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Subseries consists of publications, manuscripts, and drafts of worked written, co-written, or edited by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career. Also includes conference proceedings that contain contributions by G. Gary Runka.

Item is an original copy of "Soil Resources of the Smithers-Hazelton Area" by G.G. Runka at the Soil Survey Division, BC Department of Agriculture. Includes two accompanying maps.

Subseries includes works collected by G. Gary Runka. Runka collected a comprehensive resource library of publications, reports, and rare grey literature that reflected the depth and breadth of natural resource issues in British Columbia. Material from this resource library was intrinsically tied to Runka's work; selected unique items from the resource library are contained within this sub-series to contextualize the scope of land management issues.

Item is a reproduction of a draft "Fort Nelson Land and Resource Management Plan", accompanied by an original 1997 "Fort Nelson L.R.M.P. Plan Area" map produced by BC Ministry of Forests for the Fort Nelson LRMP Working Group.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Corporation of the Township of Richmond for the "Preparation of Background Agriculture Study for Community Plan" project in Richmond. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #107; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes:

• Township of Richmond Planning Department, "The Richmond Official Community Plan", Sept. 1986
• Township of Richmond Planning Department, "Official Community Plan Issue Paper No. 3 - Agricultural Issues", Sept. 1984.

3 duplicate copies available.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for B.C. Women's Institutes for the "Site C - Environmental Impact Statement Technical Review" project in Site C. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #671; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Also includes an oversize bound map book by BC Hydro entitled "Preliminary Impact Lines and Preferred Highway 29 Realignments Maps" for the Site C project, published April 2012.

File consists of Gary Runka's records during his roles as general manager of the BC Land Commission (appointed 1973) and as the chairman of the Agricultural Land Commission (1975-1978) during its formative years. Includes correspondence, reports, informational material, and maps. Highlights include:

• A statement by Gordan Gram delivered 30 March 1976 entitled "Land Commission: Acquisition and Land Management"
• "Brief to the Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation" submitted by the B.C. Land Commission (29 April 1976)
• "Possibilities for Improved Land Management of Class 4 Lands in ALR: A Report to the British Columbia Land Commission" by Terence Lewis (12 Dec. 1975)
• Newspaper articles about the Commission's work and Runka's departure in 1978
• "Script for: Saving the Land - Bernholtz Study Project - A Slide Tape Presentation"
• "Green Paper on Planning for Agriculture: Food Land Guidelines" from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1977)
• "Where Have the Farm Lands Gone?" pamphlet (1979)
• "Official Regional, Settlement, Community Plan Project 1978-1979"
• "Preserving Agricultural Land: Guidelines for Action" booklet (1978)
• Gary Runka's 1978 resignation letter

Maps include:

• Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, East Kootenay Regional District", map no. 82K/9, base sheet 16 of 17, last amended July 1994.
• Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, East Kootenay Regional District", map no. 82G/12, base sheet 8 of 17, last amended Oct. 1995.
• Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, Thompson-Nicola Regional District", map no. 92L/1, base sheet 14 of 43, original dated August 1974.
• Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, Thompson-Nicola Regional District", map no. 92L/2, base sheet 15 of 43, last amended Oct. 1998.
• Reproduction of B.C. Land Inventory (C.L.I.) base map 82E/3 showing Agricultural Land Reserve Boundary in the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, amended to July 1996.
• Reproduction of B.C. Land Inventory (C.L.I.) base map 82E/6 showing Agricultural Land Reserve Boundary in the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, originally dated February 1974.
• Reproduction of B.C. Land Inventory (C.L.I.) base map 82E/12 showing Agricultural Land Reserve Boundary in the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, amended to Oct. 1995.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Canoe Creek Indian Band for the "Overview of Issues and Concerns Related to Transmission Line Corridor Component" project in Dog Creek. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #650; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 2 accompanying DVDs.

Maps include:

• Reproduction of NTS map Bambrick Creek 92-O/11 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
• Reproduction of NTS map Mount Alex 92-O/10 Edition 3 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
• Reproduction of NTS map Gustafsen Lake 92-P/12 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
• Reproduction of NTS map Dog Creek 92-O/9 Edition 3 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
• Reproduction of NTS map Mount Tatlow 92-O/5 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
• Reproduction of NTS map Elkin Creek 92-O/12 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
• Jacques Whitford - AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project, "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography Series 1" draft map, August 2008 (revision #2).
• Jacques Whitford - AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project, "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography Series 2" draft map, August 2008 (revision #2).
• Jacques Whitford - AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project, "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography Series 3" draft map, August 2008 (revision #2).
• Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Natural Resources Department, untitled map showing reserves and transmission corridor, scale 1:26,779, May 2009.
• Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Natural Resources Department, untitled map showing reserves and transmission corridor and transmission line, scale 1:35,705, May 2009.
• Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Natural Resources Department, untitled map showing reserves and transmission corridor, scale 1:63,476, May 2009.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management for the "Facilitation and Mediation of Central Coast Land and Resource Management Plan" project in Central Coast. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #578; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

• BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Decision Support Services for Treaty Negotiations Office, "Central Coast LRMP", Nov. 2003.
• Nature Conservancy Canada, "Bella Coola Valley CIT Input and Analysis", Dec. 2005.

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.

Map depicts forest and non-forest land on Vancouver Island.

Photocopied map depicts mineral and coal mining properties in north western British Columbia.

Series consists of maps, technical drawings, and other oversize material collected by Gary Runka that are not associated with specific Land Sense Ltd. client jobs.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining for the "Overview of Potential Land Use Conflicts related to Proposed Uranium Mining in British Columbia" project in Okanagan-Kettle Valley and Birch Island. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #021; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following reports:

• G. Gary Runka, "Overview - Potential Land Use Conflicts: Proposed Uranium Mining - for Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection Uranium Mining", March 1980
• Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection Uranium Mining, "First Interim Report on Uranium Exploration of the Commissioners", April 1979.

Maps include:

• "Prairie Creek Flats (Summerland) Auger Holes with Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
• "Prairie Creek Flats (Dale Meadows) Post Glacial Uranium Deposit, Summerland, BC", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Oct. 1979 - 3 copies;
• "Sinkhole Pond Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
• "Oliver Property, North Wow Lake Area, Auger Sections", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Aug. 1979 ;
• "Brent Flat & Swamp Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
• "Meyers Flat & Swamp Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
• "Sinking Pong & Flats Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
• "Oliver Property, South Wow Lake Area, Auger Sections", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
• "Distribution of Uranium Exploration Mineral Claims and Radioactive Occurrences", BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources adapted by Talisman Graphics, n.d. ;
• "Uranium Exploration Sites in BC", BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources adapted by Talisman Graphics, n.d.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Environment Canada, Lands Directorate for the "Okanagan Fruitlands: The Location, Nature, Amount and Rate of Land Use Change (Report to Accompany Land Use Change Maps)" project in Penticton South. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #065; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes map:

• "Okanagan Fruitlands Study - Land Converted to Built-up Uses 1958-1981; Agricultural Land Reserves and Built-Up Uses in 1981; Land Use in 1981", [1982?]

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing for the "Moberly DPA" project in Fort St. John. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #079; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

• "Moberly River" NTS map annotated with Soils & Landforms;
• "Moberly Crown Land Plan Area - Land Capability for Agriculture Interpretation" by G. G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., 1982;
• "Hudson Hope" 1964 NTS map annotated with Soils & Landforms;
• "Moberly Crown Land Plan Area", n.d. - 2 copies;
• "Climate Capability for Agriculture 94A-SW", 1970.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Richmond Landfill Ltd. for the "Assessment of Land Use Opportunities and Conflicts" project in Richmond. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #112; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

• "Fraser Richmond" showing legal lots, Fraser River Harbour Commission, May 1980 ;
• "Posting Plan of Portion of Sections 10, 15, 22, 27 and 28, Block 4 North; Range 5 West, New Westminster District", Crockford, Scobbie & Associates Surveyors & Engineers, Jan. 1977.