Item is a typescript by J.C. Hertherington and R.C. Kowall entitled "Land Capability for Forestry: A Report to the British Columbia Forest Service by the Canada Land Inventory Staff - East Kootenay (Region 13)".
Item is an original article reprint by G.S. Swinnerton from BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Technical Bulletin No. 30 on Land Capability Classification entitled "Land Classification and Environmental Planning".
This presentation transcript accompanies the 1973 BC Land Commission photographic slide and audio tape set entitled "Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Reserve Plan" that was used in original public hearings throughout the province. The presentation was given by Bill Lane, BC Land Commission Chair, and Gary Runka, BC Land Commission General Manager.
Item is an original unbound copy of "Land Productivity in British Columbia" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.
Item is an original report prepared by Salasan Associates Inc. & Erlandson and Associates for the Forest Resources Commission entitled "Land Use Planning System for British Columbia".
Item is an original copy of "Lands of the East Kootenay: Their characteristics and capability for agriculture and forestry - Report to the B.C. Soil Capability for Agriculture and Forestry Committee", a co-operative interim report comprising sections and maps, compiled by G. G. Runka, Soils Division, BC Department of Agriculture. Other authors include J.R. Jungen, T. Lewis, J.R. Marshall, M.J. Romaine, J. van Barneveld, and U. Wittneben.
Item is a report entitled "Landscaped Buffer Investigation" a summary prepared by BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the Land Reserve Commission.
Item is an original copy of the 1998 reprint of "Landscaped Buffer Specifications" by the Agricultural Land Commission.
Item is a copy of "Lil'wat Land Use Plan: Phase 1".
Slide depicts a close up of a lion lying on wood shavings in an enclosed area. The photograph was taken in Kaleden, BC. Original slide index description: "lion, Kaleden."
Slide depicts a close up of a llama eating hay. The photograph was taken in Kaleden, BC. Original slide index description: "Llama, Kaleden."
Area covered: Howe Sound to Maple Ridge/Langley / Coquitlam Lake to international boundary.
Shows: lost streams & shores; existing streams & shores; existing freshwater bodies of water; roads; municipalities.
Verso: Stewarding our local streams; Stream stories; text; illustrations.
Contemporary stream information from TRIM program.
Item is an original copy of "Making a Difference: The Canada Land Inventory" Fact Sheet 88-5 by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada.
Item is an original BC Department of Agriculture publication entitled "Management and Improvement of Meadows on Organic Soils of Interior British Columbia".
Item is a copy of "Management Strategy for the Driftwood-Reiseter Planning Area".
Item is an original copy of the "Manitoba Land Use Conference Proceedings" on March 11-12, 1981 in Winnipeg. Gary Runka presented on his paper, "Expanding Needs from a Finite Resource: The Necessity for Sound Land Use Planning".
Item is a draft of J.W. Schwab's paper for the 10th BC Soil Science Workshop (February 20-21, 1986) entitled "Mass Wasting Impacts to Forest Land: Forest Management Implication, Queen Charlotte Islands".
Item is an original copy of "Methodology - Land Capability for Agriculture - B.C. Land Inventory (CLI)" by G.G. Runka at the Soil Survey Division, BC Department of Agriculture.
Photocopied map depicts mineral and coal mining properties in north western British Columbia.
Item is a photocopied version of the "Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Province of British Columbia, Cattle Drives on Highways - Draft Policy" by Lorne M. Holowachuk, BC Highway Safety Branch.
Slide depicts Mission Flats from South East Kelowna. Photograph taken from an empty field and depicts a developed field and a wooden house. Mountains and the Okanagan Lake can be seen in the background. Original slide index description: "Mission Flats from SE Kel."
Item is an original copy of "Moran Dam Environmental Analysis" by the Cariboo Land Capability Analysis Committee and Intersector Special Study Committee of the British Columbia Canada Land Inventory. The committee members were A. Bedwany, D. Benn, D. Blower, R. Marshall, and G. Runka. Includes 24 original colour photographic prints pasted into the report.
Slide depicts orchards surrounding Mount Boucherie. The Okanagan Lake and mountains can be seen in the background. Original slide index description: "Orchards & sunflowers from Mt. Boucherie."
Item is an original booklet by BC Cattlemen's Association entitled "Munching the Myths: a Factual Account of the Beef Cattle Industry in British Columbia".
Item is an original copy of "Non-Farmland with Long Term Urban Potential in the Lower Mainland" by the BC Agricultural Land Commission.
Item is an original copy of "Non-Farmland with Long Term Urban Potential in the South Okanagan" by the BC Agricultural Land Commission.
Item is a copy of the "North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA)" presentation to Cornell University Water Resources Center, Ithaca, New York by Roland P. Kelly, Edward R. Trapnell, and Ralph M. Parsons Company.
Photograph depicts the North Peace High School Class of 1957 of Fort St. John. G. Gary Runka is the third from the left, back row. Other individuals are unidentified.
Item is a photocopied draft of the Northern Wetlands Research Project Final Report by P. Lynch-Stewart, B. Heli & D. Ouimet for Lands Directorate, Environment Canada.
Item is a newsletter entitled "Old Growth: What is at stake?".
Item is an original copy of "On Nature's Terms" by the Fur Institute of Canada.
Item is an original BC Wild booklet entitled "Overcutting the Chilcotin: Putting at Risk Southern BC's Great Caribou Herd".
Slide depicts a close up of two peach trees blossoming in someone's yard. Original slide index description: "Close up of Peach Blossoms, Casa Loma."
Slide depicts peach trees blossoming in an orchard. Original slide index description: "Peach blossoms Casa Loma."
Slide depicts a close up of peach blossoms on a branch. Original slide index description: "Peach blossoms Shanboolard."
Slide depicts peach trees blossoming in an orchard. Original slide index description: "Peach blossoms Shanboolard."
Slide depicts peach trees blossoming in an orchard. Original slide index description: "Peach blossoms Lakeview Heights."
Item is an original copy of Gary Runka's undergraduate essay submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in the Department of Soil Science at the University of British Columbia, entitled "Physical and Chemical Properties of Soils related to the Construction and Maintenance of Playing Fields".
Item is an original copy of "Planning for Agriculture" by Barry E. Smith, Policy Planner for the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.
Item is an original copy of "Planning for Agriculture - Resource Materials" by Barry E. Smith, Policy Planner for the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission.
Item is a summary of Alastair McLean's thesis entitled "Plant Communities of the Similkameen Valley, British Columbia and their Relationships to Soils".
Photograph is a formal portrait of Gary Runka.