File consists of information on the research done at Aleza Lake Research Forest and the history of that research.
File consists of Canada's Model Forest Network "Local Level Indicators Strategic Initiative." File includes: "Local Level Indicator Bibliography," an overview of Model Forests and Synopsis of LLI Program, "Local Level Indicators Synthesis Document," "The Canadian Model Forest Network: Local Level Indicators Gap Analysis" by Martin von Mirback, "Local Level Indicators and Databases Common Across the Canadian Model Forest Network: A View to Possible Information Sharing and Networking Opportunities" by Elizabeth A. Holmes, "Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management: A Practical Guide to Using Criteria and Indicators in Newfoundland and Labrador," Fundy Model Forest "Criteria & Indicators," "The Eastern Ontario Model Forest's 1998-1999 State of the Forest Report" prepared by Lorne Johnson with Paul Heaven, "Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management for the Foothills Model Forest" prepared by W.R. Dempster, and "A Framework for Monitoring Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management: First Approximation" prepared by Dr. Keith McClain.
File consists of 23 posters of two sizes about the McGregor Model Forest Association and the Model Forest Network. Many of the posters are laminated and have Velcro attachments on the back for use during presentations or conferences. The information presented is varied, but includes vision statements, maps, Phase III themes and activities, recent successes, programs, information about various projects, maps illustrating model forests across Canada, phase and project objectives, information on the TFL-30 project, and information about the computer program developed by the McGregor Model Forest Association. Some simple posters advertising both the MMFA and the Canadian Model Forest Network are featured.
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Workshop: The Last 10 Years and the Next 10 Years - Report on a Workshop held February 24th and 25th, 1998". Includes accompanying correspondence regarding the workshop report.
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 records relating to the Fraser Basin Council's 1998 inaugiral State-of-the-Fraser Basin Conference. Includes issues of "Basin News: The Newsletter of the Fraser Basin Council", Hartman's handwritten notes, correspondence from the Fraser Basin Council regarding the conference, and worksheets from conference sessions.
File consists of the MMFA's project compendium. This compendium describes all of the MMFA's projects to date including their completed, current, and continuing projects as of March 1998.
File consists of a conference paper titled "Universities in Northern Canada" presented by Weller at the Western Regional Science Association conference, Monterey, California, 18-21 Feb. 1998. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 100 listed in Weller's CV.
File consists of a conference paper titled "Regional Economic Development and Diversification Initiatives: The Case of Northern British Columbia" presented by Weller at ACSANZ, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 7-9 July, 1998. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 101 listed in Weller's CV.
File consists of site data tables.
File consists of news articles, correspondence, and biographical information largely concerning Harry Coates and his work for sustainable forest management.
File consists of publications mailed to Prince George Forest Region Publications Mailing List Members. File includes several issues of the "Forest: Research Note" and photocopied articles along with a letter to the Mailing List Members.
File consists of 1 VHS recording entitled "It Takes Time," produced by the Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program.
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 1999. Includes a Nechako River Alliance "Statement of Unity", a "Proposal to the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund" from Nechako River Alliance, a Royal Society of Canada "Expert Panels: Manual of Procedural Guidelines", a report prepared for the NEEF Management Committee entitled "NEEF Multi-Interest Involvement Process: Report on Community Festival Displays", correspondence from NEEF, a NEEF "Design Workbook for a Technical/Scientific Review", a Rescan Environmental Services report prepared for NEEF entitled "Nechako River: Summary of Existing Data", and a report prepared for the NEEF Management Committee entitled "Multi-Interest Involvement Process October 1999 Workshop Report".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program Workshop: The Last 10 Years and the Next 10 Years", material for the workshop held by NFCP in Vancouver between February 24-25, 1998. Includes copies of workshop notes.
File consists of "Local Level Indicators and Monitoring: A Backgrounder" by the McGregor Model Forest Association.
File consists of a letter to Harry Coates from the Prince George Fire Centre confirming his qualification to teach safety courses and Harry Coates' CV.
File consists of the Board of Director Meeting Minutes along with supplemental materials for agenda items for the MMFA for 1997. Various reports, memos, correspondence and faxes are also included. Included is a large report "McGregor Model Forest Association Phase II Proposal" created January 6, 1997. The report includes letters of support from MMFA partners, a "McGregor Model Forest Association Concept Paper: Towards an Open Framework for Sustainable Forest Planning & Decision Making," a five year plan, "McGregor Model Forest Association 1996 Audited Financial Statements," and a document listing all of MMFA's volunteers and supports. Other notable documents within are a "McGregor Model Forest Association Agreed Upon Procedures Report," notes and memos on bylaws, a draft "McGregor MFA Phase II Proposal-Addendum and Information Supplement," plans and budgets for the construction of the Fraser Fort George Regional Museum (now Exploration Place), copies of various Prince George Citizen articles under the heading "Local Media Coverage of 'Global Approaches' International Conference," "McGregor Model Forest Phase I Completion-Documentation," a draft of "Interim Five-Year Action Plan for 1997-2002," and "MMFA Technical Steering Committee Phase II Action Plan Development Retreat Final Report."
File contains photocopied excerpts from various maps of the Aleza Lake Research Forest area, some annotated.
File consists of miscellaneous reports relating to forests and silviculture.
File consists of a copy of the article, "Is Scientific Inquiry Incompatible with Government Information Control?", which includes a section on the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a large compendium containing reports, scholarly articles, papers, guidelines and principles for Canadian Model Forests. The manual is divided into ten subheadings: Initiatives on Assessing Sustainability/C&I Updates, International Seminar on Criteria & Indicators: Background Document, International Seminar on Criteria & Indicators: Final Document, International Seminar on Criteria & Indicators: Summaries, Needs and Future Action, Countdown: Issues 1-7, WRI: New Initiatives on International Forest Policy, International Working Group on Forests: Selected Papers, Selected Initiatives and Case Studies, Selected Papers from 1993 Model Forest Workshop on Sustainable Development, and Selected Papers on Sustainable Forest Management.
File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest: Annual Report 97/98."
File consists of MMFA Technical Steering Committee meeting minutes, agendas, and supplementary materials. Supplementary materials consist of: presentation slides and notes, "MMFA Planning Methodology Overview" by Dr. Stephen Dewhurst, "Impacts of Partial Cutting on the McGregor Model Forest Landscape" by Craig Farnden, an untitled presentation to the MMFA by Adam Weir from B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks; some ephemeral materials such as a Model Forest Network pamphlet titled "'People Growing with Forests' A Conference Showcasing Canada's 'Model Forest Program,'" an advertisement for the Certification Criteria & Indicators: Global Approaches Sustainability Forest Management International Conference; "Yellowhead Ecosystem Working Group (YEWG) Annual Meeting Minutes"; "A Wildfire Threat Rating System for the McGregor Model Forest" by Brad Hawkes, Judi Beck, and Wendmagegn Sahle presented at the 13th Fire and Meteorology Conference; "Implementation of Sustainable Forest Management Systems and Forest Management Certification in North America" published in October 1996 by the World Forest Institute; the "MMFA Joint Workshop on Criterion and Indicators Ecological Processes and Forest Practices Program Areas" report along with a separate 'First Approximation' and 'Second Approximation' assessment; "Harvest Scheduling in the Age of Ecosystem Management: A GIS Approach" by Vaughan Landrum, Bruce Carroll, and Lisa Pious from The Compiler publication; "Operational Factors Affecting the Implementation of Ecosystem Management Objectives" by Joseph F. McNeel and Ron L. Copstead; "Prince George Region Tourism Inventory Development Strategy Implementation Plan: Terms of Reference"; "ARC/INFOO Database of Soil Associations Within Tree Farm License #30 (the McGregor Model Forest)" prepared for the MMFA by Kevin Driscoll; "Climate Normals 1951-1980 Prince George Forest District" prepared for the MMFA by Brendan Murphy; "Extreme Valve Analysis: Return Intervals of Severe Wind Events in the Central Interior of British Columbia" prepared for the MMFA by Brendan Murphy & Peter L. Jackson; "Soils of the McGregor Model Forest: Properties, Processes, and Impacts of Forest Practices: Final Report" by C. Bulmer, M. Schmidt, C. Preston, and B. Kishchuk; "Mass and Nutrients in Woody Debris in Harvested an Wildfire-Killed Lodgepole Pine Forests in the Central Interior of British Columbia" by X. Wei, J.P. Kimmins, K. Peel, and O. Steen, a draft and final report of the "Phase II Action Plan Development Retreat"; "Communique: National Forestry Agencies Agree to Consultation Process to Determine the Future of the International Model Forest Network (IMFN)"; "Canadian Model Forest Network Local Level Indicators Working Group: Terms of Reference."
File contains 8 slides from 2 rolls, taken August 1997:
Roll 1 - Buckhorn Ridge:
- Slide 31 – Fd (2 x 2 m) – stand view
- Slide 32 – Fd (2 x 2 m) – forest floor view
- Slide 33 – Pl (2x 2 m) – stand view
- Slide 34 – Pl (2 x 2 m) – forest floor view
Roll 2 – Bobtail Road: - Slide 20 – Pl (2 x 2 m) – east plot, stand view
- Slide 21 – Pl (2 x 2 m) – east plot, stand view
- Slide 22 – Fd (2 x 2 m) – east plot, stand view
- Slide 23 – Sw (2 x 2 m) – stand view
File consists of:
- BC Ministry of Forests news release regarding research forest agreements between UNBC and UBC (8 Mar. 1999)
- "A Synopsis of the UBC Research Forests" by Peter Sanders and Ken Day (24 Apr. 1998)
- UBC's Alex Fraser Research Forest list of active research projects (Apr. 1998)
- ALRF's "Proposed Future Management Structure for the Research Forest"
- "Proposal to Assume Management of the Aleza Lake Research Forest" prepared by Ken Day and submitted by UBC and UNBC (22 Dec. 1997)
- Copy of briefing note prepared for David Zirnhelt, Minister of Forests, regarding a research forest for UNBC (Nov. 1998)
File consists of a photocopy of a chapter by Rubinoff entitled "Politics, Ethics, and Ecology: Confronting the Tragedy of the Commons" from the book "Canadian Issues in Environmental Ethics".
File consists of a draft of Shirvell's Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences entitled "Abundance, Distribution, Size, and Age of Adult and Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Upper Sustut River, 1992 to 1996".
File consists of an original copy of "Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program 10 Year Review Background Report" created for the NFCP 10 Year Review Workshop. Includes accompanying correspondence related to the workshop.
File consists of a reprint of Mundie and Crabtree's article, "Effects on Sediments and Biota of Cleaning a Salmonid Spawning Channel". Also includes a note to Alderdice from Mundie and a humourous note regarding the article entitled "Excerpts from: Critical Reviews of 'Effects on sediments...etc."
File consists of a copy of the "BC/Alcan 1997 Agreement", a legal document between the Province of British Columbia and Alcan Aluminum Limited regarding the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of correspondence regarding the Fraser Basin Council's effort to set up the Nechako Watershed Council. Includes correspondence to and from Gordon Hartman; David Marshall (Fraser Basin Council); David Lane; T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation; B.C. Wildlife Federation; Fraser Basin Council; Rivers Defense Coalition; Iona Campagnolo (Chairperson, Fraser Basin Council); Nechako River Alliance; and Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. Also includes copies of Ben Meisner's column, newspaper clippings, "Nechako Watershed Council Terms of Reference", a "Proposal to the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund from The Nechako River Alliance", and an article by Hartman entitled "Nechako River--An Uncertain Future".
File contains the following data sets:
- S300FINL.XLS [Ministry of Forests lab data report: non-woody forest floor components]
- S301FINL.XLS [Ministry of Forests lab data report: woody forest floor components]
- 660FF97.xls [non-woody and woody forest floor components: mass / unit area (corrected to oven-dry basis)]
- BUCKLIST.xls [table showing internal sample numbers corresponding to lab sample numbers used in MoF lab reports]
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 a copy of letter from J. Harold Mundie to George Baker, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in the House of Commons. Includes a post-it note from Harold to Don regarding the letter.
File consists of a large compendium containing reports, scholarly articles, papers, guidelines and principles for Canadian Model Forests. The compendium has a brief letter to the reader by Bruce MacArthur (Chair, Model Forest Network) and Keith McClain (Secretariat) describing the scope and purpose the three volume compendiums. The manual is divided into ten subheadings: Preface, Excerpts from the United Nations Conference of Environment and Development, Canada's Commitment to Sustainable Forest Management, Europe's Commitment to Sustainable Forest Management, Sustain ability of the Amazon Forest, ITTO Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management, US Approach to Sustainable Forest Management, Developing Approaches to Sustainability: Examples, Harmonization of Criteria & Indicators, and CIFOR and Testing Criteria & Indicators.
File consists of a large compendium containing reports, scholarly articles, papers, standards, and principals for Canadian Model Forests. The manual is divided into eight subheadings: Selected Readings on Sustainable Forest Management, Selected Papers from 1996 UBC-UPM Conference on Certification, Selected Papers on Certification, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), International Standards Association (ISO), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Guiding Principles for Voluntary Certification Systems for Sustainable Forest Management, and WRI: Sustainable Forest Management Systems and Forest Management Certification.
File consists of a copy of MMFA's Phase II Proposal containing a the proposal document, a review of Phase I, a five-year action plan for 1997-2002, indicators of sustainable forest management, and a financial plan for 1997-2002. File includes annotations.
File consists of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Management and Working Plan #2 Draft #3 for the period of April 1, 1997 to March 31, 2002, pertaining to special use permit #19070, submitted by the Aleza Lake Steering Committee and prepared by Madrone Consultants Ltd. May 9, 1997. File includes related correspondence and a briefing note. File includes a map insert of Aleza Lake Research Forest land management units and boundaries also by Madrone Consultants Ltd. May, 9, 1997, Scale 1:20,000.
File consists of notes and data on Side D small block planting of interior spruce emblings.
File consists of issues from the "Forest: Research Note" Prince George Forest Region, Forest Resources and Practices Team March 1997 Notes #PG-12 and PG-12-1, January 1998 Note #PG-12-2 and PG-12-3.
File consists of a conference paper "The Impact of Lakehead and Laurentian Universities on the Development of Thunder Bay and Sudbury" presented by Weller at the Western Regional Science Association conference, Kona, Hawaii, 23-27 February, 1997. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 97 listed in Weller's CV.
File consists of a conference paper titled "Scandinavian Security and Intelligence, The European Union, The WEU and NATO" presented by Weller at ECSA, Seattle, May 29- June 1, 1997. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 98 listed in Weller's CV.
File consists of a conference paper titled "The Emergence and Maturation of Canada's Circumpolar Universities - Insights from Ontario and British Columbia" presented by Weller and Douglas C. Nord at the Fifth Circumpolar Universities Cooperation Conference, Lulea, Sweden, June 10-12, 1997. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 99 listed in Weller's CV.
File contains correspondence regarding lack of funding for research projects between the Science Council of British Columbia and Mike Jull, Prince George Forest Region.
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 reports on soil rehabilitation projects and related correspondence, photocopied tables of soil measurements, and reports on machinery costs when tilling.
File consists of a photocopy of Hartman's article from GeoJournal entitled "Impacts of Growth in Resource Use and Human Population on the Nechako River: A Major Tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada".
File consists of numerous reports, guidelines and documents related to criteria and indicators for model forests. Documents include:
- "Drafting of Regional Forest Stewardship Standards,"
- "Survey of Forest Certification in Canada: A Summary Report,"
- "Environmental Management Systems-Specification with Guidance for Use,"
- "Environmental Management Systems-General Guidelines on Principles, systems and supporting techniques,"
- "Technical Report-Draft 04 for ISO/TC 207/WG2 of Forestry N82: Informative Reference Material to Assist Forestry Organizations in the Use of ISO 14001 and ISO 14004 EMS Standards,"
- "Forest Stewardship Council Regional Certification Standard for British Columbia: First Draft for Public Consultation,"
- "A Sustainable Forest Management System: Guidance Document Environmental Technology, A National Standard of Canada,"
- "A Sustainable Forest Management System: Specifications Document Environmental Technology, A National Standard of Canada,"
- "Interpretations-CSA Sustainable Forest Management Standards" supplement no. 1,
- "Guidelines for Environmental Auditing: Qualification Criteria for Environmental Auditors,"
- "Guidelines for Environmental Auditing: Audit procedures - Auditing of environmental management systems,"
- "Guidelines for Environmental Auditing: General Principles."
File consists of the "McGregor Model Forest: Annual Report 96/97."