File consists of a copy of an article by Mathur et al. entitled "A Critique of the Insteam Flow Incremental Methodology" from the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 42.
File consists of a photocopy of Everest and Chapman's article, "Habitat Selection and Spatial Interaction by Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Trout in Two Idaho Streams".
File consists of a photocopy of Rimmer et al.'s article, "Effects of Temperature and Season on the Position Holding Performance of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)", from the Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 63).
File consists of section three of a manual produced as a result of a workshop on instream flow methods. Includes an accompanying memoranda describing the workshop and the resulting manual.
File consists of notes from the Nov. 14-15 DFO subject workshop on Nechako River Fish Flow, accompanying memoranda, and a workshop agenda.
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 photocopy of an article from the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Vol. 42) by Mathur et al. entitled "A Critique of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology".
File consists of a photocopy of Mundie and Bell-Irving's draft of "Predictability of the Consequences of the Kemano Hydroelectric Proposal for Natural Salmon Populations". Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the paper.
File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences by Levings et al. entitled "Results of Reconnaissance Sampling for Juvenile Salmonids in the Upper Fraser River and Selected Tributaries, August and October, 1984".
File consists of drafts and background material for Shirvell's expert report for the Nechako court action. Includes a photocopy of an article by Neilson and Banford entitled "Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Spawner Characteristics in Relation to Redd Physical Features"; "In Defense of the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology" by Orth and Maughan; handwritten drafts of Shirvell's expert report; handwritten notes about the subject matter in the report; hand drawn graphs; a "Synopsis of key IFIM related testimony and evidence before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the Philadelphia Electric Power Company (Conowinga Dam) Case"; "Expert Report for the Nechako River Court Action - J.H. Mundie"; drafts of Shirvell's "Review of Incremental-Type Methodology for Assessing Reduced Streamflows and its Application to Alcan's Proposed Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development"; and a "Technical Statement for Nechako River Court Action - DFO vs. ALCAN: Habitat Modelling" by Cole Shirvell. Also includes memoranda entitled: "Nechako River Court Action: FRB Involvement" (Apr. 7, 1986), "Nechako Court Action - IFIM in Canada" (Jan. 20, 1987), "Nechako Court Action" (Sept. 22, 86), "Relevance of the 'Shirvell' Studies" (Oct. 3, 1986), "Conference with Cole Shirvell - Oct. 10, 1986 - Vancouver" (Oct. 14, 1986), "Comments on Draft DFO Position on Nechako River Fish Flow Requirements" (Mar. 17, 1986), "Expert Report for Nechako River Court Action" (Apr. 18, 1986), and "Nechako River Documents in My Control" (Jan. 24, 1986) from Shirvell to Ennis.
File consists of raw data for juvenile chinook salmon microhabitat in the Nechako River.
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 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 a photocopy of "Nechako River Chinook Salmon Escapements Estimates" and a copy of discharge-escapement data for BC rivers.
File consists of an annotated photocopy the December 1985 draft of the "Report of the Kemano Task Force", edited by Schouwenburg.
File consists of a photocopy of the "Proceedings of the Workshop on Habitat Improvements, Whistler, B.C., 8-10 May 1984", a Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences publication by John Patterson.
File consists of copies of DFO expert report for the Nechako River court action and related records. Includes DFO memoranda regarding the expert reports; Shirvell's "Technical Statement for Nechako River Court Action - DFO vs. Alcan: Habitat Modelling"; Jensen's expert report "Assessment of the Influence of Excess Total Gas Pressure (TGP) on Salmonids in the Nechako River"; Servizi's expert report "Nechako River Total Gas Pressure: Critique of Alcan Predictions and Review of Total Gas Pressure and Flow"; William's expert report regarding cooling flows; Harrison and Wilson's expert report "The Management and Status of Nechako River Chinook Salmon"; Healey's expert reports entitled "The Spawning of Chinook Salmon and Their Spawning Requirements", "The General Ecology of Chinook Salmon That Spawn in Headwater Tributaries", and "Report on Miscellaneous Topics Relating to DFO Flow Requirements in the Nechako River"; Bell's expert report "Effect of Elevated Water Temperatures on Infectious Diseases of Salmon"; Hamilton's expert reports "Availability of Water", "Relationship of Flow to Spawning and Incubation Habitat", and "Relationship of Flow to Rearing Habitat"; Blachut's expert report; and Slaney's affidavit.
File consists of documents provided by Alcan and Envirocon regarding chinook salmon rearing. Shirvell reviewed these documents "for discovery" and commented via annotations.
File consists of records relating to the examination of documents for discovery for the Nechako River court action. Includes correspondence from legal counsel, Shirvell's responses to questions for discovery, and DFO memoranda regarding trial preparation.
File consists of a DFO memorandum regarding the inspection and discovery of documents for Nechako River court action. Attached are photocopies of the commentary on the documents reviewed for the court case and an identification table for the reviewed documents.
File consists of a letter from Dilip Mathur with attachments of photocopies of records from the case of the Philadelphia Electric Power Company and the Susquehanna Power Company before the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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".
File consists of a faxed copy of the document "Nechako River Flow Requirements for Fish and Fish Habitat: Technical Position of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans" and accompanying memoranda.
File consists of a published copy of "Department of Fisheries and Oceans Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat". Also includes a summary document on the policy.
File consists of copies of memoranda from Bill Schouwenburg at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Also includes post-retirement correspondence and the Curriculum Vitae of William Schouwenburg.
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Zonder titelFile consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Zoology by Swales et al. entitled "Winter Habitat Preference of Juvenile Salmonids in Two Interior Rivers in British Columbia".
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 hand drawn overheads by Cole Shirvell showing Nechako River streamflows. Overheads are meant to be layered, showing the effects of Alcan's proposed flows in the Nechako River.
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 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 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 predominantly of copied and faxed Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and correspondence from 1986-1989, likely obtained through an Access to Information request from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Some items were also used as exhibits in the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
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 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.