File consists of Hartman's handwritten notes about some of the exhibits for the BCUC Kemano public review. Includes an copy of exhibit 400, "Notes from Strangway Working Group", annotated in depth by Hartman.
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 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 the "British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project - Rivers Defense Coalition Outline of Evidence for Technical Hearing Phase Four".
File consists of "A Brief for Presentation to the B.C. Utilities Commission Review Panel on the Kemano Completion Project by G.F. Hartman". Annotated by Hartman.
File consists of "The Kemano Completion Project: An Example of Science in Government - A Brief to the B.C. Utilities Commision's Review Panel" by J.H. Mundie.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Monitoring - 1990 (Volume 3)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Applied Research - 1989 (Volume 1)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Applied Research - 1990 (Volume 2)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Applied Research - 1992 (Volume 4)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Appendices to M91-7 Nechako River - Gravel Sample Analysis" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Remedial Measures - 1991 (Volume 4)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Reports: Remedial Measures - 1992 (Volume 5)" prepared for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of the Kitimat and Terrace Chambers of Commerce's brief to the BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review entitled "The Economic Impact of the Kemano Completion Project on the Communities of Kitimat and Terrace".
File consists of "A Brief of the Nechako Valley Regional Cattlemen's Association to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Concerning the Kemano Completion Project".
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."
File consists of "A Report on Alcan's Kemano Completion Project: A Comprehensive Study by Michelle Hicks".
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 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 correspondence regarding the Fraser Basin Council's effort to set up the Nechako Watershed Council. Includes correspondence to and from Gordon Hartman; David Marshall (Fraser Basin Council); David Lane; T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation; B.C. Wildlife Federation; Fraser Basin Council; Rivers Defense Coalition; Iona Campagnolo (Chairperson, Fraser Basin Council); Nechako River Alliance; and Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. Also includes copies of Ben Meisner's column, newspaper clippings, "Nechako Watershed Council Terms of Reference", a "Proposal to the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund from The Nechako River Alliance", and an article by Hartman entitled "Nechako River--An Uncertain Future".
File consists of various documents regarding the Nechako River Alliance, Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund (NEEF), and the creation of the Nechako Watershed Council between 2000 and 2001. Includes issues of "Basin News: The Newsletter of the Fraser Basin Council", NEEF "Summary Results of Studies by Triton Environmental Consultants and Klohn-Crippen Consultants", NEEF meeting agendas and notes, a "Nechako Watershed Council: Second Interim Report to the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee", Nechako Watershed Council meeting agendas, correspondence regarding the Nechako Watershed Council, a NEED "April 2000 Public Meeting Report", NEEF Newsletters, a copy of the NEEF Management Committee's "Options for Passing Flows Through the Cheslatta Fan", and a letter from Paul Sanborn (Chairperson, Nechako River Alliance) to Premier Gordon Campbell.
File consists of various documents regarding the Nechako River Alliance, Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund (NEEF), and the creation of the Nechako Watershed Council between 1998 and 2001. Includes correspondence to and from Paul Sanborn (Chairperson, Nechako River Alliance); Jim Mattison (NEEF); Gordon Hartman; and David Lane (T. Buck Suzuki Foundation), among others. Also includes a "BC Hydro/Alcan Agreement Backgrounder", documents regarding the dredging of Tahtsa Narrows, NEEF newsletters, Hartman's "Comments on Draft Proposal to Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund", newspaper clippings, a pamphlet for the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, and NEEF's "Design Workbook for a Technical/Scientific Review".
File consists of records relating to the Fraser Basin Council's 1998 inaugiral State-of-the-Fraser Basin Conference. Includes issues of "Basin News: The Newsletter of the Fraser Basin Council", Hartman's handwritten notes, correspondence from the Fraser Basin Council regarding the conference, and worksheets from conference sessions.
File consists of a photocopy of Soren Larsen's article from Research in Economic Anthropology entitled "The Cheslatta Redevelopment Project: Economic Development and the Cultural Landscape of the Cheslatta T'en".
File consists of a copy of a Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee report entitled "Options for Passing Flows Through the Cheslatta Fan".
File consists of a "Backgrounder on Nechako River White Sturgeon". Authorship unknown.
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Shirvell, ColeFile consists of a copy of DFO's report on "Biological Engineering Studies Conducted on the Nechako River During 1980, 1981 and 1982". Includes accompanying memoranda regarding the studies and editorial comments.
File consists of Roland Sanford's 1984 University of Washington MSc thesis entitled "PHABSIM Error Analyses: Techniques and Case Studies". Includes accompanying correspondence from Sanford to Shirvell regarding the thesis.
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 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 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 the remaining data tables that were not included in the draft of Woodward-Clyde Consultants' report entitled "Task 4 Technical Memorandum: Sensitivity of Weighted Usable Area Predictions to Variance in the Input Criteria".
File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Vol. 45) article by Andrus et al. entitled "Woody Debris and Its Contribution to Pool Formation in a Coastal Stream 50 Years after Logging".
File consists of a photocopy of a Regulated Rivers: Research & Management (vol. 4) article by John Williams entitled "Snake River Spring and Summer Chinook Salmon: Can They Be Saved?".
File consists of a photocopy of a report prepared by consultants Karl English and T. Webb entitled "Data Assessment and Definition of a Chinook Production Model for the Nechako River".
File consists of a photocopy of a manual prepared by Envirowest Environmental Consultants for DFO entitled "Fish Habitat Enhancement: A Manual for Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Habitats".
File consists of a photocopy of a Regulated Rivers: Research & Management (vol. 5) article by Gan and McMahon entitled "Variability of Results from the Use of PHABSIM in Estimating Habitat Area".
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 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 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".
Subseries primarily consists of reports and publications created by Envirocon Limited, the environmental consultants contracted by Alcan for the Kemano Completion Project environmental assessment. Also includes records created by Envirocon, Alcan, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans regarding joint meetings and Envirocon's scientific methodology.
Shirvell, ColeFile consists of a draft copy of a report by Envirocon entitled "Preliminary Results of Chinook Salmon Studies in the Nechako River: Volume 1 - Interim Report".
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 copy of an Aluminum Company of Canada Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development Technical Memorandum by Envirocon entitled "Chinook Salmon Spawning, Incubation and Emergence Studies in the Nechako River, B.C. During 1980-1981".
File consists of a photocopy of an Envirocon graphs and tables, possibly copies of overheads used in a presentation entitled "A Comparison of the Results from Habitat-ENV with Results from Habitat (IFG)".
File consists of an original copy of "Environmental Studies Associated with the Proposed Kemano Completion Hydroelectric Development - Volume 15: Environmental Planning and Project Design" by Envirocon prepared for Alcan. Annotated by Cole Shirvell.
Subseries consists predominantly of publications and draft publications written by Cole Shirvell. Also includes maps, photographs, raw data, field notes, and correspondence and reports regarding field work.
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