File contains a brochure, a 1993 solid waste management plan, a 1996 Forest Practices policy handbook, and a 1996 draft of the Prince George Land and Resource Management Plan.
File contains original and photocopied drafts of working plans and drafts, planning projects, original amendments to special use permits, handwritten notes, related correspondence, and photocopied maps.
Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows Aleza Lake Research Forest Management Compartments and Administrative Boundaries. Map is 1 of 6. Map shows the Aleza Lake Ecological Reserve, Natural Forest Reserve, the Special Management Area, and Riparian Management Research Area.
File consists of correspondence between Michael Jull, Research Silviculturist, and potential contractors, regarding proposals for the 1993 and 1994 remeasurement of Aleza Lake Growth and Yield Permanent Sample Plots.
File contains an original informational brochure on ecological reserves in British Columbia and correspondence relating to the transfer of the Aleza Lake Research Forest to a university research forest.
Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows Aleza Lake Research Forest Research Trials and Permanent Plots. Map is 2 of 6. Map shows permanent plot locations, historical timber sales areas, demonstration areas, and research plots.
Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows Aleza Lake Research Forest site series classification. Shows ecosystem types that encompass the SBSwk1 Subzone of the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows Aleza Lake Research Forest Terrain Resource Inventory Mapping (TRIM). Depicts roads, area boundaries, swamps, streams, marshes, contour lines and index lines.
Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows Aleza Lake Research Forest terrain themes. Map is 6 of 6. Map shows the following types of terrain units: typic, slope, percipitous, gullied, hummocky, rocky, alluvial, and organic. Ecosystem classification and mapping by Oikos Ecological Services Ltd.
File contains a trail guide, a report on potential trail building, and related maps.
File contains trail guide brochures, a 1931 original copy of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station statement of its purpose and development, and other forest related brochures and books.
Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows an Aleza Lake Research Forest TRIM Base Map. Map is 4 of 6. Map shows the following: roads, old roads, buildings, rail line, transmission line, definite streams, intermittent streams, indefinite streams, marshes, swamps, lakes, wooded area boundaries, intermediate contour lines (20m intervals), and index contour lines (100m intervals).
File contains plot summaries of selected permanent sample plots, correspondence regarding field courses, records of management committee meetings from 1991 and 1990, documents and correspondence pertaining to the re-opening of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, partial cutting summaries, research proposals and studies, cost and revenues documents, a 1961 biography on Percy Barr, charts covering remeasurements of permanent sample plots, hand written correspondence from 1990 discussing the history of marking crews, and a brief history of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
File contains various documents pertaining to the history of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station, correspondence regarding various administrative issues and research projects ranging from 1972 to 1996, field notes, 1996 meeting minutes, memoranda containing details on the management and preservation of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, various reports on research projects, 1987 permits, field notes, a 1970 working plan, and 6 colour photographs of the Aleza Lake Garbage Dump.
Map reflects forest type boundary line, bogs and swampy non-forested areas, creeks, lakes, rivers, tree species labels of spruce, balsam, and birch, stand descriptions, historical timber sale boundaries, stand history symbol, gravelled secondary roads, unimproved old roads, management compartment boundary, research forest boundary, ecological reserve boundary, and old growth emphasis areas.
Map reflects forest type boundary line, bogs and swampy non-forested areas, creeks, lakes, rivers, tree species labels of spruce, balsam, and birch, stand descriptions, historical timber sale boundaries, stand history symbol, gravelled secondary roads, unimproved old roads, management compartment boundary, research forest boundary, ecological reserve boundary, and old growth emphasis areas.
Map reflects forest type boundary line, bogs and swampy non-forested areas, creeks, lakes, rivers, tree species labels of spruce, balsam, and birch, stand descriptions, historical timber sale boundaries, stand history symbol, gravelled secondary roads, unimproved old roads, management compartment boundary, research forest boundary, ecological reserve boundary, and old growth emphasis areas.
Contains significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to forestry research and forest management practices in Central British Columbia from the 1920s to the 1980s with the bulk of the materials dating from 1924 to 1963. Includes early surveys and descriptions of the Upper Fraser area, early maps and plans of the Research Forest, and historical meteorological registers from the area. Also includes unpublished scientific reports, communications, administrative and technical reports, timber sale records, and general forestry related reports and publications. Photographs include images of the Experimental Station dating from its inception and images of the Young Men's Forestry Training Program situated at Aleza Lake in 1936. Research records include experimental plot files that contain field notebooks dating from 1928 to 1958 which note locations of the experimental plots as well as sample plots from the surrounding areas of Hutton, Penny, and Foreman. The field notebooks also record growth and mortality data of white spruce balsam from 1928 to 1958 and soil types. The fonds also contains some records related to the re-emergence of the Aleza Lake Research Forest (ALRF) in the 1980s and 1990s.
Aleza Lake Research ForestMaps reflect reserve boundary, roads, trails, 20 feet contour intervals, air photo centre, declination, swamps, and mile post.
Map reflects boundaries for the Aleza Lake Experiment Station, permanent sample plots, timber sales locations, and the Ecological Reserve.
File contains charts consisting of the remeasurements of the basal area and cut stump data in permanent sample plots.
File contains handwritten journal lists of remeasured permanent sample plots and charts of remeasured permanent sample plots.
File contains research project reports and charts of remeasured permanent sample plots.
File contains typed file notes and charts of remeasured experimental plots, as well as a floppy disk
Large scale map shows Aleza Lake Research Forest permanent sample plot 103. Includes information about live and dead trees and their species (spruce, balsam, birch, douglas fir). Also includes remeasurement history. Plot 103 was established in 1926 and is an unlogged, old growth, uneven aged, spruce-balsam stand.
Large scale map shows Aleza Lake Research Forest permanent sample plot 112. Includes information about live and dead trees and their species (spruce, balsam, birch, douglas fir). Also includes remeasurement history. Plot 112 was established in 1926 and is an unlogged, old growth, uneven aged, spruce-balsam stand.
File contains official government reports on tree types, correspondence regarding research proposals, and working plans.
Item is a computer print-out of PSP data from Aleza Lake Research Forest.
No caption provided with photograph. Photographic negative depicts the Aleza Lake Research Forest Re-Opening Ceremony on July 9, 1992.
File contains road reconstruction project reports, photocopies of invoices and work orders, records of daily costs, photocopies of hired equipment daily time reports, related correspondence, and maps.
File consists of chainsaw-cut stump data in selected plots for June and July 1993 and May 1994.
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.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a 3.5" floppy labelled "Aleza Lake Stem Map Data – AutoCAD Release 14 – Northline 1998". Floppy contains the following file: mofcopy.dwg.
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.