File consists of the "Annual Report 2002-2003: In Pursuit of Sustainable Forest Management."

File consists of "the McGregor Model Forest Association: A Defining Document" July 2003.

File consists of the "Canada's Model Forest Program: Advancing Sustainable Forest Management from the Ground Up."

File consists of "Creating a Balance: Sustainable Resource Management in British Columbia" created by the Integrated Resource Management Business Group.

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Slims River delta
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Print roll 5, #1-3 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #15-14)

Grizzly bear
Date: August 12, 2003
(beside Cultus Bay Rd.; location not recorded)
Print roll 5, #6-7

Y03-08 (Cultus Bay Rd. – at top of switchbacks)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 3’ 43.1” N, 138° 21’ 4.0” W, 833.8 m asl (± 5.1 m)
Site Description: good exposure of loess (35 cm) with Slims Soil over glaciofluvial terrace – pinches out downslope [note: this site was sampled because of development of buried paleosol, and was not part of biological crust study by Marsh et al. (2006)]
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-08-01 - 45-48 cm - Ahkb (7.5YR 3/3 d; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-08-02 - 48-56 cm - Bmkb (7.5YR 4/3 d; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-08-03 - 56-70 cm - Ccab (2.5Y 5/2 d; strongly effervescent)
• (not sampled) - 70 cm+ - IICca (glaciofluvial; strongly effervescent)
• Intact sample: 56-36 cm - depth (including Slims Soil)
  Print roll 5, #8-10, 17-18 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #13-11, 5-4)

Y03-09 (cliff top on E. shore of Kluane L. at Christmas Bay)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 0.0” N, 138° 22’ 35.3” W, 828.3 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: ~ 60 cm loess over glaciofluvial gravels
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-09-01 - Nostoc crust
• Y03-09-02 - Tortula ruralis – Cetraria crust
• Y03-09-03 - 0-14 cm - ACk (10YR 3\2 d)
• Y03-09-04 - 14-16 cm - Ahkb1 (10YR 2/2 d)
• Y03-09-05 - 16-18 cm - Ck1 (10YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-06 - 18-20 cm - Ahkb2 (10YR 3/2 d; discontinuous)
• Y03-09-07 - 20-27 cm - Bmkb1 (10YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-08 - 27-33 cm - Bmkb2 (7.5YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-09 - 33-46 cm - Bmkb3 (10YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-10 - 46-55 cm - Ck2 (2.5Y 5/3 d)
• (not sampled) - 55-60 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels)
  Print roll 5, #11-15 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #10-6)

Y03-10 (shore bluff N. of Silver City)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 55.0” N, 138° 23’ 17.2” W, 806.7 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: 70% slope, SW aspect; vegetation: Elymus, Carex, Artemisia, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-10-01 - Crust
• Y03-10-02 - 0-18 cm - ACk (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-10-03 - 18-25 cm - Ahkb(?) (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-10-04 - 25-40 cm - Ck (2.5Y 5/2.5 m; strongly effervescent)
• (not sampled) - 40 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels; strongly effervescent)
  Print roll 5, #19-22 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #3-1)

Silver City ghost town (location not recorded)
Date: August 12, 2003
Print roll 5, #23-24

Y03-11 (Silver City road section)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 3.6” N, 138° 22’ 48.8” W, 806.7 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: roadcut through SW-facing hill exposes loess over glaciofluvial gravel, with 4 paleosols in colluviated loess
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-11-01 - 0-18 cm - ACk (fresh loess)
• Y03-11-02 - 18-47 cm - Soil 1 – Bmk
• Y03-11-03 - 47-100 cm - Loess
• Y03-11-04 - 100-110 cm - Soil 2 – includes charcoal
• Y03-11-05 - 110-160 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
• Y03-11-06 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Ahk with charcoal
• Y03-11-07 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Bmk
• Y03-11-08 - 170-198 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
• Y03-11-09 - 198-202 cm - Soil 4 – Ahk – laterally continuous for ~ 1.5 m
• Y03-11-10 - 202-230 cm - Loess with secondary carbonates in roots
• Y03-11-11 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Ahk – includes abundant charcoal bands
• Y03-11-12 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Bmk – infilled squirrel burrows immediately below
• Y03-11-13 - 255-300 cm+ - Loess
  Additional notes on modern soil & paleosols:
  Soil 1
• consists of Bmk horizon material with 2 distinct colours: 7.5YR 4/3 d & 10YR 4/3 d
• loess between Soils 1 & 3 is sandier
  Soil 2
• 90% Ahk material, 2-10 cm thick
• Ahk – 10YR 3/2 d
• Bmk – 7.5YR 4/2 d
• less abundant carbonate than in paleosols & loess below
  Soil 3 - most of exposure has Ahk (2-5 cm thick) over Bmk (4-10 cm thick), with carbonates as for Soil 5
  Soil 4 - mostly Ahk (10YR 3/2 d) material 2-8 cm thick, some Bmk (10YR 4/2 d) < 2 cm thick, with carbonates as for Soil 5
  Soil 5
• complex intermixing of Ahk & Bmk material, charcoal most abundant in Ahk
• individual colour bands 2-10 cm thick
• overall dip of horizons (10° to W) is parallel to surface
• similar size & density of secondary carbonates as in loess above & below; associated with root channels, < 5 mm diameter, covering ~ 5% of surface
  Print roll 5, #26-30 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 4, #36-32)

File consists of correspondence and proposals relating to various Aleza Lake Research Forest projects.

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Y03-06
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 1.5” N, 138° 21’ 57.4” W, 825.3 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: top of slope, E aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-06-01 - Crust
• Y03-06-02 - 0-6 cm - Ahk (10YR 3/2 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-06-03 - 6-14 cm - Bmk (2.5Y 3/3 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-06-04 - 14 cm+ - IICk (strongly effervescent)
  Slide roll 3 #36-35 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #1-2)

Y03-07 (peninsula near Kluane visitor centre, Sheep Mt.)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 42.8” N, 138° 29’ 36.2” W, 786.7 m asl (± 5.7 m)
Site Description:

• recent (?) landslide with loess accumulation in pockets, thinner on boulder surfaces, dominated by dark cyanobacteria crusts
• limited loess accumulation due to exposure of site
• crust is calcareous at surface
  Sample Depths & Descriptions:
• Y03-07-01 - Crust
• Y03-07-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck
• Y03-07-03 - 6-9 cm - Ahkb
• Y03-07-03 - 9 cm+ - Rock
  Slide roll 3 #34-30 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #3-10)

Lower Slims River (lookout knoll at parking lot N of visitor centre)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 56.4” N, 138° 33’ 36.4” W, 844.8 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: some fire disturbance, but lower slopes have more intact crusts on loess (calcareous to surface)
Slide roll 3 #29-26 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #11-17)

Lower Slims R (lowest bench below lookout knoll)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 51.8” N, 138° 33’ 36.2” W, 814.3 m asl (± 7.9 m)
Site Description: not burned; good intact crust; vegetation: A. frigida, Calamogrostis purpurea, Erigeron caespitosus, Linnaea, Carex filifolia (sparse cover ~ 50%)
Slide roll 3, #25-23 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #18-20)

Slims Soil
(Holocene paleosol with well-developed B horizon under Neoglacial calcareous loess – location not recorded, but likely from roadcut exposure along main Slims R trail)
Slides roll 3, #22 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #21)

Lower end of Sheep Creek
Date: August 11, 2003
Misc. views of grassland vegetation and landscape (locations not recorded)
Slides roll 3, #21-18 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #26-33)

Overlook at lower end of Sheep Creek canyon
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 42.2” N, 138° 34’ 38.1” W, 878.0 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: heavy use by sheep (abundant droppings) but still has ~ 50% crust coverage
Slides roll 3, #17-16 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #34-35)

Slims River delta
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Slides roll 3, #15-14: salt efflorescences (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #1-3)

Y03-08 (Cultus Bay Rd. – at top of switchbacks)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 3’ 43.1” N, 138° 21’ 4.0” W, 833.8 m asl (± 5.1 m)
Site Description: good exposure of loess (35 cm) with Slims Soil over glaciofluvial terrace – pinches out downslope [note: this site was sampled because of development of buried paleosol, and was not part of biological crust study by Marsh et al. (2006)]
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-08-01 - 45-48 cm - Ahkb (7.5YR 3/3 d; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-08-02 - 48-56 cm - Bmkb (7.5YR 4/3 d; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-08-03 - 56-70 cm - Ccab (2.5Y 5/2 d; strongly effervescent)
• (not sampled) - 70 cm+ - IICca (glaciofluvial; strongly effervescent)
• Intact sample: 56-36 cm - depth (including Slims Soil)
  Slides roll 3, #13-11, 5-4 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #8-10, 17-18)

Y03-09 (cliff top on E. shore of Kluane L. at Christmas Bay)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 0.0” N, 138° 22’ 35.3” W, 828.3 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: ~ 60 cm loess over glaciofluvial gravels
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-09-01 - Nostoc crust
• Y03-09-02 - Tortula ruralis – Cetraria crust
• Y03-09-03 - 0-14 cm - ACk (10YR 3\2 d)
• Y03-09-04 - 14-16 cm - Ahkb1 (10YR 2/2 d)
• Y03-09-05 - 16-18 cm - Ck1 (10YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-06 - 18-20 cm - Ahkb2 (10YR 3/2 d; discontinuous)
• Y03-09-07 - 20-27 cm - Bmkb1 (10YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-08 - 27-33 cm - Bmkb2 (7.5YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-09 - 33-46 cm - Bmkb3 (10YR 4/3 d)
• Y03-09-10 - 46-55 cm - Ck2 (2.5Y 5/3 d)
• (not sampled) - 55-60 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels)
  Slide roll 3, #10-6 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #11-15)

Y03-10 (shore bluff N. of Silver City)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 55.0” N, 138° 23’ 17.2” W, 806.7 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: 70% slope, SW aspect; vegetation: Elymus, Carex, Artemisia, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-10-01 - Crust
• Y03-10-02 - 0-18 cm - ACk (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-10-03 - 18-25 cm - Ahkb(?) (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-10-04 - 25-40 cm - Ck (2.5Y 5/2.5 m; strongly effervescent)
• (not sampled) - 40 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels; strongly effervescent)
  Slide roll 3, #3-1 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #19-22)

File consists of Kluane Lake photographs from 2003 in digital format.

File consists of records and textual material related to wildlife collected by Grant Hazelwood. Includes journal reprints, reports, and conference papers. Highlights include:

• John Madson and Ed Kozicky, "The Principles of Game Management -- Stocking"
• Ian McTaggart-Cowan, "The Gamble of Game Management"
• R.Y. Edwards and C. David Fowie, "The Concept of Carrying Capacity"
• Maynard M. Nelson, "In Defense of the Sport Hunter" (reproduction)
• V. Geist, "On the Management of Large Mammals in National Parks" (reproduction)
• J. Hatter et al., "Inventory and Evaluation of Wildlife Resources of British Columbia", B.C. Natural Resource Conference Transactions, 1956
• Glen F. Cole, "Population Regulation in Relation to K", paper presented at the annual meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Bozeman, Montana, 22 Feb. 1974
• Patrick W. Martin, "Distribution and Abundance of Big Game Animals in B.C.", 1963
• D. Robinson, "Inventory and Evaluation of Wildlife Resource of British Columbia", B.C. Natural Resource Conference Transactions, [1962?]
• Donald A. Spencer, "Vertebrates: A Resource Needing Management", 1972 (reproduction)
• BC Fish and Wildlife Branch - Department of Recreation and Conservation, "Migration of British Columbia Birds and Mammals" (reproduction)
• BC Fish and Wildlife Branch - Department of Recreation and Conservation, "A Brief History of Game Administration in British Columbia", [1971 or 1972] (reproduction)
• BC Game Department, "Report Re: General game conditions in the Penticton Detachment", 1961 (reproduction)
• R.Y. Edwards, "Wildlife and People in Northern British Columbia", a paper for the 13th BC Resources Conference, 1961
• R.Y Edwards and R.W. Ritcey, "Importance of Environment in Big Game Studies", a paper presented at Ottawa to a technical meeting of Canadian wildlife biologists, 1958
• Richard DeGraaf and Jack Ward Thomas, "Wildlife Habitat in or near Human Settlements", 1976 (reproduction)
• Paul Edgerton and Jack Thomas, "Impacts of Silviculture on Wildlife Habitats in the Blue Mountains", 1977
• P.T. Gregory, "Report on Research on Ecology of Snakes and Frogs in Provincial Parks", [1978 or 1979] (reproduction)
• I.D. Smith, "Alternatives for Wildlife Inventory", 1974 (reproduction)
• Ian Cowan, "Preliminary Study of the Ashnola Herd of California Bighorn Sheep", 1950 (reproduction)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada, "StreamTalk: The Newsletter for Salmonid Enhancement", Vol. 10 No. 3, Spring 2003
• Correspondence between Grant Hazelwood, Parks Biologist, and G.F. Buydens of the Parks Branch "Re: Woodpecker damage to water tank at Sproat Lake Park", 1978

File consists of promotional material created by various groups against Alcan's Kemano Completion Project. Includes pamphlets from Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Rivers Defense Coalition, and the Lake & Stream Biological Habitat Enhancement Society. Also includes a Nechako Environmental Coalition Newsletter, a Wilderness Society Newsletter, Harvey Brooks' "Presentation to the B.C.U.C. on the Kemano Completion Project", a Carrier Sekani Tribal Council news release, and copies of Kemano-related newspaper clippings.

File consists of the "A Sustaining Vision: Sustainable Forest Management in BC's Omineca Region" created by the McGregor Model Forest Association.

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Cultus Bay / Rat Lake
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 09’ 57.1” N, 138° 25’ 25.5” W, 806 m asl (± 6.2 m)
Slides #17-15: Rat Lake area (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #13A-16A)
Slides #14-13: Collema & Psora crusts on exposed ridge on coarser substrate where loess has blown off (Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #17A-19A)

Y03-03 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 3.5” N, 138° 25’ 37.2” W, 798.3 m asl (± 13.0 m)
Site Description: SW aspect, 45% slope; vegetation: Carex filifolia, A. frigida, Elymus trachycaulis
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-03-01 - Crust
• Y03-03-02 - 0-9 cm - Ahk (10YR 4/2 m; weak-moderate, fine granular)
• Y03-03-03 - 9-53 cm+ - Ck (2.5Y 6/3 m; massive)
  Slides #12-10 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #20A-22A)

Y03-04 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 10.5” N, 138° 26’ 3.7” W, 800.2 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: S aspect, 40% slope; vegetation: Elymus, Artemisia, flax, Penstemon, Linum lewisii
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-04-01 - Crust
• Y03-04-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck (strongly effervescent)
• Y03-04-03 - 6-16 cm - Ahkb
• Y03-04-04 -16-75 cm+ - Ck (strongly effervescent; includes Bmk pockets)
  Slides #9-7 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #25A-28A)

Y03-05 (SE of Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 9’ 43.2” N, 138° 25’ 34.8” W, 811.5 m asl (± 8.9 m)
Site Description: upper slope / crest; recent local sandy eolian veneer over older loess; vegetation: Carex, Elymus, Poa, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-05-01 - Crust
• Y03-05-02 - 0-5 cm - Ahk
• Y03-05-03 - 5-19 cm - Ck1
• Y03-05-04 - 19-31 cm - Ahkb (siltier)
• Y03-05-05 - 31-50 cm+ - Ck2
  Slides #6-1 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #34A-#E)

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Y03-11 (Silver City road section)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 3.6” N, 138° 22’ 48.8” W, 806.7 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: roadcut through SW-facing hill exposes loess over glaciofluvial gravel, with 4 paleosols in colluviated loess
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-11-01 - 0-18 cm - ACk (fresh loess)
• Y03-11-02 - 18-47 cm - Soil 1 – Bmk
• Y03-11-03 - 47-100 cm - Loess
• Y03-11-04 - 100-110 cm - Soil 2 – includes charcoal
• Y03-11-05 - 110-160 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
• Y03-11-06 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Ahk with charcoal
• Y03-11-07 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Bmk
• Y03-11-08 - 170-198 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
• Y03-11-09 - 198-202 cm - Soil 4 – Ahk – laterally continuous for ~ 1.5 m
• Y03-11-10 - 202-230 cm - Loess with secondary carbonates in roots
• Y03-11-11 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Ahk – includes abundant charcoal bands
• Y03-11-12 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Bmk – infilled squirrel burrows immediately below
• Y03-11-13 - 255-300 cm+ - Loess
  Additional notes on modern soil & paleosols:
  Soil 1
• consists of Bmk horizon material with 2 distinct colours: 7.5YR 4/3 d & 10YR 4/3 d
• loess between Soils 1 & 3 is sandier
  Soil 2
• 90% Ahk material, 2-10 cm thick
• Ahk – 10YR 3/2 d
• Bmk – 7.5YR 4/2 d
• less abundant carbonate than in paleosols & loess below
  Soil 3 - most of exposure has Ahk (2-5 cm thick) over Bmk (4-10 cm thick), with carbonates as for Soil 5
  Soil 4 - mostly Ahk (10YR 3/2 d) material 2-8 cm thick, some Bmk (10YR 4/2 d) < 2 cm thick, with carbonates as for Soil 5
  Soil 5
• complex intermixing of Ahk & Bmk material, charcoal most abundant in Ahk
• individual colour bands 2-10 cm thick
• overall dip of horizons (10° to W) is parallel to surface
• similar size & density of secondary carbonates as in loess above & below; associated with root channels, < 5 mm diameter, covering ~ 5% of surface
  Slide roll 4, #36-32 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #26-30)

Y03-12 (island off Slims River delta)
Date: August 13, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 9.1” N, 138° 29’ 27.9” W, 819 m asl (± 6.0 m)
Site Description: good grassland development on undulating aeolian veneer over bedrock, SW aspect; vegetation: A. frigida, C. purpurescens, P. glauca, Erigeron, Plantago, Oxytropis; good crust cover, mossy on more northerly aspects
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-12-01 - Crust
• Y03-12-02 - 0-10 cm - ACk
  Slide roll 4, #31-10 (miscellaneous site views of Y03-12 & Slims R delta island)

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Slims River delta
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 00’ 16.5” N, 138° 30’ 45.6” W, 790 m asl (± 11.0 m)
Print roll 3, #5A-6A: delta surface with salt efflorescences (Deschampsia caespitosa, Puchinella nuttalli, Aster siberica, Triglauca palustre); Juncus & Ranunculus on more active surface near river.

7A-9A: moister Deschampsia site, polygonal cracking patterns (W side of highway)

10A-12A: closeups of efflorescences

Cultus Bay / Rat Lake
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 09’ 57.1” N, 138° 25’ 25.5” W, 806 m asl (± 6.2 m)
Slides #17-15: Rat Lake area (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #13A-16A)
Print roll 3, #17A-19A: Collema & Psora crusts on exposed ridge on coarser substrate where loess has blown off (Corresponding slides: Slide Roll 2 #14-13)

Y03-03 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 3.5” N, 138° 25’ 37.2” W, 798.3 m asl (± 13.0 m)
Site Description: SW aspect, 45% slope; vegetation: Carex filifolia, A. frigida, Elymus trachycaulis
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-03-01 - Crust
• Y03-03-02 - 0-9 cm - Ahk (10YR 4/2 m; weak-moderate, fine granular)
• Y03-03-03 - 9-53 cm+ - Ck (2.5Y 6/3 m; massive)
  Print roll 3, #20A-22A (Corresponding slides: Slide Roll 2: #12-10)

Y03-04 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 10.5” N, 138° 26’ 3.7” W, 800.2 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: S aspect, 40% slope; vegetation: Elymus, Artemisia, flax, Penstemon, Linum lewisii
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-04-01 - Crust
• Y03-04-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck (strongly effervescent)
• Y03-04-03 - 6-16 cm - Ahkb
• Y03-04-04 -16-75 cm+ - Ck (strongly effervescent; includes Bmk pockets)
  Print roll 3, #25A-28A (Corresponding Slides: Slide Roll 2: #9-7)

Y03-05 (SE of Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 9’ 43.2” N, 138° 25’ 34.8” W, 811.5 m asl (± 8.9 m)
Site Description: upper slope / crest; recent local sandy eolian veneer over older loess; vegetation: Carex, Elymus, Poa, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-05-01 - Crust
• Y03-05-02 - 0-5 cm - Ahk
• Y03-05-03 - 5-19 cm - Ck1
• Y03-05-04 - 19-31 cm - Ahkb (siltier)
• Y03-05-05 - 31-50 cm+ - Ck2
  Print roll 3, #34A-#E (Corresponding Slides: Slide Roll 2: Slides #6-1)

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Y03-06
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 1.5” N, 138° 21’ 57.4” W, 825.3 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: top of slope, E aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

• Y03-06-01 - Crust
• Y03-06-02 - 0-6 cm - Ahk (10YR 3/2 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-06-03 - 6-14 cm - Bmk (2.5Y 3/3 m; strongly effervescent)
• Y03-06-04 - 14 cm+ - IICk (strongly effervescent)
  Print roll 4, #1-2 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #36-35)

Y03-07 (peninsula near Kluane visitor centre, Sheep Mt.)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 42.8” N, 138° 29’ 36.2” W, 786.7 m asl (± 5.7 m)
Site Description:

• recent (?) landslide with loess accumulation in pockets, thinner on boulder surfaces, dominated by dark cyanobacteria crusts
• limited loess accumulation due to exposure of site
• crust is calcareous at surface
  Sample Depths & Descriptions:
• Y03-07-01 - Crust
• Y03-07-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck
• Y03-07-03 - 6-9 cm - Ahkb
• Y03-07-03 - 9 cm+ - Rock
  Print roll 4, #3-10 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #34-30)

Lower Slims River (lookout knoll at parking lot N of visitor centre)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 56.4” N, 138° 33’ 36.4” W, 844.8 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: some fire disturbance, but lower slopes have more intact crusts on loess (calcareous to surface)
Print roll 4, #11-17 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #29-26)

Lower Slims R (lowest bench below lookout knoll)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 51.8” N, 138° 33’ 36.2” W, 814.3 m asl (± 7.9 m)
Site Description: not burned; good intact crust; vegetation: A. frigida, Calamogrostis purpurea, Erigeron caespitosus, Linnaea, Carex filifolia (sparse cover ~ 50%)
Print roll 4, #18-20 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #25-23)

Slims Soil
(Holocene paleosol with well-developed B horizon under Neoglacial calcareous loess – location not recorded, but likely from roadcut exposure along main Slims R trail)
Print roll 4, #21 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #22)

S-facing opening above main trail
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 53.1” N, 138° 34’ 9.0” W, 822.9 m asl (± 15.0 m)
Site Description:

• Nostoc crust, also with Collema
• calcareous to surface
• site has later successional stage, with Arctostaphylos & Juniperus starting to move in
  Print roll 4, # 22-25

Lower end of Sheep Creek
Date: August 11, 2003
Misc. views of grassland vegetation and landscape (locations not recorded)
Print roll 4, #26-33 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #21-18)

Overlook at lower end of Sheep Creek canyon
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 42.2” N, 138° 34’ 38.1” W, 878.0 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: heavy use by sheep (abundant droppings) but still has ~ 50% crust coverage
Print roll 4, #34-35 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #17-16)

Downvalley view toward Slims R delta, near Sheep Creek (?)
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Print roll 4, #36-E

File consists of the "The Canadian Model Forest Network: Publications Catalogue" listing Canadian Model Forest Network publications with summaries, bibliographic information, and prices.

File consists of "Improving Public Participation in the Forest Certification Process: Discussion Paper" prepared by Michael R. Nash for the Northern Forest Research & Extension Partnership.

File consists of documentation for E.P. 670.

File consists of the MMFA's "Annual Work Plan 2002-2003" prepared for the period April 1st, 2002 to March 31st, 2003 and approved by the McGregor Model Forest Association Board of Directors October 15th, 2002. "Desk Copy" is noted on the front.

File consists of an original and a copy of a BC Forest Service pamphlet entitled "Reforestation in the Central Interior: A glimpse of the past and a view to the future". This pamphlet includes discussion of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station and John Revel's work.

File consists of a three different lists of articles and reports that compile works regarding the Aleza Lake Research Forest.

File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest Association Phase III Proposal: Beyond the Boundaries" from Aril 30, 2002. The proposal contains a review of Phase II, and five year action plan for 2002-2007, a financial plan for 2002-2007, and appendices.

File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest Association: Annual Report 2001-2002."

File consists of documentation for various field sites. File also includes Harry Coates employment contracts (restricted). File also includes a Forest Cover Map Series 93H.093 1998-JUN-02 010, produced by the inventory branch of the Ministry of Forests, Province of British Columbia; Timber supply area: Prince George.

File consists of an issue of "The Forestry Chronicle" vol. 78 no. 5 September/October 2002 featuring the Model Forest Network.

File consists of a booklet prepared for the May 9, 2002 UNBC/UBC Aleza Lake Research Forest Field Tour.

File consists of photographs taken by Paul Sanborn during the May 9, 2002 UNBC/UBC Aleza Lake Research Forest Field Tour for UNBC and UBC faculty members.

File consists of a copy of a Triton Environmental Consultants report prepared for the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund entitled "Kenney Dam Release Facility: Evaluation of the Effect of Operation of a Proposed Kenney Dam Water Release Facility on Cooling Water Releases and Nechako River Temperatures".

File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest Association Request for Proposal-Social Valuation of Prince George Urban Forests: Assessing Public Opinion of Forest Values and Forest Management." File includes an insert titled "RFP Revisions" and "City of Prince George B.C.'s Northern Capital: Park & Trail Guide" pamphlet.

File consists of the "Social Valuation of Prince George Urban Forests: Assessing Public Opinion of Forest Values and Forest Management" prepared by MVH Associates with McIntyre & Mustel Research Ltd., and E. Lees & Associates Consulting Ltd. for McGregor Model Forest Association.

File consists of a copy "Innovations: The Canadian Model Forest Network Bulletin."

File consists of Briefing Notes for Hon. F.D. Wilson, Minister of Forests regarding Law Suits Over Timber Licences and Royalty (March 29, 2001).

File consists of an original "Report of the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee". Also includes a summary of the report entitled "Moving Ahead: Summary Report of the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee" and a NEEF "Summary of Results of Studies by Triton Environmental Consultants and Klohn-Crippen Consultants".

File consists of a reprint of Hill and Irvine's article from the North American Journal of Fisheries Management entitled "Standardizing Spawner Escapement Data: A Case Study of the Nechako River Chinook Salmon".

File consists of the "Consultant Report McGregor Model Forest Association Community Project" prepared by Cheryl Kelley and Lori Wolfe.

File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest Association Master Direction March 1999" approved by the MMFA Board of Directors.

File consists of Field Cards from site G, and Field Notebooks from Sites J, K, M, N.

File contains records created or collected by Bob Stowell over the course of his employment with The Pas Lumber Company (B.C.) Ltd. (1965-1991):

• Handwritten notes from Westward Timber regarding Table River C.P. 814, March 1990
• Photocopied "Freight Transportation Agreement" between BC Rail Ltd. and Takla Track and Timber Ltd., 1990
• Letter from The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. to all contractors and employers regarding the company's zero tolerance policy regarding leaving garbage in the forest environment, 1990
• Correspondence regarding controversial New Yorker Magazine article "The Ancient Forest" by Catherine Caulfield, 1990
• The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. September 1990 newsletter featuring news pieces on the new planer facility, economic problems, and employee changes
• The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. October 1990 newsletter featuring news that the sawmill and planermill will have downtime
• The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. January 1991 newsletter featuring news pieces on the new planer, lumber market prices, and stumpage.
• Photocopied letter from The Pas Lumber Company to the Ministry of Forests regarding harvesting contract regulations, 1991
• Photocopied log quality and bucking specifications of The Pas Lumber Company Ltd, 1991
• The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. April 1991 newsletter featuring news pieces on lumber and log production, lumber markets, Vanderhoof Pulp & Paper Ltd., the B.C. Forest Alliance, and employee changes
• Letter from Don Gould to Bob Stowell regarding The Pas Lumber Company's economic problems, 1991
• Photocopied September 1991 "Forestry Bulletin" from David & Company Barristers and Solicitors
• Financial performance quarterly reports for the British Columbia forest industry, 1991-1992
• The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. planting summary 1973-1992
• The Pas Lumber Company Ltd., Prince George, employee listing and telephone directory, 1992
• Letter to employees of The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. announcing the retirement of Don Gould, 2001

File consists of various documents regarding the Nechako River Alliance, Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund (NEEF), and the creation of the Nechako Watershed Council between 2000 and 2001. Includes issues of "Basin News: The Newsletter of the Fraser Basin Council", NEEF "Summary Results of Studies by Triton Environmental Consultants and Klohn-Crippen Consultants", NEEF meeting agendas and notes, a "Nechako Watershed Council: Second Interim Report to the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund Management Committee", Nechako Watershed Council meeting agendas, correspondence regarding the Nechako Watershed Council, a NEED "April 2000 Public Meeting Report", NEEF Newsletters, a copy of the NEEF Management Committee's "Options for Passing Flows Through the Cheslatta Fan", and a letter from Paul Sanborn (Chairperson, Nechako River Alliance) to Premier Gordon Campbell.

File consists of various documents regarding the Nechako River Alliance, Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund (NEEF), and the creation of the Nechako Watershed Council between 1998 and 2001. Includes correspondence to and from Paul Sanborn (Chairperson, Nechako River Alliance); Jim Mattison (NEEF); Gordon Hartman; and David Lane (T. Buck Suzuki Foundation), among others. Also includes a "BC Hydro/Alcan Agreement Backgrounder", documents regarding the dredging of Tahtsa Narrows, NEEF newsletters, Hartman's "Comments on Draft Proposal to Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund", newspaper clippings, a pamphlet for the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program, and NEEF's "Design Workbook for a Technical/Scientific Review".

File consists of a "Backgrounder on Nechako River White Sturgeon". Authorship unknown.

File consists of materials related to the "Nechako River White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative: University of Northern British Columbia Prince George, BC, January 20, 2001" workshop. File includes presentation slides and handouts describing goals and approaches of the initiative, such as "Kootenay (I) River White Sturgeon Recovery." File also includes pamphlets and information booklets, a BC Environment publication "Help Conserve B.C.'s Wildfish," "Nechako White Sturgeon: Recovery Initiative," and a government document from the British Columbian Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks "White Sturgeon." File includes workshop materials including an agenda/introductory booklet "Nechako River White Sturgeon: Recovery Workshop" detailing the sessions and schedules of the day as well as offers speaker biographies. Finally, file contains materials from one or more participants including: speaker time cards (10 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 minutes and Stop), handwritten notes by an attendee, Breakout Group Questions (filled in) and an empty Participant Questionnaire.

File consists of the "SFM the McGregor Story: Pioneering Approaches to Sustainable Forest Management" publications and a press release "Local model forest spins off consulting firm" dated October 15, 2001.

File consists of:

• Correspondence from Everett Peterson to Paul Sanborn, dated 6 July 2001, which includes photocopied photographs taken at Aleza Lake in summer 1956
• Photocopied version of Everett Bruce Peterson's 1956 "Study of Coniferous Reproduction by Direct Seeding Methods on Various Forest Site Types at Aleza Lake, B.C.: An essay submitted during the Third Year of the Course in Forestry at the University of British Columbia" (original is held at NBCA 2007.1.25.3.12)

File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest Association: Annual Report 2000-2001."

File consists of notes and data on Side D small block planting of interior spruce emblings.

Research on the ecological functions of coarse woody debris (CWD) in forests, and techniques for inventorying CWD, were major topics for forest ecologists and soil scientists during Paul Sanborn's years with BC Forest Service research program (1991-2002).

File of documents consists mostly of unpublished internal and consultant reports, workshop summaries & handouts, and government publications (BC, Canada, USA). Methods-related documents may have been drafts which were superseded later by published manuals. In some cases, the document has a memo or email attached which provides some additional context.

Includes the following items:

BIOFOR Resource Consultants. (n.d.) Methodology for developing coarse woody debris photo guides. [consultant report to Ministry of Forests, Research Branch]

Brown, J.K., T.E. See. 1981. Downed dead woody fuel and biomass in the northern Rocky Mountains. General Technical Report INT-117. USDA Forest Service.

Clark, D.F., P.J. Burton, J.A. Antos. 1995. A comparative study employing different methods for inventory of coarse woody debris. Symbios Research and Restoration, Smithers, BC. September 30, 1995.

Ellis, R. 1996. Summary of the coarse woody debris workshop, Cowichan Lake Research Station, April 11-12, 1996. [Incl. handouts by A. Mackinnon, S.W. Taylor & J.V. Parminter]

Ember Research Services Ltd. 1997. CWD/Fuel calculator user’s guide. October 1997.

Hermanek, H. 2001. The distribution and description of CWD in the SBSmk1 and IDFdm2 zones of British Columbia. Work term report, Biology Co-op Program, University of Victoria.

Lajzerowicz, C. 2000. Coarse woody debris: what are we leaving in British Columbia. Examining TRENDS. ET2000-02. Northern Interior Vegetation Management Association.

Lajzerowicz, C. 2000. Coarse woody debris: what are the changes following harvesting in Alberta. Examining TRENDS. ET2000-03. Northern Interior Vegetation Management Association.

Lloyd, R. 2001. A comparison of coarse woody debris in harvested and unharvested sites in the SBSmc2: First-year report, March 2001. Prepared for: Houston Forest Products.

Mackinnon, A. 1996. What kind of CWD measurements are MOF research ecologists using? [handout at CWD Workshop, April 11-12, 1996]

Mackinnon, A., J. Parminter. 1996. Natural landscape patterns and processes. Notes from a meeting at Cowichan Lake Research Station, April 10, 1996.

Marshall, P.L. 1999. Using line intersect sampling to determine the volume of odd-shaped pieces of coarse woody debris: an explanation of the Vegetation Resources Inventory formula. Contract report to: Ministry of Forest, Vancouver Region. February 1999.

Marshall, P.L., G. Davis, V.M. LeMay. 2000. Using line intersect sampling for coarse woody debris. Forest Research Technical Report, TR-003. Vancouver Forest Region.

Ministry of Forests, Resources Inventory Branch 1999. Pilot study for dead tree information on growth and yield permanent sample plots.

Parminter, J. 1994. Correction factors and the measurement of coarse woody debris. Research Branch, Ministry of Forests. March 11, 1994.

Parminter, J. 2001. Natural disturbance research and project summaries. Cowichan Lake Research Station meeting, April 10, 1996.

Parminter, J. 2001. Procedures for measuring CWD volume in spot accumulations, landing piles and strip accumulations.

Parminter, J. 2001. CWD extensive pilot program – sampling of CWD in cutblocks.

Robson Valley Enhanced Forest Management Pilot Project. 2001. Field data collection protocol manual: coarse woody debris survey 2001. [attached covering email from B. Rogers]

Rogers, B. 2001. Robson Valley Enhanced Forest Management Pilot Project, Coarse Woody Debris Assessment Phase I: Working Plan 2001. Prepared for: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. March 3, 2001.

Snag Protocol Team. 2000. Northern region snag management protocol: January 2000. USDA Forest Service, Northern Region.

Taylor, S.W., J.V. Parminter. 1996. Effects of broadcast burning on coarse woody debris in British Columbia. [handout at CWD Workshop, April 11-12, 1996]

Graham, R.T. et al. 1994. Managing coarse woody debris in forests of the Rocky Mountains. Research Paper INT-RP-477. Intermountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service. Available online at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/24829 (accessed March 2023)

Harmon, M.E., J. Sexton. 1996. Guidelines for measurements of woody debris in forest ecosystems. Publ. No. 20. U.S. LTER Network Office. Available online at: https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/pubs/webdocs/reports/detritus/publications/Guidelines%20for%20Measurements%20of%20Woody%20Detritus%20in%20Forest%20Ecosystems.pdf (accessed March 2023)

Rogers, B. 2002. Robson Valley Enhanced Forest Management Pilot Project, Coarse Woody Debris Assessment Phase III: Final Report. Prepared for: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Available online at: https://www.env.gov.bc.ca/omineca/documents/cwd_2002_reportf.pdf (accessed March 2023)

Stevenson, Susan K. (March 1999). Biodiversity assessments at silvicultural systems sites, summer 1998. Prepared for: Prince George Forest Region, BC Ministry of Forests, Prince George BC. 16 p. + 16 p. graphs

Taylor, S.W. 1997. A field estimation procedure for downed coarse woody debris. Technology Transfer Notes. No. 2, August, 1997. Available online at: https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/409169/publication.html (accessed March 2023)