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This fonds illustrates the life and work of G. Gary Runka and his contributions to the province of British Columbia. Gary Runka was the first General Manager of British Columbia's Agricultural Land Commission and helped establish the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve. After transitioning from a government career to private consulting, Runka provided comprehensive professional services through his land consultancy business, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., offering land capability and environmental assessments, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution, and interdisciplinary land use planning. Described by colleagues as one of BC's most highly respected agrologists and influential land use planners, Runka had a 52-year career working on (or against) an incredible number of landmark projects in British Columbia, such as the Site C Project. Gary Runka’s partner in life and vocation, Joan M. Sawicki, worked with Gary on many of these projects—as well as her own; her contributions are also represented throughout the records of this fonds.

Gary Runka's deep connection to the land is evident from his earliest papers on aerial photo interpretation, his work with the Canada Land Inventory, through his speeches and his work establishing the BC Agricultural Land Reserve and in his subsequent consulting career through G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. Gary Runka's influence and legacy was recognized in the tributes paid after his death, including the post-humus award as the Real Estate Foundation's "Land Champion" for 2014.

The G. Gary Runka fonds has been divided into the following nine series:
1) Personal Records
2) Speeches & Publications
3) Professional Records
4) Agricultural Land Commission
5) Land Sense Ltd.
6) Client Files
7) Maps
8) Photographs
9) Digital Records

Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.

Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.

Image depicts a cow at an uncertain location.

Photograph depicts two horses in one of many fenced areas, buildings and machinery in background. Highway, house, and forest also visible in distance.

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts a view of an experimental farm, possibly taken from Tabor Mountain.

Image depicts an aerial view of what appears to be a small farm, possibly in the McGregor Canyon.

Image depicts a street, possibly in Kamloops, which has been closed for a Sunday morning Farmer's Market.

Image depicts a barnyard of cattle and chicken on a farm or ranch in Meldrum Creek, B.C.

Image depicts fenced-in cattle on a farm or ranch in Meldrum Creek, B.C.

Signature at bottom right corner reads: “Love you always! Merv”; handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Hon. P.A. ‘Flying Phil’ Gaglardi on his Ranch near Kamloops. CBC Show 1981, One of a Kind, Picture from Producer Friend Merv Compone”.

Image depicts what is possibly an irrigation channel somewhere in Seton Portage, B.C.

Image depicts a type of gate system for the river water, possibly controlling irrigation, located somewhere in Seton Portage, B.C.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location; possibly somewhere in the McGregor Valley.

Image depicts water flowing through an irrigation channel in an orchard, somewhere in or near Seton Portage, B.C. There is a sign which reads: "Danger Keep out."

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a field of hay somewhere in Beaver Valley.

Image depicts a farm in Giscome, B.C.

Image depicts water flowing through an irrigation channel in an orchard, somewhere in or near Seton Portage, B.C.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.

Man appears to be speaking during an election campaign. Two unidentified men sit on either side. Chalkboard and doors can be seen in background. Signs visible on table read: "RE-ELECT" and "I'M PROUD TO BE A FARMER".

Photograph depicts Mary John wearing flower print dress in cut field. Hay bales, trees, and fence in background.

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts rows of water, possibly being irrigation ditches, somewhere in Lillooet, B.C.

Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.

Image depicts what appears to be a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a small farm located in Dome Creek, B.C.

Image depicts a farmhouse in Dome Creek, B.C.

Image depicts a horse and a barn in Dome Creek, B.C.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden in Prince Rupert.

Image depicts what is possibly the Peace River running next to some farm land at an uncertain location.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden, possibly in Prince Rupert.

Image depicts an unidentified man in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden, possibly in Prince Rupert.

Image depicts a farm at an unknown location.

Image depicts a pile of irrigation pipes on a dairy farm somewhere near Quesnel, B.C.

Image depicts a view of some farm land in Chetwynd, B.C.

Image depicts an agricultural field, most likely near Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts a farm near Pemberton, B.C.

Image depicts a barn full of hay and several cows, possibly near Newlands, B.C.

Image depicts some farmland near Alexandria, B.C.

Tractor pulling the trailer is being driven by the head of the family Campagnolo posed with in front of a log cabin (see item 2009.6.1.68).

Image depicts an irrigation ditch in Lillooet, B.C.

Image depicts an irrigation ditch in Lillooet, B.C.

Image depicts some farmland in Lillooet, B.C.