File consists of copies of Exhibits 201a-351 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project and a partial index of the BCUC exhibits. Includes: "1991/92 Budget from Ministry of Environment for Nechako Kemano Completion Project Flow Mitigation/Compensation" (ex. #201a); "Document by D.W. Chapman entitled "Nechako River Flow Regime: A Report to the Court", dated January 27, 1987 (ex. #259); "Amended Statement of Defence to Amended Counterclaim in Number C803064: Attorney-General of Canada Vs. Aluminum Company of Canada and Attorney-General of B.C.", dated February 26, 1986 (ex. #280); "Pages 1 and 2 of Memorandum from M. Fretwell to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, regarding Nechako Court Action - Possible Remedial Measures to Maintain Productivity at Low Flows", dated June 25, 1987 (ex. #291); Article by A.B. Nehring and A.M. Anderson from Rivers magazine entitled "Determination of Population-Limiting Critical Salmonid Habitats in Colorado Streams Using the Physical Habitat Simulation System", dated January 1993 (ex. #301); Article by I. G. Jowett from North American Journal of Fisheries Management magazine entitled "Models of the Abundance of Large Brown Trout in New Zealand Rivers", dated 1992 (ex. #302); "Memorandum from D.L. Deans to A. Bell-Irving, regarding Nechako Settlement Agreement-Tributary Inflows", dated March 29, 1988 (ex. #314); "Submission by J. Kelly", dated April 27, 1994 (ex. #337); Comments by Dr. P.A. Larkin on the Discussion Paper entitled "Toward a Fish Habitat Decision on the Kemano Completion Project", dated April 12, 1984 (ex. #339); and "Letter from T.L. Perry of the Sierra Club of Western Canada to Dr. P.A. Larkin", dated December 7, 1983 (ex. #351).
File consists of "Hard Copies of Overheads by C.S. Shirvell", which were presented as Exhibit 490 at the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a copy of a document regarding a "Summary of Salmonid Enhancement Program (SEP)", which was presented as Exhibit 440 at the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a copy of "Index of Exhibits for Evidence of D. Deans", which was presented as Exhibit 410 at the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a copy of "Curriculum Vitae of Department of Fisheries and Oceans Witnesses on the Nechako River Panel", which was presented as Exhibit 352 at the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a copy of Alcan's "Kemano Completion Project Outline", which was presented as Exhibit 135 at the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of miscellaneous documents created or received by the British Columbia Utilities Commission regarding the Kemano Completion Project review hearings. Includes news releases, newsletters, meeting notes, excerpts from hearings transcripts, lists of registered participants, schedules, terms of reference, "Kemano Completion Project Review Draft Public Hearing Procedures", and a chronology of DFO's involvement in the project.
File consists of a copy of the "BC/Alcan 1997 Agreement", a legal document between the Province of British Columbia and Alcan Aluminum Limited regarding the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to BC Hydro as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from BC Hydro. Prominent correspondents include Thom Thompson, Vice President of Corporate and Aboriginal Affairs for BC Hydro.
File consists of a "Backgrounder on Nechako River White Sturgeon". Authorship unknown.
File consists of Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 2245 by T.G. Brown et al. entitled "Availability of Juvenile Chinook Salmon to Predators Along the Margins of the Nechako and Stuart Rivers, B.C.".
File consists of a published copy of a Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report by Brown et al. entitled "Availability of Juvenile Chinook Salmon to Predators Along the Margins of the Nechako and Stuart Rivers, B.C.".
File consists of a photocopy of Rimmer et al.'s article, "Autumnal Habitat Shift of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in a Small River".
File predominately consists of correspondence relating to the Canada v. Alcan case. Includes an affidavit for the case, correspondence to and from legal counsel, a photocopy of Envirocon's "Review of the 1984 Nechako River Hydrothermal Monitoring and Control Program" sent from Alcan, and internal DFO memoranda.
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 a copy of the paper by Shirvell and Morantz entitled "Assessment of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology for Atlantic Salmon in Nova Scotia". Also includes a review of the paper by Robert T. Milhous, annotated with the thoughts of Cole Shirvell.
File consists of a published copy of the Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 1386, entitled "Assessment of the Influence of Gas Supersaturation on Salmonids in the Nechako River in Relation to Kemano Completion" written by Alderdice and Jensen of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Also includes final drafts of the work and memoranda related to its publication.
File consists of a published copy of Alderdice and Jensen's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report entitled "Assessment of the Influence of Gas Supersaturation on Salmonids in the Nechako River in Relation to Kemano Completion".
File consists of "Assessment of the Impact of the Kemano II Proposal on the Fish and Wildlife Resources of the Nanika-Kidprice and Morice Systems". Includes appendices to the report with raw data.
File consists of a copy of the "Argument and Summary of Evidence for the BCUC Review of the Kemano II Project by the District of Vanderhoof, Regional District of Bulkley Nechako, The River Forever, and the Vanderhoof District Chamber of Commerce".
File consists of a published copy of a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report by Irvine et al. entitled "Area-Under-The Curve Salmon Escapement Estimation Manual". Includes a 3.5" floppy disk containing the Area-Under-The Curve software program.
File consists of a 1995 "Application for Export Permit to the National Energy Board re: Intalco Aluminum Corporation" from Powerex British Columbia Power Exchange Corporation.
File consists of promotional material created by various groups against Alcan's Kemano Completion Project. Includes pamphlets from Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Rivers Defense Coalition, and the Lake & Stream Biological Habitat Enhancement Society. Also includes a Nechako Environmental Coalition Newsletter, a Wilderness Society Newsletter, Harvey Brooks' "Presentation to the B.C.U.C. on the Kemano Completion Project", a Carrier Sekani Tribal Council news release, and copies of Kemano-related newspaper clippings.
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 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 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 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 Alderdice's handwritten notes regarding various aspects of the Alcan-Nechako River controversy.
File consists of a faxed copy of a part of an Alcan Bulletin responding to the BC Liberal Party Caucus Background Paper on Kemano Completion.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase Two: Hydrology for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase Three: Fisheries (Volume 2) for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase Three: Fisheries (Volume 1) for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase One: KCP Facilities and Operation for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Rankin and Finlay report entitled "Alcan's Kemano Project: Options and Recommendations". Annotated by Dr. Gordon Hartman and/or John Hummel, Cheslatta Band researcher.
File consists of a copy of the "Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. Reply to Final Submissions of Intervenors" for the BCUC public review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of an accumulation of rebuttals from Alcan employees to expert reports submitted by Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientists for the 1987 Nechako River court action. Includes an index to the thirteen rebuttals by authors Bruce Jenkins, A.C. Mitchell, D.W. Chapman, and Rolf Kellerhals.
File consists of various promotional materials produced by Alcan regarding the Kemano Completion Project. Includes "Alcan in British Columbia" newsletter (vol. 5, no. 4), a transcript of an alcan press conference, an Alcan Special Report entitled "Flows Designed to Protect Salmon: Comprehensive Report on Nechako River Flows After Kemano Completion Project", an article entitled "Kemano: Energy for the Future", "The Kemano Completion Project" pamphlet, and a May 1994 newsletter "Kemano Completion Project Information".
File consists of photocopies of promotional material produced by Alcan. Includes Alcan Special Reports, "Kemano: Energy for the Future", pamphlets, news releases, and a "Statement by William J. Rich, Vice President for British Columbia Alcan, at Press Conference, 9 July 1993". Also includes an original "Kemano Completion Project Information" newsletter.
File consists of promotional material produced by Alcan. Includes "Notes for an Address by W.J. Rich, Vice President for British Columbia, Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd." given in Smithers in March 1983; a March 13, 1983 Alcan Bulletin entitled "Most Nanika Diversion Water to Come from High Summer Flows--Winter Flows Increased"; a March 1983 issues of Alcan's "Update" newsletter on the Kemano Completion Project; and an Alcan promotional brochure for the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a paper written by W.G. Hazelwood entitled "Alcan Environmental Baseline Studies: A Critique".
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to Alcan as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from Alcan and their solicitors. Prominent correspondents include Bill Rich, Vice President for British Columbia for Alcan, and their solicitors, Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh.
File consists of photocopies of Alcan Bulletins released while the BCUC Kemano Completion Project review hearings were ongoing (1993-1994).
File consists of a draft of Shirvell's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences entitled "Abundance, Distribution, Size, and Age of Adult and Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Upper Sustut River, 1992 to 1996".
File consists of a reprint from Regulated Rivers: Research and Management (vol. 3) by Shirvell entitled "Ability of PHABSIM to Predict Chinook Salmon Spawning Habitat".
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 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 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 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 Report on Alcan's Kemano Completion Project: A Comprehensive Study by Michelle Hicks".
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.