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File consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins. Side A consists of interviews with Bill Jones of the Fort George Railway Society, Walter Gill formerly of the BC Provincial Police, and Bob Sebastian, of the Carrier First Nation. Side B consists of interviews with Ella Fry, a trapper from Valemount and Prince George boxer Harold Mann.

File consists of 1 audiocassette of interview by Gil McCall with Branwen Patenaude who discusses her self-published book, “Because of Gold” about the history of gold mining and its impact on Quesnel's history. She also discusses the challenges of the publishing industry.

File consists of 1 audiocassette of Bob Harkins interviewing author, storyteller Joe Garner about his book "Never Fly Over an Eagle's Nest: A True Story of Courage and Survival" Also discusses his childhood and work as a logger on Saltspring Island.

File consists of a photocopy of a 1996 report by Pacific Cascade Consultants Ltd. entitled "Tailed Frog Habitat and Population Monitoring - Year 3 - 1996" prepared for BC Ministry of Forests Kalum District.

File consists of notes, correspondence, memoranda, and collected research material regarding Tailed Frogs. Highlights include:

• Memoranda "Re: Tailed Frog Issues - Fiddler 13+500 Road Cutbank Slough" (1996)
• Letter "Re: Proposal for Ascaphus Creek Ecological Reserve" (1994)
• Excerpt of stream site descriptions and species inventory for Tailed Frogs
• List of locations of Ascaphus truei collected or observed in the Kitlope Region during the summers of 1992 and 1993
• BC Forest Service Prince Rupert Forest Region, Extension Note #16, "Riparian Management and the Tailed Frog in Northern Coastal Forests" (Nov. 1996)

File consists of reference material regarding the Tahtsa Narrows dredging. Includes copied pages from Envirocon's Vol. 20 on reservoir levels pre- and post-Kemano, a sampling summary report for Tahtsa Narrows, a report entitled "Studies of the Fish Fauna and Benthic Invertebrate Populations of Tahtsa Narrows, Nechako Reservoir, British Columbia", and a report entitled "Studies of the Fish Fauna of West Tahtsa Lake, Nechako Reservoir, British Columbia".

File consists of 19 photographs depicting Harry Coates, experiments, landscapes, and air photos, including:

• Photo pf Harry Coates ca. 1958 at Aleza lake Experiment Station
• Photo of Lloyd Brothers at Cluculz Lake, Gordon Talbot
• 3 photos: including a photo of pine trees, a photo of Harry Coates with a damaged tree, and a photo of a damaged pine
• 1 photo of a young man in safety gear sitting in the back of a parked pickup struck, holding circular saw and smiling at the camera
• 3 photos of cleared forest in the winter
• 2 photos from EP 442 Wansa Lake, P. 60, 61 and 70
• 3 photos of Fire Study June 1984
• 1 photo of EP 657.03 Squirral Damage, June 1984
• 1 photo EP 868.07 McBride May 1984
• 3 photos of Bobtail Demo 660 in 1992, EP 657.03.

File consists of several documents associated with the UNBC Resources Management in the 90s Symposium on Land Use Decision-Making Processes including the Symposium Program, handwritten notes taken during the Symposium. File includes a confirmation of Dwight Scott-Wolfe's registration at the Symposium on UNBC letterhead as well as receipt confirming payment for the event. File also includes a program for the event with a list of speakers and sessions with handwritten annotations, "Resources Management in the 90s Shared Decision Making at Work: A Symposium on Land Use Decision-Making Processes," "UNBC Resources Management Symposium Speakers Biographies," and "Resources Management in the 90s Symposium Session/Participant List."

File consists of Sx Trial Proposal for Interior Spruce Planting Trail - Forest Damaged Stock. File includes project description, related correspondence, data, and tables.

File consists of materials related to the project Sx 84118Q including pages of notes from a field notebook, notes, work contacts, and maps.

File consists of notes and documentation for Sx 84118.

File consists of E.P. 800 "The Effect of Drag Scarification in the Sutherland Watershed: An Interim Report".

File consists of possible speaking notes and related materials by Harry Coates on the need for sustainable forests.

File consists of a photocopy of a draft of a Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences by Brown et al. entitled "Survey of Piscivorous Birds of the Nechako and Stuart Rivers, B.C.".

File consists of:

• "A Short Course on Mapping Forest Lands Sept. 21-23/72. Prince George (Feb. 15-19/71). Victoria. as for Glacial Landforms and Surficial Materials" - G. Runka
• "Landforms and Soils of Prince George Area: Field Trip September 23, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m."
• "A Selected Bibliography on Surficial Geology, Glaciation & Permafrost Pertaining to the Prince George Forest District" compiled by N. Keser and J. Murphy
• "Soil Classification and Mapping" L.M. Lavkulich
• "Description of Landforms (Cordillera and Pacific Coast)" - G.G. Runka.

File contains images of mine operations and construction, as well as a variety of other subjects.

• Elements of the underground mine are depicted, including miners working, the marked rock face, yellow ducting and ventilation fan, the portal, mesh rockbolted onto adit walls, shotcrete being applied, and stacked mining construction materials.
• Mining equipment depicted in this file includes underground ore haulage truck, Wabco ore haulage truck, jackleg drill, stoper drill, scoop tram, jumbo drill, conveyor, pickup trucks, unidentified mixing or grinding machine, a cable wagon and half constructed ore haulage truck in the shop, and a continuous miner (also known as alpine miner or roadheader).
• A set of images show a dozer and a lowbed truck transporting a temporary building down the pit mine access road.
• Several images depict drill core fragments, asbestos ore, and geological features of the mine.
• Mining related process are depicted, including a young man sluicing and panning, a mine building under construction, and an unidentified steel frame structure with a hydraulic device suspended on a rail.
• A set of images shows a railway or highway construction project, including stockpile of construction materials, rail cars, caboose, locomotive, front end loader, dump truck, concrete mixing trucks, semi-trucks, and a rail car with large steel drums which are speculated to be specialized for tunnel construction.
• Further images show what is speculated to be tunnel construction.
• A set of images at a high ceiling underground mine which is not Cassiar depicts a man in a suite by a underground ore haulage truck, and other mining vehicles including a crane.
• A set of images depict an ungulate herd, possibly bighorn sheep, on a mountain side.
• The file includes several images which depict personal life, presumably from a family vacation, and access to these images may be restricted. These images depict man with children on a fishing trip, adults and children around a pool, a woman on a motorcycle, and a house and kitchen. Several groups of images are contained in envelopes annotated with dates and “K. Minty”.

File consists of Forestry Report 145 "Summer Planting of White Spruce and Lodgepole Pine Seedlings" October 1990 by J. Revel, D.P. Lavender, and L. Charleson, jointly published by Forestry Canada and the British Columbia Ministry of Forests. Signed inscription to Harry Coates on title page.

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 a list of selected experimental test sites CanFor operating area survey.

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 submissions from various participants in the BCUC hearings on the review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes submissions from Mike Robertson, W.G. Hazelwood, the Village of Fraser Lake, Allan Lamb, the Peace Valley Environmental Association, the Canadian Autoworkers Local 102, Terry Slack, Erythana Ventures Corporation, and Douglas Massey.

File consists of a "Submission to the B.C. Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project" by William J. Schouwenburg.

File consists of a document entitled "Submission Summaries from Community Meetings Regarding Procedures and Terms of Reference for the KCP Review". Includes submission summaries from community meetings held at Prince George, Fort Fraser, and Kitimat in April 1993.

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 newspaper article written by Alderdice and Hartman. Includes a copy of the article in its original publication form in The Fisherman newspaper, copies of the article, and annotated early drafts of the article.

File consists of records created and collected by Grant Hazelwood in connection to his work on the Stikine Country Protected Areas Advisory Committee and its Gladys Lake Sub-committee.

File consists of an "Opening Statement of David R. MacDonald to the Taxation and Debt Management Subcomittee and International Trade Subcommittee".

File consists of a March 7, 1995 speech entitled "Statement by Brian Tobin, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, in Response to the Report of the Fraser River Sockeye Public Review Board".

File consists of numerous reports, guidelines and documents related to criteria and indicators for model forests. Documents include:

• "Drafting of Regional Forest Stewardship Standards,"
• "Survey of Forest Certification in Canada: A Summary Report,"
• "Environmental Management Systems-Specification with Guidance for Use,"
• "Environmental Management Systems-General Guidelines on Principles, systems and supporting techniques,"
• "Technical Report-Draft 04 for ISO/TC 207/WG2 of Forestry N82: Informative Reference Material to Assist Forestry Organizations in the Use of ISO 14001 and ISO 14004 EMS Standards,"
• "Forest Stewardship Council Regional Certification Standard for British Columbia: First Draft for Public Consultation,"
• "A Sustainable Forest Management System: Guidance Document Environmental Technology, A National Standard of Canada,"
• "A Sustainable Forest Management System: Specifications Document Environmental Technology, A National Standard of Canada,"
• "Interpretations-CSA Sustainable Forest Management Standards" supplement no. 1,
• "Guidelines for Environmental Auditing: Qualification Criteria for Environmental Auditors,"
• "Guidelines for Environmental Auditing: Audit procedures - Auditing of environmental management systems,"
• "Guidelines for Environmental Auditing: General Principles."

File consists of a reprint of Hill and Irvine's article from the North American Journal of Fisheries Management entitled "Standardizing Spawner Escapement Data: A Case Study of the Nechako River Chinook Salmon".

File consists of 6 photographs depicting Spruce Plantation Spacing Trials in Anzac taken ca. 1980s.

File consists of photocopied graphs, charts, tables, and maps from an unknown source. File also includes a reproduction of a colour photograph.

File contains:

• Published pamphlet of the 1981 Burgess-Lane Memorial Lecture, "Timber Supply Management in British Columbia - Past, Present and Future" by W. Young, Chief Forester, BC Ministry of Forests
• Photocopied 1987 speech transcript by W. Young, "A Sad Story about Good Politics and Poor Land Use--The Agriculture Lease Rush of the Late 1960's and Early 1970's in the North-Central Interior"
• Photocopied 1989 speech transcript by H. Carl Mason entitled "Of Owls and Pussy Cats" about the Northwest forest products industry
• Photocopied presentation by W. Young to the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities in Vancouver entitled "Politics, Free Lunches & 2.9 Percent"
• Photocopied paper by W. Young presented at a 1985 Forest History Seminar in Prince George entitled "The Forest History of the Prince George Area 1960-1984 -- including the Dynamic Era"
• Photocopied "Safety" speech by Bob Stowell [undated]
• Photocopied "Safety" speech transcript, possibly by Bob Stowell [undated]
• Draft notes for speech entitled "What are the principle safety problems in the North and how can they be coped with???", possibly by Bob Stowell [undated]
• Draft speech notes [undated]

File consists of an original reproduction of a map entitled "Spatsizi Provincial Park Key Map" by BC Parks.

File consists of various documents relating to Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park. Includes:

• Memo from Greenpeace entitled "Why Greenpeace is Opposed to Trophy Hunting in the Spatsizi Plateau" (July 1981)
• Copy of a 1981 letter from G. McKee requesting information about Spatsizi Park and Grant Hazelwood's response
• Letter from Gil Payne to G.D. Childs re: Klappan Coal Project impact on the area
• Letter from Grant Hazelwood to Carmen Prudy, President of the B.C. Wildlife Federation re: the Mt. Klappan Coal Project (relates to the Gil Payne letter)
• "Spatsizi" 1984 newsletter produced by the Collingwood Bros. Guide Outfitters of Smithers, BC promoting hunting in Spatsizi Park

File consists of a December 1993 issue of Harrowsmith (Vol.18:4, iss. 112) that features an article by John Goddard entitled "Sold Down the River" regarding the Kemano Completion Project controversy.

File consists of training materials related to soil disturbance surveying. These include a "Soil Disturbance Survey Course Workbook" (1994) and excerpts from the "Soil Conservation Surveys Guidebook."

Original Land Resource Research Institute soil description detail forms prepared by Scott Smith for 3 locations, annotated on covers as follows:
SS91010 Lost Chicken Regosol Paleosol 26/6/91
SS91011 Lost Chicken Ash in Felty Peat 27/6/91
SS91013 Lost Chicken Mine “Up the Creek” ash site 28/6/91

Each of the three forms contains an attached annotated Polaroid photograph depicting each site.

File of documents consist of a mixture of internal government reports, including reports prepared by consultants, superseded manuals, and training manuals. Most deal with soil conservation in forestry settings, but there is a report on soil conservation in relation to agricultural soils which Paul Sanborn did under contract to Agriculture Canada in 1991.

Includes the following items:

Cuthbert, John. 1991. Why the concern about soil degradation in British Columbia? An address by John Cuthbert, Chief Forester, Ministry of Forests to be delivered by Lois Dellert, Acting Assistant Chief Forester to the 1991 Logging Seminar, October 1991. Prince George, B.C.

J. Hunt & Associates Inc. 1998. Soil compaction and disturbance: status of forestry research and operational trials in British Columbia. Prepared for Lorne Bedford, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Forest Practices Branch, March 1998.

Ministry of Forests (n.d. – probably ca. 1990). Soil conservation guidelines for timber harvesting: interior British Columbia.

Ministry of Forests. 1994. Interim soil conservation guidelines for mechanical site preparation: interior British Columbia.

Ministry of Forests (n.d. – probably ca. 1993-95). [excerpt: internal report on soil physical properties in relation to soil disturbance at research site near 70 Mile House, B.C.]

Ministry of Forests. 1996. Audit level soil conservation survey course.

Ministry of Forests. 2002. Forest soil conservation and rehabilitation in British Columbia: opportunities, challenges, and techniques … with examples from recent research. Forest Science Program. March 2002. Available online at https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/bro/bro70.pdf (accessed 2023)

Ministry of Forests. 2005. Protocol for soil resource stewardship monitoring: cutblock level. Version 1.0.

Ministry of Forests. 2005. Protocol for soil resource stewardship monitoring: cutblock level. Version 1.0. [Superseded version]

Ministry of Forests. 2009. Protocol for soil resource stewardship monitoring: cutblock level. Version 5.0. [Current version as of March 2023; available from: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/forestry/frep/frep-docs/indicators-soils-protocol.pdf]

Rollerson, T.P. (n.d.) Windthrow study, Queen Charlotte Woodlands Division. Prepared for: Queen Charlotte Woodlands Division. Land Use Planning Advisory Team, Woodland Services, Macmillan Bloedel Limited, Nanaimo, BC.

Sanborn, P. 1991. An evaluation of soil conservation under three tillage systems for the Peace River region of British Columbia: soil physical properties. ARDSA Project 23011. Submitted to: Agriculture Canada, Vancouver, B.C. [Unpublished report; cited by: van Vliet, L. J. P., Kline, R. and Hall, J. W. 1993. Effects of three tillage treatments on seasonal runoff and soil loss in the Peace River region. Can. J. Soil Sci. 73: 469-480. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.4141/cjss93-048 ]

Schwab, J.W. 1993. Interim terrain and slope stability mapping standards, Prince Rupert Forest Region. B.C. Forest Service, Prince Rupert Forest Region.

Thompson, S. 1991. Provincial soil disturbance summary: 1989-1990 results. Prepared for: B.C. Ministry of Forests, Forest Site Degradation and Rehabilitation Committee. Frontline Forest Research, Nelson, B.C.

Thompson, S. 1999. Evaluation of surface erosion on forest roads: a summary of 1st year sampling results. Submitted to Peter Jordan, Ministry of Forests, Nelson Forest Region. January 1999.

Thompson, S.R., P.M. Osberg. 1992. Soil disturbance after logging in British Columbia, 1991 results. Prepared for: Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, May 1992.

Watt, B. (n.d.) Soil disturbance after logging on 11 sites in the Cariboo Forest Region, 1993. Prepared for: Timber Section, Cariboo Forest Region.

File consists of the "Social Valuation of Prince George Urban Forests: Assessing Public Opinion of Forest Values and Forest Management" prepared by MVH Associates with McIntyre & Mustel Research Ltd., and E. Lees & Associates Consulting Ltd. for McGregor Model Forest Association.

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?".