File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) BC Chapter Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes a short biography of Gary Runka and a report of the BCIA 59th Annual General Meeting (2006).

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Fall 2007 Farm Folk City Folk Newsletter, and "Farmland & Wildlife" newsletter of the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. Includes conference and seminar materials related to the Mountain Pine Beetle.

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and conference information. Includes the following newsletters: Society for Range Management (SRM) Pacific Northwest Section Newsletter, SRM BC Chapter Newsletter, the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia Newsletter, the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS) Newsletter, and the ReachOut newsletter of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. Also includes a November 2010 issue of "aq: The Magazine of Simon Fraser University" which includes a tribute to Warren Gill, Gary Runka's son-in-law.

Series consists of records relating to G. Gary Runka's professional career development, interests, and involvement beyond his Land Sense Ltd. work. Runka was involved in many professional associations, including the Agricultural Institute of Canada, the B.C. Federation of Naturalists, the B.C. Institute of Agrologists, the Bella Coola Watershed Conservation Society, the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association, the Canadian Institute of Forestry, the Canadian Society of Landscape Ecology and Management, the Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia, the Lambda Alpha International Society for Range Management, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the Wilderness Tourism Association, among others. Records include material relating to Runka's involvement with these professional associations, as well as collected professional resource material relating to agriculture and environment topics. Also includes Runka's business card collection.

Item is an original copy of a 1989 "Program Review: The Agricultural Land Reserve Program" for the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

This 2-disc set contains the Prosperity Mine "Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate pursuant to the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Act and Environmental Impact Statement for submission to the Federal Review Panel pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act" of 2009. Contains 9 volumes of digital documents with accompanying appendixes, in PDF or Word document format.

Item is a photocopied journal reprint from Queen's Quarterly entitled "Public Management and Mismanagement of Natural Resources in Canada" from Vol. 73, No. 1, Spring 1966, pp. 86-99.

Item is an original copy of "Public Review Summary of Options for the Babine River Area" by the BC Ministry of Forests and BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks from circa 1992. Includes an accompanying page of notes written by Joan Sawicki.

Item is an October 2000 public discussion paper published by the BC Ministry of Forests regarding the Queen Charlotte Timber Supply Area.

Item is an original copy of "Rails-to-Trails: Moving Forward - A Provincial Strategy for Converting Abandoned Railway Lines to Trails" published by the Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia.

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 593, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Facilitation and Consultations for Mitigating the Fragmentation and Development of BC Grasslands Workshop" project. Includes the following documents:

• "Ecological Status Assessment For British Columbia Grassland: A Field Workbook For Ranchers" (July 2004)
• "BC Grasslands Mapping Project: A Conservation Risk Assessment - Final Report" (May 2004)
• "Grassland Status Assessment - Field Worksheet"
• "Developing a Qualitative Approach for Assessing Grassland Ecological Condition: A Tool for BC Ranchers - Annual Report, Hamilton Commonage Grassland Monitoring Project" (March 2004)

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 601, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Development of Strategic Plan for Mitigating Fragmentation and Development of BC's Grasslands" project. Includes textual records such as reports, emails, agendas, budget, workplans, and project proposal.

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 601, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Development of Strategic Plan for Mitigating Fragmentation and Development of BC's Grasslands" project. Includes a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Mitigating the Fragmentation & Development of BC's Grasslands: A Strategic Plan" and accompanying slide handouts.

This CD-ROM contains digital records created by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 628, Penticton Indian Band's "Consultation and Technical Review of Proposed Summerland Hills Golf Resort" project. Includes a draft "Overview of Summerland Hills Golf Resort Project Interim Report" prepared for Penticton Indian Band Working Group by G. Gary Runka MSc PAg., G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., April 9, 2007.

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 654, the BC Trust for Public Lands' "Improving Conservation Land Management Discussion Paper". The only record contained on this disc is an opening address by G. Gary Runka entitled "Managing Conservation Lands To Keep Nature's Pulse Beating" for the Best Management Practices for Conservation Lands Workshop, BC Trust for Public Lands - Ocean Sciences Institute, Sidney, B.C. on September 24, 2009.

Item is an original typescript entitled "Recreation Land Management Guidelines in Relation to Capability Ratings" by W.C. Yeomans, Project Director, British Columbia Recreation Sector.

File consists of Gary Runka's records relating to the trial of Regina v. Edward Murphy and Douglas Holme, for which Runka was subpoenaed as a witness. Includes subpoena notice, transcript of Runka's examination in court, and newspaper articles about the trial.

Item is a typescript draft of a report written by M.J. Romaine entitled "Region No. 13 East Kootenay - Soil Capability for Forestry Report to B.C. Intersector Evaluation Committee".

Item is a "Report on the Victoria Symposium: The Appropriate Use of Land", held November 28-29, 1975 at the Provincial Museum in Victoria, British Columbia.

Item is an original unbound copy of "Report to the Legislature by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture: Phase IV Research Report" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.

Item is an original copy of "Resource Management Course for Certificate in Band Planning" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning.

Item is an original copy of "Resource Planning in the Ministry of Forests: A Glossary of Past and Present Plans" by K. Ness, BC Ministry of Forests.

Item is an original copy of the 2010 "Review of the Agricultural Land Commission - Moving Forward: A Strategic Vision of the Agricultural Land Commission for Future Generations" submitted by Richard Bullock, Chair of the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.

Floppy consists of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file records for jobs.

Floppy directories and file listing:

• Dec 2001.lst.doc

Item is a copy of "Scheduling of Irrigation" by Brownlee, C.H. and J.C. Wilcox.

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1147 entitled "Seeding Forest Ranges in the Dry Belt of British Columbia".

File consists of an inaugural Summer 1993 issue of a newsletter from the Seedy 2000 Club of Vanderhoof about heritage seeds.

File consists of correspondence, research material, and drafts regarding Runka's participation in the SFU Research Workshop on Environmental Ethics. Includes a copy of Runka's paper, "Response to Environmental Management as a Bargaining Process: For Better or Worse?".

Item is a copy of "Silviculture - a site degradation consideration?".

Floppy consists of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file records for jobs.

Floppy directories and file listing:

• CORK.DOC
• INFOME3.DOC
• OPED2.DOC
• SIXMILE.DOC
• SIXMILE.ED
• SIXMILE.FAX
• SIXMILE.FX2
• SIXMILE.LTR
• SIXMILE.MAC
• SIXMILE.PRE
• SIXMILE.REP
• SIXMILE.TTL