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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 various maps, figures, and graphs generated in conjunction with Nechako River scientific studies. Includes a map of dune areas at a site in the Nechako River entitled "Comparison of areas predicted by ALCAN's habitat model to be used by chinook salmon for spawning in Reach 2-1 with areas that they have historically used", a graph of "Habitat Predictions for Pre-Migrant Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River", an annotated graph of "Upper, Lower and Optimum Temperature for Nechako River Chinook Salmon", a hand drawn graph of "Water temperatures at the margins of the Nechako River during the warmest part of the year at three locations downstream from Cheslatta Falls", a hand drawn graph of "Lethal water temperature distribution in a river", a "Nechako River Salmon Study Area Base Map", maps of Nechako River temperature/TGP transects, and a hand drawn graph of maximum usable area for pre-migrant juvenile chinook salmon in the Nechako River.

File consists of an article reprint from the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (vol. 44, no. 1) by Morantz, Sweeney, Shirvell, and Longard entitled "Selection of Microhabitat in Summer by Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)".

Subseries consists of records concerning the Nechako River court action that began in 1980 and ended in 1987 with a settlement agreement. The case (Attorney General of Canada vs. Attorney General of British Columbia vs. Alcan Aluminum) was in regard to the increased need for water rights to the Nechako River as a result of Alcan's Kemano Completion Project.

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 "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 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 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 a copy of Stanbury and Vertinsky's report entitled "Notes on the Analysis of Risk in the DFO-Alcan Case", annotated by Shirvell. Includes accompanying memoranda and notes regarding the report.

File consists of press conference and newscast transcripts. Includes copies of "Media Roundup" (a DFO Communications Branch release that provided newscast transcripts relating to DFO activities) and transcripts from press conferences and other media events and releases concerning the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, particularly the 1987 settlement agreement with Alcan.

File consists of research materials regarding Dr. Helen Belyea, her life and work. The file includes correspondence between Dr. Helen Belyea and Dr. Ainley.

File consists of archival request for records, research notes, and photocopied research materials regarding the Geological Survey of Canada.

File consists of a photocopy of a rough draft of Shirvell's "Modelling of Fish Habitat in the Nechako River", which was prepared for the Nechako River court action.

File consists of an article reprint from the Regulated Streams journal by Scott and Shirvell entitled "A Critique of the Instream Flow Methodology and Observations on Flow Determination in New Zealand".

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 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 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 - 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 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 contains a possible photocopied excerpt (pages 14-47) from "A Field Guide for the Identification and Interpretation of Ecosystems of the SBSj1 in the Prince George Forest Region", which was a 1987 unpublished BC Ministry of Forests report by C. DeLong, S. Jenvey and A. McLeod.

File consists of two drafts of "American Ornithology at Present. A new Model for the Functioning of a Scientific Discipline" while Ainley was working towards her PhD and a letter to Dr. John Baglow from the Women and Work Program at Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

File consists of handwritten notes on a woman scientist [Marie Elen-Jean Auden]. Writing is almost indecipherable.

File consists of the first 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". A second final draft of this report was released in 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.

File consists of a report by K.M. Rood of Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. entitled "Report on Surveys of the Nechako River".

File consists of a published copy of the Nechako River Project's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences report entitled "Study of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River, British Columbia, 1985 and 1986".

File consists of a photocopy of a Transactions of the American Fisheries Society article by Hillman et al. entitled "Summer and Winter Habitat Selection by Juvenile Chinook Salmon in a Highly Sedimented Idaho Stream".

File consists of photocopies of newspaper clippings, news releases, and articles from various British Columbia newspapers, newsletters and magazines from 1987. Includes articles regarding the 1987 Settlement Agreement between Alcan and the government.

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 a photocopy of "Nechako River Chinook Salmon Escapements Estimates" and a copy of discharge-escapement data for BC rivers.

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 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 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 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 DFO memorandum regarding the deposition evidence of C. Stalknaker and R. Milhous for the Nechako court action. Attached to the memorandum are photocopies of the two deposition statements.

File consists of a file folio that was produced by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on the occasion of the 1987 settlement agreement between DFO, the provincial government of BC, and Alcan. Includes a copy of the settlement agreement, a news release, biographies of the Nechako River Working Group involved in the settlement process, and an original October 1986 copy of the DFO "Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat".

File consists of research paper and notes on women attending Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.

File consists of records related to rejected grant applications for Ainley's various research projects from 1978-1988. File includes application forms, research proposals, and related correspondence.

File consists of a draft copy 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 report prepared for the Ministry of Transportation and Highways by Beniston et al. entitled "Coldwater River Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring Study - Year 2 (1987-88)".

File consists of a photocopy of a Water Pollution Research Journal of Canada article by Rogers et al. entitled "Bioconcentration of Chlorophenols by Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Overwintering in the Upper Fraser River: Field and Laboratory Tests".

File consists of a photocopy of a Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Vol. 45) article by Cunjak entitled "Behaviour and Microhabitat of Young Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) During Winter".

File consists of a fax cover sheet and original lecture notes created by Cole Shirvell for a workshop on Instream Flow Incremental Methodology.

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".