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Item is a British Columbia Forest Cover Map, serial number 093J010. Includes full format forest cover labels.

Item consists of data and reports on The Fish and Fish Habitat Inventory Project on TFL 30. This project was designed to undertake a reconnaissance level stream inventory to describe watershed-wide fish distributions and habitat characteristics in all the streams within Tree Farm Licence #30.

Collection consists of records regarding the Kemano Completion Project collected by four scientists that were involved in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans review of Alcan’s project. The majority of the material consists of copies of publications related to the scientists’ research and activities, many of which were written or annotated by them, such as reprints of journal articles, draft scientific reports, government publications, and newspaper clippings. Original scientific research records comprise raw data, field notes, memoranda, and draft reports. Includes correspondence regarding the Nechako River court action between DFO, Alcan, and the province and scientific reports that were created in anticipation of the case. Also includes significant material emanating from the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review, such as correspondence, BCUC newsletters and news releases, exhibits and evidence submitted to the review panel, documents produced for the hearings, and final reports. In addition, includes records and publications relating to various other groups affected by the Kemano Completion Project or arising because of it, such as the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, the Rivers Defense Coalition, the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, the Nechako Watershed Council, the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund, and the Nechako River Alliance.

File consists of copies of Don Alderdice's incoming and outgoing correspondence to and from fellow scientists, lawyers, and others. Also includes Rivers Defense Coalition newsletters (Vol. 1, No. 4 Aug. 1994 and Vol. 2, No. 1 Jan. 1995) and a copy of the Summary Report for the Kemano Completion Project Review.

File consists of press clippings from a variety of British Columbia newspapers, magazines, newsletters and bulletins reporting on the Alcan Kemano Completion Project. Includes articles from the Time-Columnist, The Fisherman, the Prince George Citizen, the Comox District Free Press, B.C. Wildlife Federation's Outdoor Edge, the Vancouver Sun (including columns by Stephen Hume), Nanaimo News Bulletin, the Province, Regional News, the Toronto Star, Nanaimo Times, New Westminster Now, the Georgia Straight, and The Watershed, among others.

Image depicts a sawmill, possibly Lakeland Sawmill, in Prince George B.C.

Image depicts a pulpmill, likely Northwood, in Prince George, B.C.

File consists of research and administrative materials pertaining to Scenario Planning. File contains photocopied publications and printed web resources. Many of the materials have handwritten annotations. File includes: "Scenario Planning: A Tool for Strategic Thinking" by Paul J.H. Schoemaker, "The Art of the Long View" by Peter Schwartz, "Introduction to Scenarios & Key Steps to Developing Scenarios," "Scenarios for the Future of Japan" prepared by Nakamae International Economic Research and Global Business Network, "Sustainability: The Source of the Crisis" by Hardin Tibbs, "How to Build Scenarios" by Lawrence Wilkinson, information package for an "International Seminar and Summer School of Forest Scenario Modelling for Ecosystem Management at Landscape Level," "What Constitutes Best Forest Management" by G.L. Baskerville, printed webpages describing members of and services offered by the Global Business Network, a select bibliography for scenario planning, "The 1997 Leslie L. Schaffer Lectureship in Forest Science" by Daniel B. Botkin, "Matching Research with Problems" by G.L. Baskerville, printed webpages created by the Shell Oil Company, a Forest Renewal BC Research Program Application Form, correspondence from UBC and UNBC, an "Chapter 3: A Process for Model Building" (monograph title unknown), and a Scenario Planning Update. File includes MMFA administrative records, correspondence, and memoranda. File includes two UNBC student papers: "Designated Area Scenario" by students William Elliott, Trevor Harper, Janine Larmand, Ted Newbery, Dawn Sioga, and Nicola Swanney and "Community Forestry Scenario" by NREM 400 students Geoff Carrow, Megan D'Arcy, John Keen, Duncan Moss, David Paul and Ulla Vollmer.

File consists of the Board of Director Meeting Minutes along with supplemental materials for agenda items for the MMFA for 1997. Various reports, memos, correspondence and faxes are also included. Included is a large report "McGregor Model Forest Association Phase II Proposal" created January 6, 1997. The report includes letters of support from MMFA partners, a "McGregor Model Forest Association Concept Paper: Towards an Open Framework for Sustainable Forest Planning & Decision Making," a five year plan, "McGregor Model Forest Association 1996 Audited Financial Statements," and a document listing all of MMFA's volunteers and supports. Other notable documents within are a "McGregor Model Forest Association Agreed Upon Procedures Report," notes and memos on bylaws, a draft "McGregor MFA Phase II Proposal-Addendum and Information Supplement," plans and budgets for the construction of the Fraser Fort George Regional Museum (now Exploration Place), copies of various Prince George Citizen articles under the heading "Local Media Coverage of 'Global Approaches' International Conference," "McGregor Model Forest Phase I Completion-Documentation," a draft of "Interim Five-Year Action Plan for 1997-2002," and "MMFA Technical Steering Committee Phase II Action Plan Development Retreat Final Report."

File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest: Annual Report 96/97."

Item is a map of Aleza Lake Research Forest land management units and boundaries. By Madrone Consultants Ltd. May, 9, 1997.

File consists of records and textual material related to bear (predominantly in British Columbia) collected by Grant Hazelwood. Highlights include:

• A.N. Hamilton, "Kermode Bears in British Columbia" draft document, 1995 (reproduction)
• A. D. de Leeuw, "Conflicts and Interests in British Columbia Bear Management", Mar. 1997
• MacHutchon and Himmer, "Khutzeymateen Valley Grizzly Bear Study - Annual Progress Report - Year 2 (1990/91)", Mar. 1992
• Wayne McCrory and Stephen Herrero, "Preservation and Management of the Grizzly Bear in B.C. Provincial Parks: The Urgent Challenge", Mar. 1987 (reproduction)

File consists of miscellaneous reports relating to forests and silviculture.

The BC Ministry of Forest's EP 1148 Long-term Soil Productivity (LTSP) study addresses two key factors— soil porosity and site organic matter—that potentially limit tree growth and site productivity in the timber-harvesting land base and that can be affected by forestry operations.

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Subseries consists predominantly of publications and draft publications written by Cole Shirvell. Also includes maps, photographs, raw data, field notes, and correspondence and reports regarding field work.

File consists of copies of computer-generated data tables from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans database (NAQUADAT) and from the BC provincial database (EQUIS). Measurements of heavy metal content in the Bulkley River were taken at Fort Fraser, Kenney Dam, Vanderhoof, Prince George, Smithers, and Morice River.

File consists of a copy of the article, "Is Scientific Inquiry Incompatible with Government Information Control?", which includes a section on the Kemano Completion Project.

File consists of a large compendium containing reports, scholarly articles, papers, guidelines and principles for Canadian Model Forests. The manual is divided into ten subheadings: Initiatives on Assessing Sustainability/C&I Updates, International Seminar on Criteria & Indicators: Background Document, International Seminar on Criteria & Indicators: Final Document, International Seminar on Criteria & Indicators: Summaries, Needs and Future Action, Countdown: Issues 1-7, WRI: New Initiatives on International Forest Policy, International Working Group on Forests: Selected Papers, Selected Initiatives and Case Studies, Selected Papers from 1993 Model Forest Workshop on Sustainable Development, and Selected Papers on Sustainable Forest Management.

File consists of MMFA Technical Steering Committee meeting minutes, agendas, and supplementary materials. Supplementary materials consist of: presentation slides and notes, "MMFA Planning Methodology Overview" by Dr. Stephen Dewhurst, "Impacts of Partial Cutting on the McGregor Model Forest Landscape" by Craig Farnden, an untitled presentation to the MMFA by Adam Weir from B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks; some ephemeral materials such as a Model Forest Network pamphlet titled "'People Growing with Forests' A Conference Showcasing Canada's 'Model Forest Program,'" an advertisement for the Certification Criteria & Indicators: Global Approaches Sustainability Forest Management International Conference; "Yellowhead Ecosystem Working Group (YEWG) Annual Meeting Minutes"; "A Wildfire Threat Rating System for the McGregor Model Forest" by Brad Hawkes, Judi Beck, and Wendmagegn Sahle presented at the 13th Fire and Meteorology Conference; "Implementation of Sustainable Forest Management Systems and Forest Management Certification in North America" published in October 1996 by the World Forest Institute; the "MMFA Joint Workshop on Criterion and Indicators Ecological Processes and Forest Practices Program Areas" report along with a separate 'First Approximation' and 'Second Approximation' assessment; "Harvest Scheduling in the Age of Ecosystem Management: A GIS Approach" by Vaughan Landrum, Bruce Carroll, and Lisa Pious from The Compiler publication; "Operational Factors Affecting the Implementation of Ecosystem Management Objectives" by Joseph F. McNeel and Ron L. Copstead; "Prince George Region Tourism Inventory Development Strategy Implementation Plan: Terms of Reference"; "ARC/INFOO Database of Soil Associations Within Tree Farm License #30 (the McGregor Model Forest)" prepared for the MMFA by Kevin Driscoll; "Climate Normals 1951-1980 Prince George Forest District" prepared for the MMFA by Brendan Murphy; "Extreme Valve Analysis: Return Intervals of Severe Wind Events in the Central Interior of British Columbia" prepared for the MMFA by Brendan Murphy & Peter L. Jackson; "Soils of the McGregor Model Forest: Properties, Processes, and Impacts of Forest Practices: Final Report" by C. Bulmer, M. Schmidt, C. Preston, and B. Kishchuk; "Mass and Nutrients in Woody Debris in Harvested an Wildfire-Killed Lodgepole Pine Forests in the Central Interior of British Columbia" by X. Wei, J.P. Kimmins, K. Peel, and O. Steen, a draft and final report of the "Phase II Action Plan Development Retreat"; "Communique: National Forestry Agencies Agree to Consultation Process to Determine the Future of the International Model Forest Network (IMFN)"; "Canadian Model Forest Network Local Level Indicators Working Group: Terms of Reference."

File contains 8 slides from 2 rolls, taken August 1997:
Roll 1 - Buckhorn Ridge:

• Slide 31 – Fd (2 x 2 m) – stand view
• Slide 32 – Fd (2 x 2 m) – forest floor view
• Slide 33 – Pl (2x 2 m) – stand view
• Slide 34 – Pl (2 x 2 m) – forest floor view
  Roll 2 – Bobtail Road:
• Slide 20 – Pl (2 x 2 m) – east plot, stand view
• Slide 21 – Pl (2 x 2 m) – east plot, stand view
• Slide 22 – Fd (2 x 2 m) – east plot, stand view
• Slide 23 – Sw (2 x 2 m) – stand view

File consists of the a reproduction of the Kalum Forest District SBFEP Forest Development Plan, 1997-2001. Includes accompanying correspondence and memoranda regarding the plan. Also includes two maps associated with the plan, "Kalum Forest District Small Business Forest Enterprise Program, 1997-2001 Forest Development Plan - West Nass (Upper Harper)" and "Kalum Forest District Small Business Forest Enterprise Program, 1997-2001 Forest Development Plan - West Nass (Lower Harper)". These maps are believed to have been annotated by Hazelwood to show Tailed Frogs habitat areas.

File consists of a photocopy of a chapter by Rubinoff entitled "Politics, Ethics, and Ecology: Confronting the Tragedy of the Commons" from the book "Canadian Issues in Environmental Ethics".

File consists of a draft of Shirvell's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences entitled "Abundance, Distribution, Size, and Age of Adult and Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Upper Sustut River, 1992 to 1996".

File consists of an original copy of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program 10 Year Review Background Report" created for the NFCP 10 Year Review Workshop. Includes accompanying correspondence related to the workshop.

Series consists of Alderdice’s records and collected material related to the Kemano Completion Project and his activities as a fisheries biologist. Early material includes research records on total gas pressure and flow analysis research, particularly in regards to the Nechako River, which Alderdice was working on in anticipation of the Nechako River court action. Records regarding the Nechako River court action range from 1984 to 1987, and include correspondence, internal DFO memoranda, and legal documents. Records created by Alderdice after his retirement from DFO in 1987 document his involvement with the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Public Review and his connection to the Siddon v. Mair court case. Also includes copies of publications related to Alderdice’s research and activities, such as reprints of journal articles, scientific reports, government publications, and newspaper clippings.

File consists of a reprint of Mundie and Crabtree's article, "Effects on Sediments and Biota of Cleaning a Salmonid Spawning Channel". Also includes a note to Alderdice from Mundie and a humourous note regarding the article entitled "Excerpts from: Critical Reviews of 'Effects on sediments...etc."

File consists of a copy of the "BC/Alcan 1997 Agreement", a legal document between the Province of British Columbia and Alcan Aluminum Limited regarding the Kemano Completion Project.

Item is an original report by Grant Hazelwood entitled "Winter Flight Report: Fiddler Creek, February 27 and March 3, 1997". Includes original photographic prints pasted into the report as well as an accompanying map.

File consists of documentation for the "Buckhorn Species Spacing Study - EP 660 - Prepared for Northern Latitudes Forest Regeneration Workshop - August 30 - September 1, 1981". File also includes "Experimental Project 660 - Overview of three experimental installations - A 30-year Progress Report" published in "Forest Research Note" in March 1997 Note #PG-12 and "Experimental Project 660 30-year Progress Report Buckhorn Installation" in March 1997 Note #PG-12-1.

File consists of copies of outgoing correspondence to Rafe Mair, copies of Harold Mundie's correspondence with Rafe Mair, and correspondence from Connell Lighbody Barristers and Solicitors regarding the Siddon v. Mair court case. Also includes Alderdice's notes regarding the issues discussed, an untitled speech, and a printed email from Rafe Mair.

File consists of a copy of letter from J. Harold Mundie to George Baker, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the House of Commons. Includes a post-it note from Harold to Don regarding the letter.