Item is an original copy of the "Proceedings of the Urban Issues, Opportunities and the Canadian Agriculture Industry Seminar" on November 3-7, 1998 organized by the Canadian Agriculture Lifetime Leadership Program.
File consists of selected mailings, minutes, and news releases. Includes British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) news releases and a Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) news release.
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, periodicals, and pamphlets. Includes:
- "A Tribute to the BCFA British Columbia Federation of Agriculture 50th Anniversary 1936-1986" supplement to the December 1986 issue of Country Life in BC
- An invitation to participate in transforming and evolving the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at UBC, with an included 'Scenario Workbook'
- BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food "Fast Facts" pamphlet
File consists of selected periodicals, reports, and leaflets. Includes:
- "Archipelago" Spring 1998 newsletter issue of the Galiano Conservancy Association
- "Landmark" Winter 1997-1998 newsletter of the Land Conservancy of British Columbia
- "Certification of Consulting Agrologists Next Steps" report prepared for the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association
- "The New Farmland Defense League" leaflet
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, the Sigma Tau Upsilon Honorary Agricultural Society Newsletter, Society for Range Management (SRM) "The Trail Boss News" Newsletter, and the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter. Also includes Gary Runka's 2002 record of professional development for BCIA membership and Gary Runka's response to the CCAA Continuing Professional Development Needs survey. Contains a CD-ROM with the "Proceedings of the Society for Range Management International Affairs Committee Symposium" of February 17, 2002 "Rangeland Professionals and Policy: Prospects for Effective Influence in the Developed and Developing Worlds".
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, SRM BC Chapter Newsletter, the Sigma Tau Upsilon Honorary Agricultural Society Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, and the "Examiner" newsletter of the Public Services Employees for Environmental Ethics. Also includes a report of the 57th annual meeting of the BCIA and Gary Runka's 2002-2003 professional development record submitted for CCAA membership.
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and the Sigma Tau Upsilon Honorary Agricultural Society Newsletter. Includes letters from Moura Quayle, Dean of the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) BC Chapter Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes a short biography of Gary Runka and a report of the BCIA 59th Annual General Meeting (2006).
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Fall 2007 Farm Folk City Folk Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes conference and seminar materials related to the Mountain Pine Beetle.
File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, SRM BC Chapter Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and the ReachOut newsletter of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. Also includes a November 2010 issue of "aq: The Magazine of Simon Fraser University" which includes a tribute to Warren Gill, Gary Runka's son-in-law.
Series consists of records relating to G. Gary Runka's professional career development, interests, and involvement beyond his Land Sense Ltd. work. Runka was involved in many professional associations, including the Agricultural Institute of Canada, the B.C. Federation of Naturalists, the B.C. Institute of Agrologists, the Bella Coola Watershed Conservation Society, the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association, the Canadian Institute of Forestry, the Canadian Society of Landscape Ecology and Management, the Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia, the Lambda Alpha International Society for Range Management, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the Wilderness Tourism Association, among others. Records include material relating to Runka's involvement with these professional associations, as well as collected professional resource material relating to agriculture and environment topics. Also includes Runka's business card collection.
Item is an original copy of a 1989 "Program Review: The Agricultural Land Reserve Program" for the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Proposed Hydro Development - Peace River Valley: Some Questions" to the Peace Valley Environmental Association in Dawson Creek. Note that page 3 of the speech appears to be missing.
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"The speech discusses some broad questions particularly related to the lack of a provincial energy policy, the approval process and varying estimates of future energy needs and alternatives. GGR quotes the position of the ALC of October 1977 and also reviews the legal powers under the ALC Act and ends by outlining several questions he feels the Association has the right to ask and get answers to."
This 2-disc set contains the Prosperity Mine "Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate pursuant to the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Act and Environmental Impact Statement for submission to the Federal Review Panel pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act" of 2009. Contains 9 volumes of digital documents with accompanying appendixes, in PDF or Word document format.
Item is a photocopied journal reprint from Queen's Quarterly entitled "Public Management and Mismanagement of Natural Resources in Canada" from Vol. 73, No. 1, Spring 1966, pp. 86-99.
Item is an original copy of "Public Review Summary of Options for the Babine River Area" by the BC Ministry of Forests and BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks from circa 1992. Includes an accompanying page of notes written by Joan Sawicki.
Item is an October 2000 public discussion paper published by the BC Ministry of Forests regarding the Queen Charlotte Timber Supply Area.
Item is an original copy of "Rails-to-Trails: Moving Forward - A Provincial Strategy for Converting Abandoned Railway Lines to Trails" published by the Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a ranch at the upper and east end of Nicola Lake, 20 miles northeast of Merritt. It has a steam traction engine and thresher, last used agriculturally about 10 years ago. Steamed and moved in 1964 for C.B.C.
This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 593, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Facilitation and Consultations for Mitigating the Fragmentation and Development of BC Grasslands Workshop" project. Includes the following documents:
- "Ecological Status Assessment For British Columbia Grassland: A Field Workbook For Ranchers" (July 2004)
- "BC Grasslands Mapping Project: A Conservation Risk Assessment - Final Report" (May 2004)
- "Grassland Status Assessment - Field Worksheet"
- "Developing a Qualitative Approach for Assessing Grassland Ecological Condition: A Tool for BC Ranchers - Annual Report, Hamilton Commonage Grassland Monitoring Project" (March 2004)
This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 601, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Development of Strategic Plan for Mitigating Fragmentation and Development of BC's Grasslands" project. Includes textual records such as reports, emails, agendas, budget, workplans, and project proposal.
This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 601, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Development of Strategic Plan for Mitigating Fragmentation and Development of BC's Grasslands" project. Includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Mitigating the Fragmentation & Development of BC's Grasslands: A Strategic Plan" and accompanying slide handouts.
This CD-ROM contains digital records created by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 628, Penticton Indian Band's "Consultation and Technical Review of Proposed Summerland Hills Golf Resort" project. Includes a draft "Overview of Summerland Hills Golf Resort Project Interim Report" prepared for Penticton Indian Band Working Group by G. Gary Runka MSc PAg., G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., April 9, 2007.
This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 654, the BC Trust for Public Lands' "Improving Conservation Land Management Discussion Paper". The only record contained on this disc is an opening address by G. Gary Runka entitled "Managing Conservation Lands To Keep Nature's Pulse Beating" for the Best Management Practices for Conservation Lands Workshop, BC Trust for Public Lands - Ocean Sciences Institute, Sidney, B.C. on September 24, 2009.
Item is an original typescript entitled "Recreation Land Management Guidelines in Relation to Capability Ratings" by W.C. Yeomans, Project Director, British Columbia Recreation Sector.
File consists of Gary Runka's records relating to the trial of Regina v. Edward Murphy and Douglas Holme, for which Runka was subpoenaed as a witness. Includes subpoena notice, transcript of Runka's examination in court, and newspaper articles about the trial.
Item is a typescript draft of a report written by M.J. Romaine entitled "Region No. 13 East Kootenay - Soil Capability for Forestry Report to B.C. Intersector Evaluation Committee".
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Relationship Between A.R.D.A. Soil Capability Ratings and Soil Productivity Ratings".
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This is a very useful overview of the agricultural capability ratings.
While no mention is of course made in this (circa) 1969 speech to the BC farmland preservation program, its value rests in the importance of the BCLI in the original designation the ALR and its future administration.
For anyone that is or has been involved with the farmland preservation program, this single sentence within the speech, made about 4 or 5 years before the designation of the ALR, provides an important insight into the value of the CLI and its relationship to farmland preservation. "For example. Class 5 soils while restricted in use to pasture or hay can produce very high yields."
Item is a "Report on the Victoria Symposium: The Appropriate Use of Land", held November 28-29, 1975 at the Provincial Museum in Victoria, British Columbia.
Item is an original unbound copy of "Report to the Legislature by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture: Phase IV Research Report" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.
Item is an original copy of "Resource Management Course for Certificate in Band Planning" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning.
Item is an original copy of "Resource Planning in the Ministry of Forests: A Glossary of Past and Present Plans" by K. Ness, BC Ministry of Forests.
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Resource Use Conflicts - The Fight Over What's Left" at the Canadian Bar Association Winter Meeting, Harrison Hot Springs.
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"The panel discussion that GGR was participating in was entitled "Resource Use Conflicts - The Fight over What's Left".
GGR makes the point that without legislative steps to preserve agricultural land in BC, what would be left in terms of farmland in not too many years would be "nothing at all". After this reinforcement of the need for the Land Commission Act he explains briefly the designation of the ALRs and comments at length on the different types of applications.
It is explained that the ALR is based upon agricultural capabilities of the land:
"In other words, a soil/climate combination. The ALR is aimed at preserving agricultural land in the long term. Factors, such as parcel size, economic viability, current market conditions, ownership etc. play little or no role in the decision-making process."
In light of a considerable amount of the Commission's workload being focused on the processing of applications GGR remarks that:
"If we are sincere in our attempts to preserve an agricultural land base for future generations of British Columbians, we must regard the ALR as only a first step of many that are needed."
A flow chart is referred to but not included in the package."
Item is an original copy of the 2010 "Review of the Agricultural Land Commission - Moving Forward: A Strategic Vision of the Agricultural Land Commission for Future Generations" submitted by Richard Bullock, Chair of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "34. Rhubarb near Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a close up of a crop of rhubarb. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "47. Rich farm land at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts farmland surrounded by wooden fencing. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "26. Rich farm-land and crops near Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts hay stacks in a field situated at the base of a small forested mountain. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "45. Rich Farmland at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a cleared section of land and a log rail boundary line (?) Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "18. Rich farmland near Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts farmland surrounded by a wooden fence. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "42. Rich growth of rhubarb at your kitchen door." Photograph depicts a large rhubarb plant at the side of a house next to a doorway, kitchen utensils and firewood also visible against the house. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "21. Rich vegetables and wonderful crop near Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts farmland; a house and a wooden fence visible in background. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Floppy consists of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file records for jobs.
Floppy directories and file listing:
- Dec 2001.lst.doc
Photograph depicts H.F. Glassey standing between two women. Sarah stands on right, holding umbrella. Cleared area in front of fence crosses midground, forest in background.
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey steam engine in Nanton, Alberta. It was built in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw.
Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey traction engine in Nanton, Alberta. The device parallel and topside of the boiler to heat feed water. The water tank is small so it must have had a water cart in constant attendance.
Item is a copy of "Scheduling of Irrigation" by Brownlee, C.H. and J.C. Wilcox.
Unidentified man standing next to farming equipment in a newly ploughed field on the Scholander Farm.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1147 entitled "Seeding Forest Ranges in the Dry Belt of British Columbia".
File consists of an inaugural Summer 1993 issue of a newsletter from the Seedy 2000 Club of Vanderhoof about heritage seeds.
Image depicts a type of gate system for the river water, possibly controlling irrigation, located somewhere in Seton Portage, B.C.