Caption describing photograph: "Poor quality Spruce left after diameter cutting. Note insect killed trees and leaning tree. Sparse stocking. Very poor increment. Devils Club site. Silty clay. No post logging regeneration. Continous understory of alder and willow. West Branch, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Roots of windthrown Spruce showing typical plate-like structure of roots. Imperfectly drained lacustrine deposit. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake." Harry Coates is pointing at the root mass.
Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce as GBW Film 2 Frame 3 ( 2007.1.30.2.015 ). Showing form etc. 13" DBH - 65' high"
Caption describing photograph: "Hemlock understory. 12 DBH. Height 30'. Aleza Lake Nursery." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Junction of East Loop and Main Access Road N of Camp Creek. F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Typical uneven aged structure of overmature Spruce Balsam stands on high sites. Rubus site. Lacustrine silty clay."
Caption describing photograph: "Old growth Douglas fir 300 yrs, 28" DBH 90' Ht. Wind shook, coarse limbed sweeping bole, heart rot, survivor of old fire. Weakly drained lacustrine deposit. Note typical of isolated distribution (single or groups occuring in Sub-Alpine zone). Very infrequent cone crops - low viability, suspect high level inbreeding. No regeneration though receptive bed. West branch, F.E.S. Aleza Lake." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "As photo GBW Film 2 Frame 1." Harry Coates stands in front of the root mass of a toppled spruce tree.
Caption describing photograph: "Commercial size Black Spruce and on left very fine Lodgepole Pine. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Imperfectly drained lacustrine deposit."
Caption describing photograph: "Ground vegetation of swamp, ledum, carex and betula. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Comb like form of White Spruce - good form, slight upsweeping of branches with foliage pendant. Nursery Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Similar to the "Comb Spruce" form of Sweden."
Caption describing photograph: "See GBW Film 3 Frame 3 (2007.1.30.2.027) for details."
Caption describing photograph: "Fine stand of immature birch on imperfectly drained clay of lacustrine origin. Scattered Spruce, Douglas fir and balsam, understory mountain ash, thimbleberry, RO Dogwood, corylus, rosa, Mtn maple and willow. Ht 45', 10" DBH age 25 years. (Dom 200 stems/ac) South of Ranger Station, Aleza Lake." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Larix larciana (Tamarack). Wildling transplanted Autumn 1964 from Tamarack Lake 30 miles West of Prince George. Age 6 years. Height 29", 65 leader 4", 66 growth 9". All measurement taken June 23, 1966."
Caption describing photograph: "Excellent form and growth of a blue form of White Spruce wildling. Transplanted Autumn 1964 from 10 miles South of Findlay Forks on Parsnip River. Height 13.5", 1966 growth to date 4.2", Hardened off."
Caption describing photograph: "Typical Spruce-Balsam tree length logs from mature Spruce-Balsam types. T.F.L. 29 at Giscome S/M/." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Typical of wetter ground of lacustrine deposits, originally willow and alder with scattered low quality conifer col (spruce). (Skunk Cabbage) (Urtica) (A-D) 1922 burn Giscome. Definitely higher use is grazing or forage prod."
Caption describing photograph: "Soil (sod) development over lacustrine deposits. Depth to carbonated layer (1922 fire) 2.5", depth to parent material 6". Note blocky structure of deposit (clay). Root penetration to 1'. Root penetration of willow and aspen to 1.5'. Blocky structure from fluctuating water table, gentle slope to land form."
Caption describing photograph: "Typical residual after clear cutting and scarifying. West Branch, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. (Strip 1N SE Cor). Residual stems damaged B understory, occasional poor quality Spruce. Old growth birch generally with complete cover of alder (15') Thimbleberry and AD."
Caption describing photograph: "Young Pine and Black Spruce growing in spahgnum, ledum carex and betula. Lodgepole Pine and Black Spruce. 30 yrs 18' high. Note Film 2 Frames 3, 4, and 5 (2007.1.30.2.015-017) within 1 chain of edge of swamp. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Outline of Black Spruce showing dense crown form, high occurrence of multiple tops, long columnar crown with drooping branch form. Trees range between 55-70' and 10-14" DBH. Imperfectly drained clay - E.S. site. Note W Spruce vol removed by logging. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Condition after clear cut logging. Birch, balsam, thimbleberry, raspberry, E.S. and fern. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "White Spruce within 20' of pine (see GBW Film 3 Frame 1 - 2007.1.30.2.026). Same age, same site. Height 5' 1966 leader 6". Adelges." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Scarification after logging (clear cut). East Loop Road. F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Sandy silt. O site." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Internal view of GBW Film 3 Frame 5 (2007.1.30.2.029)" Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
No caption provided with photograph. Depicts an immature Black Spruce (Picea mariana), possibly located in John Revel's garden in Prince George.
Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce germinator. EMK seed."
Caption describing photograph: "Isolated Hemlock. West Branch Road, F.E.S. Aleza."
Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 1 (2007.1.30.2.040). 13" DBH Height 45', +/- 120 years old." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Loaded logging truck on way to log dump on Eagle Lake. East Loop, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Typical of general opinion of growth and form of Black Spruce. Associated with poorly drained saucer shaped terrain. Organic soil developed over impervious clay. Ht 35', 5-7" DBH age 120 years. Prince George Airport Road." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Typical young aspen and Willow cover over the area now in seedling or transplant beds. Hand pulled, rough broken, rooted prior to plowing (by inmate crews April 1966)."
Caption describing photograph: "Small area of transplants on West side of clearing, established Spring 1966. Note thrifty stand of aspend with Spruce understory, typical of stands on this soil type and history of burning."
Caption describing photograph: "Foreground cultivated in readiness for establishment of seed or transplant beds. Backgroun is transplant area est. Spring 1966."
Caption describing photograph: "Condition after hand pulling, piling and burning, and rough clearing. Note roots in soil. Northwest Cor of present clearing."
No caption provided with photograph. Similar photograph has the following caption: "View of transplant and seed bed areas, established Spring 1966. Buildings moved from Forest Service warehouse site on 15 Ave."
Caption describing photograph: "Typical Devils Club site, imperfectly drained silty clay. West Branch Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Good stand of Lodgepole Pine pulp wood, on Pine View Series, with scattered understory of Black Spruce. Pine 5-9" DBH. 65' high, 80 years. Black Spruce, 4.6" DBH. 35' high. Moderately drained silty clay. Cale Creek, Highway 97."
Caption describing photograph: "Excellent stand of Lodgepole Pine on coarse gravelly sily (old beach). Height 90' 7-11" DBH. Age 65 years. 6 miles SW of Prince George, Highway 16 West."
Caption describing photograph: "Rolf Hellenius."
Caption describing photograph: "Rolf Hellenius and Roy Scully."
No caption provided with photograph. Similar photograph has the following caption: "View of transplant and seed bed areas, established Spring 1966. Buildings moved from Forest Service warehouse site on 15 Ave."
Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 4 (2007.1.30.2.042)"
Caption describing photograph: "Encroachment of an old field by Lodgepole pine and Spruce regeneration. Junction of Highway 16 and Giscome turnoff. Surrounding forest mainly aspen, some scrubby Spruce, Douglas fir, and Lodgepole pine 20 chains away. Moderately drained stoney, sandy silt."
Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce as GBW Film 4 Frame 7 ( 2007.1.30.2.045) on left. Betula glandulosa and willow on right, resulting from fire history--foreground showing development of organic peat over clay."
Caption describing photograph: "Good stand of thrifty young aspen on imperfectly drained clay. Age 40 years. Height 45', 7" DBH. Note erosion and baking of clay in foreground. Prince George Airport Road."
Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 11 (2007.1.30.2.048)." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "View of transplant and seed bed areas, established Spring 1966. Buildings moved from Forest Service warehouse site on 15 Ave."
No caption provided with photograph. Photograph depicts a fallowed field at Red Rock Nursery.
Caption describing photograph: "Field south of windbreak fallowed in readiness for Autumn seeding, most of visible area had been in clover prior to breaking."
Caption describing photograph: "Internal view."