Audio cassette is Tape 5 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm on July 21, 1999.
Audio cassette is Tape 6 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 2:00-4:30 pm on July 21, 1999.
Item is a reproduced conference paper for the 4th North American Forest Soils Conference entitled "Bio-Physical Land Classification in Canada" by authors M. Jurdant (Canadian Forestry Service), D.S. Lacate (UBC), S.C. Zoltai (Northern Forest Research Center), G.G. Runka (B.C. Department of Agriculture), and R. Wells (Newfoundland Research Centre).
Item consists of transcript of interview with Bob Dunsmore, CNC Forestry Dean who discusses forestry and agriculture education at College of New Caledonia.
Harkins, BobItem consists of interview with Mabel Peterson who discusses domestic, family life and community life in small communities in North Central British Columbia c.1920s-c.1970s.
Harkins, BobItem consists of transcript of interview with Marilyn Rack who discusses birding and farming in Prince George region..
Harkins, BobItem consists of typed transcript and tape summary of interview with Olive Foote who discusses her family's history in Fort Fraser, Stellaco area c.1930s and later move to Prince George region.. Includes discussion of her father working mineral claims in Endako area c.1950s
Harkins, BobItem consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with Tom Payne who discusses his life, emigration from England, service in World War I, and career as shoemaker in Quesnel. Also discusses his subsequent work at the Experimental Farm in Prince George
Harkins, BobPhotograph features a wooden box of pears sitting on grass, bushes in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "This is a prize box of pears." It is believed that this photograph was given to Lillian & A.K. Bourchier by their niece Jean.
Item is a photocopied version of "British Columbia Cross Country Ski Area Study" prepared by Nordic Group International under Canada-British Columbia Tourism Industry Development Subsidiary Agreement.
Item is an original report by the BC Min. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food entitled "British Columbia Grains and Seeds Strategy: An Industry Development Plan".
Item is an original typescript of "British Columbia Recreation Sector Analysis East Kootenay Intersector Evaluation" by the Canada Land Inventory (ARDA) Recreation Sector, led by W.C. Yeomans.
Item is a photocopied version of "British Columbia Snowmobile Area Inventory Study" prepared by BC Snowmobile Federation for the BC Ministry of Tourism.
Item is a copy of "Campbell River Area Park Plan" by the Regional District of Comox Strathcona.
Item is a pamphlet entitled "Canada Land Use Monitoring Program (CLUMP)".
Item is an original copy of "Canada's Environment: An Overview" by Environment Canada.
Item is a draft of "Cariboo Forest Region Resource Inventory Database".
Item is a draft of "Cariboo-Chilcotin Grasslands Strategy: Interim Report on Grassland Encroachment and In-growth".
Item is a photocopied copy of the 1992 "Cariboo-Chilcotin Tourism Resource Inventory Study: Explanatory Notes" prepared by Ethos Consulting, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. and Bioquest International Consulting Ltd. for BC Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Cariboo-Chilcotin Region.
Item is an original BC Wild booklet entitled "Cassiar: British Columbia's Fragile and Imperiled Northern Wilderness".
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "37. Wonderful growth of Cauliflower near Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts an elderly man holding two large cauliflower heads, a small boy stands next to him. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Item is an original copy of the presentation booklet "Celebrating 35 Years of the Agricultural Land Reserve: 1973-2008" created by Farmland Defence League of BC for an anniversary event. Includes an article by G. Gary Runka entitled "BC's Agricultural Land Reserve - Its Historical Roots".
Slide depicts cherry trees blossoming in an orchard. Original slide index description: "Cherry blossoms Lakeview Heights."
Image depicts a view of some farm land in Chetwynd, B.C.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1190 entitled "Climate and Agriculture in Central British Columbia".
This unpublished document from the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Communications Branch collates information about the issue of climate change circa the year 2000. Includes polling highlights from a poll of BC residents about climate change in 1998; a summary of points about media interest in climate change circa 1998-2000; and a short listing of supportive business comments on climate change circa 1999-2000.
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1434 entitled "Climate of the Lower Peace River Region".
Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1224 entitled "Climate of the Upper Peace River Region".
Item is a June 1997 report entitled "Comprehensive Assessment and Needs Analysis of Resource Inventories for the Cariboo Forest Region" prepared for the BC Ministry of Forests Cariboo Forest Region by Cindy Marven, Wayne Biggs, John Peebles, and Mark Walmsley.
Item is an original compilation of documents for a "Coordinated Resource Management Plan for Summerland-Peachland".
Photograph depicts the Copeland ranch on a bench of the Fraser River in Lillooet, BC.
Image depicts two unidentified individuals and a van on a farm at an uncertain location, possibly a place called Cypress Hill, with an atmometer and a sunshine recorder.
Item is an original booklet prepared by law firm Pape & Salter entitled "Delgamuukw: A summary of the Supreme Court of Canada Decision", accompanied by a letter and a photocopied legal summary document of the case.
Image depicts a farmhouse in Dome Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a horse and a barn in Dome Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a small farm located in Dome Creek, B.C.
Item is a copy of "Ecology and Food Production" (Vol. 4, No. 14), 1972.
Item is an original copy of "Ecosystem-Based Planning: A Practical Tool" by Silva Forest Foundation.
Item is an original booklet by Terry R. Chantler of SPEC, the Canadian Scientific Pollution and Environmental Control Society, entitled "Energy... and Us".
Item is an original copy of the 1994 "Evaluation of the Effect of Downstream Benefits to Washington State Agriculture Under the Columbia Treaty on the Competitive Positioning of BC Producers" prepared by W.H. Holm and Associates for Provincial Agricultural Land Commission. Includes Volume 1: Summary and Volume 2: Analysis.
Item is a 1993 research paper by John T. Pierce, Simon Fraser University and Jacinthe Seguin, Environment Canada entitled "Exclusive Agricultural Zoning in British Columbia and Quebec: Problems and Prospects". This work later appeared as a journal article in Progress in Rural Policy and Planning 3, 287-310.
Image depicts a view of an experimental farm, possibly taken from Tabor Mountain.
Item is an original copy of "Explanatory Notes: Natural Resource Tourism Mapping Kamloops Resource Management Area" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for the BC Ministry of Development, Trade and Tourism, Sustainable Development Branch.
Item is an original typescript of a BC Department of Agriculture report entitled "Factors that Contribute to Successful and Profitable Bulb Culture".
Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.
Image depicts what appears to be a farm at an uncertain location.
Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.