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  • Includes: environmental issues; nature, wilderness and scenery; climate and weather; environmentalists; environmental organizations and businesses; parks and natural areas; wildlife management; habitat and species protection/recovery; conservation activities.

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          617 Archival description results for Environment

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          2003.4.3.100 · File · 1993
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of copies of House of Commons debates for May 28, 1993. Brian Gardiner, MP for Prince George-Bulkley Valley made a motion "That this House condemns the government for its failure to protect Canadian interests regarding the interbasin transfer of water as exemplified by the Kemano project, the North Thompson River, and both the Columbia River Treaty and the North American free trade agreement."

          1996.7.3.8 · File · 1993-1994
          Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

          File consists of an index created by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to all of their discovered documents relating to the Kemano Completion Project. This information was requested from DFO by the British Columbia Utilities Commission in conjunction with the Kemano Completion Project Review hearings.

          Information Requests
          1996.7.3 · Series · 1993-1994
          Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

          Series consists of responses to information requests from registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes copies of Department of Fisheries and Oceans records released for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

          2003.4.4.4.44 · File · 18 Aug. 1986
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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".

          2003.4.1.17 · File · Jan. 1986
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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.

          2003.4.4.3.16 · File · [1983?]
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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".

          2003.4.4.3.15 · File · [1983?]
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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".

          2003.4 · Collection · 1980-1997

          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.

          Alderdice, Don
          2003.4.4.6.06 · File · 1992-1994
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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.

          1996.7.4.07 · File · 1993-1994
          Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

          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.

          2003.4.4.6.02 · File · 1994
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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".

          Kemano Completion Task Force
          2003.4.4.4.11 · File · 1984-1985
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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".

          Kemano Task Force
          2003.4.1.12 · File · 1984-1990
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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.

          2003.4.3.130 · File · Mar. 2000
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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".

          2003.4.3.061 · File · 14 Mar. 1994
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          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.