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 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 documents resulting from the examination for discovery process from Alcan. Includes DFO memoranda regarding the responses from Alcan, responses to questions to Alcan from DFO, and requested documents.
File consists of a photocopy of Shirvell's handwritten "Review Comments on Dr. Don Chapman's Rebuttal Report to C.S. Shirvell's Expert Witness Report".
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 correspondence and notes regarding the expert reports for the Nechako River court action. Includes commentary on the reports and lists of errata for the various reports.
File consists of rebuttals to Shirvell's expert report entitled "Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River". Includes Donald W. Chapman's report entitled "Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River: A Rebuttal to a Report by C.S. Shirvell by D.W. Chapman". Also includes A. Clyde Mitchell and Bruce W. Jenkin's report entitled "A Rebuttal of the Expert Report by C.S. Shirvell Entitled 'Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River".
File consists of a document entitled "Summary of Kemano Completion documents and files", which was likely a document created by a DFO research scientist compiling all of the records and publications in his possession that related to the Nechako River court action.
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 an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Summer Temperature Control (Volume 5)". Includes G.R. Bell's expert report, "Effect of Elevated Water Temperatures on Infectious Diseases of Salmon". Also includes I.V. Williams' expert report, "The Effects of Water Temperature on Adult Sockeye". Additionally, includes P.B. Saxvik's expert report, "Control of Water Temperature by Manipulation of River Flow".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River (Volume 8)", which include C.S. Shirvell's expert report.
File consists of photocopies of Shirvell's handwritten reviews of Alcan expert reports. Includes Shirvell's reviews of the expert reports by A. Clyde Mitchell, Bruce W. Jenkins, and Donald W. Chapman. Also includes memoranda regarding the DFO's critical review of the Alcan expert reports.
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Over-Winter Flows (Volume 4)". Includes S.P. Blachut's expert report, "Physical Winter Conditions Nechako River". Also includes R.A. Bams expert report, "Biological Effects of Winter Flows".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Total Gas Pressure (Volume 6)". Includes James A. Servizi's expert report, "Review of Total Gas Pressure and Flow and Critique of Alcan's Predictions". Also includes J.O.T. Jensen's expert report, "Assessment of the Influence of Excess Total Gas Pressure (TGP) on Salmonids in the Nechako River".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Geomorphology (Volume 7)". Includes Kenneth M. Rood's expert report, "The Effects of Regulation of Flow in the Nechako River on Channel Morphology, Sediment Transport and Deposition and Flushing Flows". Also includes Charles R. Neill's expert report, "Effects of Flow Regulation on Channel Morphology, Sediment Transport and Deposition, and Flushing Flows".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Fisheries Management (Volume 2)". Includes C. Robin Harrison's expert report, "The Management and Status of Fraser and Nechako River Chinook Salmon". Also includes Patrick A. Slaney's expert report, "Assessment of the Influence of Flows on the Rainbow Trout and Char Populations of the Nechako River".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: General Ecology (Volume 1)". Includes an index to the DFO expert reports and M.C. Healey's expert report, "The Ecology of Chinook Salmon That Spawn in Headwater Tributaries and River Flows Necessary to Conserve Such Populations".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Chinook Salmon and Their Habitat Requirements (Volume 6)". Includes Bruce W. Jenkins' expert reports, "Statement of Evidence on Chinook Salmon Resources in the Nechako River" and "Statement of Evidence on Habitat Requirements of Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River". Also includes Joan Kilby's expert report, "Benthic Invertebrate Fauna of the Nechako River".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - DFO Expert Reports: Physical Studies (Volume 3)". Includes Roy E. Hamilton's expert reports, "Availability of Water" and "Physical Methods Used by Alcan and by DFO to Determine the Relationship of Flow to Rearing Habitat".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Water Quality (Volume 5)". Includes A. Clyde Mitchell's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on Nechako River Total Dissolved Gas Levels". Also includes Niko R. Zorkin's expert report, "Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Nechako River". Additionally, includes H.R. Hamilton's expert report, "Report on Nutrient Water Quality of Nechako River".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Temperature Studies (Volume 7)". Includes Glen H. Geen's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on the Effects of Temperature on Migrating Adult Sockeye Salmon". Also includes A. Clyde Mitchell's expert reports, "Statement of Evidence on Nechako River Water Temperature Distribution" and "Statement of Evidence on Changes in Fraser River Water Temperatures". Additionally, includes John Eric Edinger's expert report, "Review of Envirocon Ltd. Hydrothermal Modelling and Analyses of the Nechako River For Alcan".
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 an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Statement of Evidence on Habitat Modelling on the Nechako River, A. Clyde Mitchell (Volume 4)".
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 an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Flow Regimes (Volume 2)". Includes Donald W. Chapman's expert report, "Nechako River Flow Regime: A Report to the Court". Also includes Bruce W. Jenkin's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on the Adequacy of Pleadings Flows to Protect Fish Populations of the Nechako River".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Physical Studies (Volume 3)". Includes A. Clyde Mitchell's expert report, "Statement of Evidence on Nechako River Flow Regimes and Hydraulic Characteristics". Also includes Rolf Kellerhals' expert report, "Effects of Alcan's Proposed Nechako River Flow Regime on Channel Morphology".
File consists of J.H. Mundie's expert report for the Nechako River court action. Includes curriculum vitae.
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako River Court Action - Alcan Expert Reports: Index of Expert Reports and Qualifications of Experts (Volume 1)".
File predominately consists of submissions and briefs for the DFO public meetings in Vanderhoof and Smithers concerning the Kemano Completion Project. Includes related correspondence, news releases, and Shirvell's notes as a panel member during the public meetings.
File predominately consists of submissions and briefs for the DFO public meetings in Vancouver and Prince Rupert concerning the Kemano Completion Project. Includes related correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, an advertisement for a Warner fishlift, and Shirvell's notes as a panel member during the public meetings.
File consists of correspondence and other records relating to the DFO public meetings, the DFO position on the Kemano Completion Project, and the developing Nechako River court action. Includes internal DFO memoranda; a copy of a 1984 report by Slaney et al. entitled "Habitat Capability Analysis of the Nechako River for Rainbow Trout and Char and the Effects of Various Flow Regimes"; correspondence regarding the Kemano Task Force and its report; a document by Boyd entitled "Resource Activities Required for the Nechako Court Case and Possible Joint Technical Meetings"; Shirvell's "Technical Statement for Nechako River Court Action - DFO vs. Alcan: Habitat Modelling"; and a newsletter from the Nechako Neyenkut Society.
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 an original copy of the August 1987 final draft of the "Report of the Kemano Task Force", edited by Schouwenburg. Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the report.
File consists of an annotated photocopy the December 1985 draft of the "Report of the Kemano Task Force", edited by Schouwenburg.
File consists of an original copy of a "Presentation to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Public Meeting by Archie Patrick, President, Carrier Sekani Tribal Council".
File consists of records relating to the development of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' position on the Alcan Kemano Completion Project. Includes internal memoranda, Mundie's comments on the DFO position paper, and an agenda and notes for the Kemano Completion Steering Committee.
File consists of an original copy of a "Brief Submitted to the Department of Fisheries' Public Hearing, Vanderhoof, B.C., by the Council of the Corporation of the Village of Fort St. James".
File consists of an original copy of DFO's "Toward a Fish Habitat Decision on the Kemano Completion Project: A Discussion Paper", with annotations by Shirvell. Includes accompanying errata, Shirvell's notes, a news release about the publication, and a summary of the report by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission entitled "Potential Effects of the Kemano Completion Project on Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon".
File consists of an original copy of "Toward a Fish Habitat Management Policy for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans: A Response from the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union".
File consists of a copy of "Nechako River Fisheries Management Plan, 1984-1993: Presentation Made by D. Ableson to Nechako Neyenkut Society", annotated by Shirvell.
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 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 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 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 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 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; and drafts of the report resulting from the study.
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 a reprint from the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (vol. 47) by Shirvell entitled "Role of Instream Rootwards as Juvenile Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Steelhead Trout (O. mykiss) Cover Habitat Under Varying Streamflows".
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.