Image depicts an unidentified man in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.
Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.
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.
This item is believed to be the program for the first agricultural fair in Fort George. This annual fair evolved to become what is now Prince George's British Columbia Northern Exhibition (BCNE).
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "20. Vegetable Garden growing every kind of vegetable near Ft. Fraser." Photograph depicts rows within a vegetable garden. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Floppy consists of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file records for jobs.
Floppy directories and file listing:
- DSF-ALR-final3 (1).pdf
Item is a photocopied reproduction of "Forever Farmland: Reshaping the Agricultural Land Reserve for the 21st Century" by C. Campbell for the David Suzuki Foundation.
Footage of deer fawns eating grass and apples, and landscape shots of mountains and cornfields.
Possible areas of filming include the Atnarko or Chilcotin regions.
Item is a 1967 published lecture by Dr. C.F. Bentley entitled "Food for All: Can Agriculture Provide?" for the Agricultural Institute of Canada Centennial Lecture in Quebec.
Item is an original 1967 comic book published by the Soil Conservation Society of America entitled "Food and the Land: The Role of Soil and Water Conservation in the World Food Crisis".
Subseries consists of digital records created by Gary Runka and Joan Sawicki in the course of their personal lives, Land Sense Ltd. business, and professional careers. Records consist of correspondence, invoices, reports, tables, faxes, quotes, and other documents. Also includes some digital map and image files. The majority of these records are directly tied to Land Sense Ltd. client files (Series 2020.4.6) and likely represent the digital originals of some of the files represented within that Client Files Series.
Firewood pile in left foreground. Buggy, wood house, and porch in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Wishing Aunt Lillian + Uncle Alan a very Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Please do not criticize the stitches too closely Aunt Lillian. These snaps are some of part of my flock of 102 this year. These were snapped about a week before Thanksgiving. All the birds you see are this year's hatch. Some of them dressed 17 1/2 + 18 lbs at Thanksgiving. With love from Jean."
Barbed wire fence in foreground, shed in background.
Turkeys in foreground, shed in background.
Item is an original reprint from Canadian Fisheries Annual 1963 by Dr. J.L. Kask (Fisheries Research Board of Canada) entitled "Fisheries in the Year 2000".
Item is a photocopied version of the "First Nations Integrated Resource Management Discussion Paper" submitted by Integrated Resource Use Planning Committee to Outdoor Recreation Council of BC.
This CD-ROM contains the digital publication, "First Nations Environmental Assessment Toolkit" in PDF format prepared by First Nations Environmental Assessment Technical Working Group.
Item is a draft typescript of "Field Party Report on Land Capability Studies British Columbia" by D.S. Lacate, J.W.C. Arlidge, M.J. Floate, E. Mackintosh, P.N. Sprout, and G. Runka (B.C. Department of Agriculture).
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "81. Field of Oats and Potatoes near Fort Fraser." Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Photograph depicts farmstead in cleared area of forest. Plowed and fenced area on left, buildings and firewood on right.
Image depicts a street, possibly in Kamloops, which has been closed for a Sunday morning Farmer's Market.
Photograph depicts snowy area speculated to be a farm yard in foreground. Frozen water crosses midground, opposite shore in distance.
Photograph depicts two horses in one of many fenced areas, buildings and machinery in background. Highway, house, and forest also visible in distance.
Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.
Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts what appears to be a farm at an uncertain location.
Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location; possibly somewhere in the McGregor Valley.
Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.
Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.
Image depicts a farm at an unknown location.
Item is an original typescript of a BC Department of Agriculture report entitled "Factors that Contribute to Successful and Profitable Bulb Culture".
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.
Image depicts a view of an experimental farm, possibly taken from Tabor Mountain.
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Expanding Needs from a Finite Resource: the Necessity for Sound Land Use Planning" for the Manitoba Land Use Conference Land User for the 80's - Private Rights and Public Interests, March 11 & 12,1981.
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"The conference theme of "Private Rights and Public Interests" is one that GGR often turned to. In this fairly lengthy speech GGR pulls together, in one paper, many of the themes and positions he has turned to in other speeches. He explains the 'land and water maze' and lists 12 uses competing for limited land and water resources. It is noted that the imbalance between agriculture vs urban uses, due to urban uses commanding much higher values resulting in agriculture finding itself in a defensive position, is discussed.
As the conference theme enunciates - GGR explores the tug-of-war between the myth of limitless land and community needs vs property rights and the fallacy that individual land use decisions do not impact the larger community. GGR emphasises the slowness of changing attitudes and the even slower political response and policy change. The confusion of jurisdiction concerning what level of government is best positioned to deal with resources issues is considered. GGR emphasizes the need to plan the use of land resources in an integrated and comprehensive fashion and the need for shared decision making.
Policy 3 of Manitoba's Regulation #217/80 - "Rural residential development should not be thought of, nor normally planned, as an evolutionary step from a rural landscape to an urban development" is noted. It is emphasized that the planning process has to catch up with the rural reality.
Central message - the importance of planning land and water use must be in keeping with the natural characteristics of the land and the needs and values of the local community. This latter point is of interest from the point of view that local community values and plans may dash with provincial values or policy."
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.
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.
This CD-ROM contains a Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection "Environmental Best Management Practices for Urban and Rural Land Development" working draft in PDF format.
Item is an original booklet by Terry R. Chantler of SPEC, the Canadian Scientific Pollution and Environmental Control Society, entitled "Energy... and Us".
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Effects of Urban Decision Making on Rural Issues".
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"The introduction begins by stating that urban-oriented people are making decisions that impact on rural issues and land / people relationships. This paper provides a perspective largely from a rural point of view although, at the very end it is concluded that people in rural areas are often unaware of the dynamics of urban needs and priorities.
While the examples of urban influences on rural areas are too numerous to comprehensively outline even in a 16 page speech, GGR does cover a lot of ground in this regard in the paper. He feels that through careful planning built on understanding we can, as a society, achieve a comfortable balance.
The question is asked, who is rural and who is urban - there is a degree of blurring. The paper considers urban decision-making in the broadest context - whether political, economic or social.
The paper is broken into a consideration of urban decision making and its effects on rural areas from a number of points of view - (1) Political; (2) Economic; and (3) Lifestyle.
It is noted that there is a need for greater understanding of agriculture from both a rural and urban point of view and the spin-offs of food and fibre production in providing jobs in the urban community is not widely recognized by urban citizens or elected officials.
As the number of urbanites take up residence in rural areas their power at the local ballot box also increases. Three examples of urban decision making on rural issues are explored including:
(1) The "Killer" Mall;
(2) The "Suburban" Horse; and
(3) Soil Conservation.
Interdependence is specifically emphasized - there is seldom any decision taken that does not impact to some degree somewhere else along the urban-rural continuum."
Item is an original copy of "Ecosystem-Based Planning: A Practical Tool" by Silva Forest Foundation.
Item is a copy of "Ecology and Food Production" (Vol. 4, No. 14), 1972.
Image depicts a small farm located in Dome Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a horse and a barn in Dome Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a farmhouse in Dome Creek, B.C.
This CD-ROM contains a backup of Gary Runka's business and personal digital records. Includes records relating to client jobs, Land Sense Ltd. company records, brochures, invoices, correspondence, drafts, reports, and other documents. Includes digital records for client files 593, 594, 595, 596, 598, 600, 601, 602, 604, 606, 623, 626, 628, 630, 633, 644, and 649, among others.
This CD-ROM contains a backup of Gary Runka's and Joan Sawicki's business and personal digital records. Includes records relating to client jobs, Land Sense Ltd. company records, brochures, invoices, correspondence, drafts, reports, and other documents. Includes digital records for client files 593, 594, 595, 596, 598, 600, 601, 602, 604, 606, 623, 626, 628, 630, 633, 644, and 649, among others.
This CD-ROM contains a backup of Gary Runka's and Joan Sawicki's business and personal digital records. Includes records relating to client jobs, Land Sense Ltd. company records, brochures, invoices, correspondence, drafts, reports, and other documents. Includes digital records for client files 568, 587, 590, 601, 615, 622, 626, among others.