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Caption describing photograph: "Excellent form. Note columnar bole, only slight taper, no butt swell."

Caption describing photograph: "Typical crown form of Abies lasiocarpa, long barrow columnar crown. Ht 65', 10" DBH. Age 80 years. Mile 5 Hart Highway. Abies stand resulting from advanced regeneration released by logging of spruce in 1940s. Sandy silt lacustrine deposits."

Caption describing photograph: "Typical of extensive cultivation of Bednesti silty loams and silt in Wright Creek and Salmon River Area. Forage crops, seed timothy, grains and root crops. Much of lacustrine deposits within 20 mile radius have this potential."

Caption describing photograph: "Bark habit at mid-bole."

Caption describing photograph: "Typical bark form. 9.3" DBH"

Caption describing photograph: "Excellent Abies second growth. 6-8 DBH. Age 40 years. Resulting from advanced regeneration after logging. Mile 5.5 Hart Highway. Average current leader 10". Silty clay, lacustrine deposits."

Caption describing photograph: "Frames 8, 9, and 10. Mature stand of Aspen growing on moderately drained Bednesti silt (Sandy silt). Ht 95', 22" DBH. Age 110 years. Excellent form. Mile 11 Hart Highway. Adjacent field has excellent crop of potatoes and timothy."

Caption describing photograph: "Potentially commercial Black Spruce stand. Fully developed peat (3-8') over impervious clay. Ledum B. Glandulosa. Mile 3 Hart Highway. Ht 55', 5-10" DBH. Age 85 years. Frames 1-5"

Caption describing photograph: "Crown form."

Caption describing photograph: "Bark habit at base of tree."

Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce residuals (Ht 35-40', 5-9" DBH Age 80). Potentially commercial pulp wood remaining after pulp logging a fully stock 95 yrs stand of Lodgepole pine and White Spruce on imperfectly drained silty clay. Mile 6.5 Hart Highway. (Illustrate frequent occurrence of P mariana on soils other than organic muck or sphagnum bogs)."

Caption describing photograph: "Seeding Trial No. 9. Typical one-year old seedlings. Lodgepole pine on area slash burned autumn 1965 and broadcast seeded at 8 ozs. per acre on Dec. 14, 1965 (10" snow). Exploratory Direct Seeding Trials in Prince George Forest District. Per title: Location T.S. X91918 Cluculz Lake (Lloyd Bros.). Photo: W.D. West, Prince George, negative filed with P.I.E. No. 15794/2."

Caption describing photograph: "October 1966. Typical Development of Lodgepole Pine and Douglas Fir Planting Stock at Telkwa Nursery. Negative filed with P.I.E. No. 15769, O.D.C. 232.411.2. Lodgepole pine seedlings planted with E.P. 638 Seeding Trial No. 10 in October 1966. Stock produced for Species Trials in Prince George Forest District. Photo by Craftsmans Studio, Prince George. See report file 0193652 or E.P. 638 Seeding Trial No. 10."

Item is a report on EP 639 entitled "Silviculture in Spruce-Alpine Fir types in the North Central Interior of British Columbia" for the Research Division, BC Forest Service by John Revel.

File contains timber sale contracts, logging inspection reports, and related maps between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company Limited.

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - D8H 46A, wide pads, power shift $26.50/hour."

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - South clearing +/-8 acres"

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - Main clearing +/-11.8 acres with loose piled windrow."

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - Windrow to be burned by Ranger Staff"

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - Condition prior to clearning. Logged and burned 1947 - Note clumps of tall willow."

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - As [2007.1.30.2.108] Note White Spruce regeneration badly infected by leader weevils and dense clumps of Twinberry."

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - Typical ground condition, expect early establishment of Fireweed, grass & clover"

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - Brush blade, rent $4.00/hour."

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646 Clearing at Aleza Lake for Provenance Plantation - Clearing illustrating clumps of tall willow and alder."

Caption describing photograph: "Seeding Trial No. 1. Typical Three-year old seedlings. Lodgepole Pine on area scarified in 1963 and Broadcast Seeded in June 1964 at 7.6 ozs per acre. Exploratory Direct Seeding Trials in Prince George Forest District. Per title: Location T.S. X91918 Cluculz Lake (Lloyd Bros.). Photo: W.D. West, Prince George, negative filed with P.I.E. No. 15794/1."

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 638 Seeding Trials - Prince George. Typical Development of White Spruce. Showing seedlings from Genevieve Lake and Buckhorn Burn. Exploratory Direct Seeding Trials in Prince George Forest District. Photo by Craftsman Photographers, Prince George."

Item is an original issue of British Columbia Forest Service Research Notes on "The Durability of Scarified Seedbeds for Spruce Regeneration" by Arlidge.

File contains original copy of the 1957 - 1967 working plan for the Aleza Lake Research Forest.

Caption describing photograph: "Female flowers of White Spruce. Davie Lake, prior to pollenation. June 16/1968."

Caption describing photograph: "Heavy crop of female flowers at Davie Lake (note center tree) from top of one of Dr. Eis scaffolds."

Caption describing photograph: "Female flowers of Abies lasiocarpa prior to pollenation. Pine Pass, July 1, 1968."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Typical stocking compatible with pre-scarification. C.P. 58."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Severely scalped area of 1965 post-scarification, no re-growth of brush, very little regeneration of S-B [Spruce-Balsam or Spruce-Alpine Fir] much of which killed by drought and/or frost heaving." A man kneels in the photograph for scale.

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Re-growth of brush (ferns, grass, horsetail, Rubus). Old T.F.L. #28. Logged 1963, planted Spring 1965." A man stands in the photograph for scale.

Caption describing photograph: "Top Pruning of 1 1/2 + 1 1/2 Lodgepole Pine at Red Rock Nursery. Block No. 3. Pruned to 8". Control."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - View of McGregor Plateau with McGregor Mountains on horizon, Fraser River with Limestone Creek in foreground."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Condition of 1965 pre-scarification on C.P. 58 (poor coverage), fair to good regeneration B-S [Alpine Fir-Spruce], still receptive."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Species Comparison - Typical first season leader (+/-12") on 2+1 Lodgepole Pine. Woodall Creek. High Site, outwash sands, after post-scarification."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - As in No. 7 [2007.1.30.2.123], illustrating poor growth of 2+0 planted at same time and on same site as No. 8 [2007.1.30.2.124], brush and grass removed for photo."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Species Comparison - Typical first season leader (+/-3") on 2+1 White Spruce adjacent row to No. 1 [2007.1.30.2.126]"

Caption describing photograph: "Top Pruning of 1 1/2 + 1 1/2 Lodgepole Pine at Red Rock Nursery. Block No. 1. Pruned to 8". Control."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Typical Spruce-Alpine Fir Stand."

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - Condition of 1965 post-scarification on C.P. 58. Severe brush invasion." A man stands in the photograph for scale.

Caption describing photograph: "T.F.L. #30 - As in No. 7 [2007.1.30.2.123], illustrating competitive ability of 2+1 Spruce."

File consists of documents, radiograms, and correspondence regarding various administrative issues ranging from costs, living conditions, timber sales, research projects, and queries from the public. Much of this correspondence is between Tim Decie, Forester in Charge of Aleza Lake, and R.P Silsbury, Head of the Research Division between the years of 1953 and 1967. Also included are contracts and receipts from 1964, documents regarding the closure of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station, and meeting minutes.

Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 646.3 Spruce Provenances - 2+0 White Spruce, Red Rock"

Caption describing photograph: "Maturing 2nd year cones on right, mature non-serrotinous cone with seed dispersed on left."

Caption describing photograph: "First year female strobilus on Lodgepole Pine."