File contains climate data of soil and air temperatures, correspondence relating to climate studies, original and photocopied receipts for items related to the study, and computer generated graphs.
File contains reports on soil rehabilitation project and related correspondence, photocopied tables of soil measurements, and photocopied pages of ledgers with diagrams and notes.
File contains reports on soil rehabilitation projects and related correspondence, photocopied tables of soil measurements, and reports on machinery costs when tilling.
File contains original tables for soil measurements, a related photocopied draft report, and related photocopied handwritten notes.
File contains photocopies of seedling measurement tables.
File contains proposal updates and project expenditure lists.
File contains photocopies of survey notes from 1954.
File contains 1996 charts of permanent sample plot remeasurements.
File contains 1991 regeneration data of permanent sample plots and a 1992 work term study report on the significance of the basal area on regeneration factors.
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.
File contains Aleza Lake Research Forest weather records from 1927 to 1934 and 1928 to 1933.
File contains reports and essays on certain research projects ranging from the year 1924 to 1984. The topics of these research projects include cutting methods, guidelines for marking techniques, and scarification.
File contains articles and government publications on the results of research projects and policies regarding the Aleza Lake Experiment Station with years ranging from 1945 to 1992. Also included are a photocopied 1926 progress report, a 1967 management manual, and guides pertaining to trails and marking stands for cutting.
File contains a 1997 field tour guide of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, and 1997 and 1998 government publications on research projects conducted at the forest.
File consists of:
- David Mills, "Aleza Lake Research Forest Historical Internship Summary" (2 Jan. 2007), 26 p. - In print and original digital .doc file
- David Mills, "Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station Socio-Economic Time Line 1905-1937" (2007), 68 p. - In print and original digital .doc file
- ALRFS employment paperwork for David Mills, the ALRFS Natural Resource History Intern
- Research notes, including a copy of a map of the town of Aleza Lake in the 1920s
File contains the following data sets:
- Archie Site Tree Data.xls [diameter (dbh) and basal area of trees within and overhanging plots]
- Archie Site non-woody forest floor properties (1995).xls [non-woody forest floor chemical properties – individual sample results & plot means]
- Archie Site woody forest floor component properties (1995).xls [total C, N & S concentrations, pool sizes for woody forest floor components]
- Archie Site mineral soil properties (1995).xlsx [0-20 cm mineral soil chemical properties – individual sample results & plot means]
- Archie Site forest floor mass (1995).xlsx [mass per unit area of non-woody & woody forest floor components, corrected to oven-dry basis]
- S221FINL.xls [MoF lab data report: non-woody forest floor components]
- S222FINL.xls [MoF lab data report: woody forest floor components]
- S251FINL.xls [MoF lab data report: 0-20 cm mineral soil]
File contains correspondence relating to project funding and reports on the significance of the project.
File consists of climate station data printed from computer disks, original and photocopied soil description forms, and original copies of ecological and terrain mapping reports.
File consists of budget proposals and forecasts for 1993/94 and 1994/95 with recommendations of road maintenance as the central expenditure.
Photographs are panoramas taken from the Churchill BC Forest Service Lookout, located at latitude 54°04' and longitude 122°16'. The photographs were bound together and include a transparent grid that was intended to be used for locating forest fires.
File contains reports on the analysis of permanent sample plots in the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File contains general correspondence from 1981 through 1998 regarding various administrative issues including road maintenance and the 1992 reopening of the Aleza Lake Research Forest. The file also contains a 1994 inventory of the Northwood donation to the Fraser-Fort George Museum.
Data sets associated with the Cluculz retrospective study (E.P. 886.10):
- 082036.xls -- Elemental analysis (XRF) for mineral horizon samples from profile at Cluculz EP 886.10 site
- CLUCINC.xls -- Summary chemical properties for composite samples in aerobic incubation
- Cluculz Ck 2002 Foliar Analysis.xls -- Analyzed for individual single-tree plots
- Cluculz Ck 2002 Forest Floor.xls -- Forest floor mass data
- Cluculz composite list (2003 samples).xls -- Composite groups (3 original samples in each) used for organic & mineral soils
- Cluculz composite list (incubation experiment).xls -- Composite groups (3 original samples in each) used for organic & mineral soils
- Cluculz composite list for incubations (2003 samples).xls -- Composite groups (3 original samples in each) used for organic & mineral soils
- Cluculz Creek S mineralization - initial fractions (2).xls -- S fractions - organic & mineral soil composites
- Cluculz Creek S mineralization - initial S fractions.xls -- S fractions - organic & mineral soil composites
- Cluculz Creek S mineralization (IC).xls -- S mineralization data for aerobic incubation - organic & mineral soils
- Cluculz foliar and soil data.xls -- Chemical properties of foliage, composite forest floors, composite mineral soils
- Cluculz pH.xls -- pH - organic & mineral soil composites
- Cluculz S fraction graphs.xls -- S fractions - organic & mineral soil composites
- Elemental Analysis of Standard by XRF (2005).xls -- Published & XRF analysis of CANMET TILL-1 soil standard (used in Cluculz XRF analysis)
During a year away from studies in 1987-88, Dr. Paul Sanborn developed a successful grant proposal to the Science Council of BC (SCBC) to pursue a postdoctoral project with Dr. Tim Ballard in relation to sulphur-deficient soils in BC and prescribed fire. This project built on an existing broadcast burning study conducted by Macmillan Bloedel Ltd. near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, led by Bill Beese (later at Vancouver Island University). Dr. Sanborn's work addressed sulphur forms and amounts in the soils at these sites, and the chemical processes influencing sulphur availability in relation to prescribed fire.
Only one part of this work was eventually published:
Sanborn, P.T. and T.M. Ballard. 1991. Combustion losses of sulphur from conifer foliage: Implications of chemical form and soil nitrogen status. Biogeochemistry 12: 129–134.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001810
The remainder of the work was documented in this Project Completion Report to SCBC, dated February 28, 1990, and entitled "Effects of Prescribed Fire on Sulphur in Forest Soils".
Thirty-four data files were selected for archival retention. There is some redundancy of content among these, with some formatted for incorporation as tables in the report appendices, and others containing some of the same data, but set up as input files for a statistics program. These account for almost all of the data listed in the Project Completion Report appendices. No glossary of variable names is provided, but these should be identifiable by referring to the Report.
Data sets for the Sulphur stable isotope tracer study (E.P. 886.15) include:
- 03-095 UNBC PS-For.xls Particle size analyses (Kenneth Creek 0-20 & 20-40 cm)
- 03-096 UNBC PS-For.xls Particle size analyses (Holy Cross 0-20 & 20-40 cm)
- 082037.xls XRF elemental analysis (Holy Cross pedon)
- 082038.xls XRF elemental analysis (Kenneth Creek pedon)
- 084996.xlsx XRF elemental analysis (HC & KC parent materials)
- EP 886 15 S isotope data (2001-2005) - foliage_completed (Feb 18).xls Pine foliage d34S (total S & total SO4-S)
- EP 886.15 2003 Foliage & Soil Chemistry Summary.xls
- EP 886.15 Foliar Analyses (selected) 2001-2006.xls Total N & S, SO4-S
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross & Kenneth Creek 2005 foliage.xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross & Kenneth Creek 2006 foliage.xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 FH (S516FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 Foliage (T727FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 Litter (S515FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S507FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2002 Foliage (T785FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 FH (S642FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 Foliage (T836FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 Litter (S641FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S643FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 FH (S702FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 Foliage (T904FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 Litter (S701FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S703FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 FH (S521FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Foliage (T727FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Litter (S520FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S508FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Mineral Soil (20-40 cm) (S509FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2002 Foliage (T785FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 FH (S645FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Foliage (T837FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Litter (S644FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S646FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Mineral Soil (20-40 cm) (S647FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 FH (S705FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Foliage (T905FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Litter (S704FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S706FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Mineral Soil (20-40 cm) (S707FINL).xls
- EP 886.15 Sample Inventory.xls Listing of MoF Lab Job No.'s
- Fertilizer March 2003.xls d34S data for commercial fertilizer S sources
- hc_2002.xls Initial (2002) pine tree measurement data - Holy Cross
- kc_2002.xls Initial (2002) pine tree measurement data - Kenneth Creek
Data sets associated with the Arocena & Sanborn 1999 regional soil mineralogy study:
- S234FINL.XLS [data report for mineral horizons from MoF Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, June 20 1996]
- S235FINL.XLS [data report for organic horizons from MoF Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, June 20 1996]
- SAMPLIST.XLS [conversion table for sample numbers used in MoF lab data reports]
- Fe Al extractions.xlsx [assembled from lab data report by L. Arocena for oxalate & dithionite extractions; pyrophosphate extraction data from MoF lab]
- MINSTUDY.XLS [consolidated lab data for organic & mineral horizons, except for BaCl2 exchangeable cations]
- MINCEC.XLS [BaCl2 exchangeable cations & Morgan’s extraction for organic & mineral horizons]
File contains photocopies of a study on seed production in coniferous trees for a period over 7 years.
File contains studies of scattered plantation trials throughout the area, which includes Summit Lake, Giscome, Buckhorn Lake, Groundbirch, Aleza lake, and Pinchi Lake.
File contains photocopies of handwritten notes and measurement charts, correspondence regarding various administrative concerns, and research project reports.
File contains photcopies of progress reports, the final study on the project, maps of the studied plot, and measurement tables.
This 3.5" floppy contains the following EP 1148 .TXT data sets from 1995-1997:
- sbsapc.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce" Intact soil cores
- sbsbd.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce" Bulk density mineral soil 0-20cm
- sbsffc.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, Sub-boreal Spruce" SBS forest floor bulk density and mass3
- sbsfc.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, Sub-boreal spruce" SBS forest floor chemistry
- sbsmc.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, Sub-boreal Spruce sites" SBS mineral soil chemistry
- sbskgff.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-boreal spruce zone" SBS forest floor nutrient mass in kg/ha
- sbskgmm.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-boreal spruce" SBS mineral nutrient mass in kg/ha
- sbsom.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, SBS" "SBS bole-only treatment, slash levels"
- sbscr.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-boreal spruce zone" Timber cruise of initial stands
- sbshtcr.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, SBS" Age vs height curves - pretreatment data (mature stand)
- sbssi.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce zone" Carmean estimates of site indices for initial stand
- sbstr.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce" Tree measurements
File contains the following data sets:
- S300FINL.XLS [Ministry of Forests lab data report: non-woody forest floor components]
- S301FINL.XLS [Ministry of Forests lab data report: woody forest floor components]
- 660FF97.xls [non-woody and woody forest floor components: mass / unit area (corrected to oven-dry basis)]
- BUCKLIST.xls [table showing internal sample numbers corresponding to lab sample numbers used in MoF lab reports]
File contains orginal and photocopied correspondence relating to silviculture field courses and graphs pertaining to volume and diameter changes.
In July 2009, Dr. Paul Sanborn undertook the first soils field research at the Fort Selkirk volcanic field in central Yukon, with helicopter support and funding from the Yukon Geological Survey. This file includes the following data sets gathered from the research:
- Ft Selkirk 110114069.xls [particle size analysis data, CANTEST]
- S1090final.xlsx [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory]
- S1112final.xlsx [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory]
- Ft Selkirk 2009 soils data (updated Sept 15, 2010 and April 10, 2023).xls [consolidated lab data for all 2009 samples]
File consists of memoranda from Per Saxvik to Bell-Irving regarding "Fraser River Flow Analysis with Reference to Fish Passage Capacity through the Main Fishways at Hell's Gate". Also includes a "Fraser River Canyon Fish Passage Summary Report (June 1988) Updated October 1989" by Per Saxvik of SEP Engineering.
File contains the following data sets:
- BC & Yukon 2008 soils data – compiled.xls [combined chemical & physical data for BC08-06, Y08-39, Y08-41, Y08-43]
- S925finl.xls [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for pedons BC07-03 & BC07-04; also includes data for Y07-06 & Y07-07 (Klutlan Glacier – see associated file note)]
- S979finl(revised) – PS edits.xls [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for BC08-06, Y08-39, Y08-41, Y08-43]
- S994finl_revised.xls [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for BC07-04 (CaCO3-equiv, total & inorganic C, pyrophosphate, oxalate & dithionite extractions) & selected horizons from BC07-07 & BC07-09 (Nazko basaltic soils))
- CANTEST lab report 91010076.pdf [particle size analyses for BC08-06, Y08-39, Y08-41, Y08-43]
- CANTEST lab report 90206003.pdf [particle size analyses for Tuya pedons BC07-03 & BC07-04 & Klutan Glacier pedons Y07-06 & Y07-07]
File consists of thin section micrograph images from the Boreal Cordilleran grassland soils study (2007 & 2008).
File consists of general correspondence concerning various administrative issues and the transfer of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station, newspaper articles, memoranda containing the general history of the Experiment Station, diagrams of timber sales, 1927 logging inspection reports, and an envelope containing biographical sketches of individuals involved in the early history of the Experiment Station.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Cariboo and Northwest Digest publication. Also includes a CD-R that contains Sedgwick's index spreadsheet and accompanying documentation about the publication.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Bill Wade. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Bill Wade.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Earl Lousier and Harry Gairns.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Horst Sander. Also includes photocopies of Horst Sander's personal records, such as a tree farm license.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ivan Andersen.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Jim Burbee.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ray Williston.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with the Perry Family.
File contains handwritten notes and a handwritten memorandum.
File consists of:
- "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes" by John Revel, 2007, 44 p. (3 copies)
File consists of:
- An original final draft of John Revel's problem analysis entitled "Silviculture in Spruce-Alpine Fir Types in the North Central Interior of British Columbia" for E.P. 639 with the Research Division of the BC Forest Service.