoranda between members of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Kemano Task Force and outgoing correspondence from the Task Force members. The Kemano Completion Task Force was directed by R. Bell-Irving. Includes a draft outline of "Resource Activities Required for the Nechako Court Case and Possible Joint Technical Meetings" from F.C. Boyd. Also includes various records regarding the Kemano Task Force Report.

File consists of a 1994 copy of a report from 1952 entitled "Kemano River Survey - 1950: Biological Investigations". Authorship is attributed to an unknown Department of Fisheries biologist.

File consists of an issue of British Columbia Report (vol. 6, no. 9) featuring the cover story "Kemano: It's more than just 'jobs vs. fish'".

File consists of "Kemano II Environmental Studies: Nechako River". Item is a photocopy of an annotated draft. Includes copies of pull-out maps and figures.

File consists of correspondence and other records relating to the DFO Kemano Completion Task Force. Includes a proposal to establish a Kemano Completion Task Force, internal DFO memoranda, and a report entitled "Activities of Fisheries and Oceans Associated with Alcan's Kemano Project in British Columbia".

File consists of Dr. Don Alderdice's submissions to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review. Includes Alderdice's expert witness testimony "Kemano Completion Project--Nechako River: A Summary Statement". Also includes written evidence filed with the Commission in relation to his expert witness testimony: copies of his CV, his affidavit filed in the court proceedings between Rivers Defense Coalition and Alcan, and a copy of "Assessment of the Influence of Gas Supersaturation on Salmonids in the Nechako River in Relation to Kemano Completion".

File consists of an original copy of the British Columbia Utilities Commission's "Kemano Completion Project Review: Report and Recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council".

File consists of Dr. Hartman's annotated copy of the British Columbia Utilities Commission's "Kemano Completion Project Review: Report and Recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council". Also includes accompanying correspondence.

File consists of Alcan's "Kemano Completion Project Review: Information Request No. 2" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission.

File consists of a correspondence file collated by the BCUC staff involved in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Includes incoming correspondence regarding concerns about the review, correspondence regarding submissions to the community hearings, and copies of oral presentations given at the community hearings along with accompanying correspondence.

File consists of the "Kemano Completion Project Outline" that Alcan prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.

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 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 copies of memoranda, notes and reports relating to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' response to the Kemano Completion Project, including mention of the Kemano Task Force Report and the Nechako court case.

Collection consists of records regarding the Kemano Completion Project collected by four scientists that were involved in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans review of Alcan’s project. The majority of the material consists of copies of publications related to the scientists’ research and activities, many of which were written or annotated by them, such as reprints of journal articles, draft scientific reports, government publications, and newspaper clippings. Original scientific research records comprise raw data, field notes, memoranda, and draft reports. Includes correspondence regarding the Nechako River court action between DFO, Alcan, and the province and scientific reports that were created in anticipation of the case. Also includes significant material emanating from the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review, such as correspondence, BCUC newsletters and news releases, exhibits and evidence submitted to the review panel, documents produced for the hearings, and final reports. In addition, includes records and publications relating to various other groups affected by the Kemano Completion Project or arising because of it, such as the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, the Rivers Defense Coalition, the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, the Nechako Watershed Council, the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund, and the Nechako River Alliance.

File consists of copy of "Kemano Completion Project - Nechako River Summary Statement" with annotations and Alderdice's notes relating to the statement.

File consists of a partial photocopy of Envirocon's "Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development: Information and Rationale Used to Determine Fish Protection Measures - Nechako River". Includes the following sections: "Considerations Made in Deriving Flow Recommendations for the Nechako River" and :Nechako River Hydrology".

File consists of a partial photocopy of Envirocon's "Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development: Information and Rationale Used to Determine Fish Protection Measures - Nanika and Morice Rivers". Includes the following sections: "Material Presented on 15 March 1983"; "Considerations Made in Deriving Flow Recommendations for the Morice River"; and "Considerations Made in Deriving Flow Recommendations for the Nanika River".

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.

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 copy of the article, "Is Scientific Inquiry Incompatible with Government Information Control?", which includes a section on the Kemano Completion Project.

File consists of a draft copy of an Aluminum Company of Canada Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development Technical Memorandum by Envirocon entitled "Investigation of the Sensitivity of Average Power Flows to Various Definitions of Existing Stock Size".

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 Theurer et al.'s article, "Interaction Between Riparian Vegetation, Water Temperature, and Salmonid Habitat in the Tucannon River", from Water Resources Bulletin (Vol. 21, No. 1).