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Gary Runka was a hobbyist photographer and documented his work and personal life through photography as he travelled across every region of British Columbia. His photographs document the evolution of British Columbia communities and regions over a 30 year period. Gary Runka's core interest was land and changing land uses. Many of his photographs tell a story of urban edge and/or natural resource compatibility/conflict. There are also a substantial number of photographs related to soils, including soil profiles, soil erosion and land (topography, drainage etc.) capability for agriculture. The collection also includes specific client-related photos, tied to Land Sense Ltd. client file job numbers.

The collection also documents personal travels and hiking trips throughout British Columbia and backpacking in some historic areas, such as the West Coast Trail and Cape Scott. These photographs also represent land evolution over time, including extent of alpine glaciation or biodiversity/plant species inhabiting the area.

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 654, the BC Trust for Public Lands' "Improving Conservation Land Management Discussion Paper". The only record contained on this disc is an opening address by G. Gary Runka entitled "Managing Conservation Lands To Keep Nature's Pulse Beating" for the Best Management Practices for Conservation Lands Workshop, BC Trust for Public Lands - Ocean Sciences Institute, Sidney, B.C. on September 24, 2009.

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 663, Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council's "Consultation on Tech-Highland Valley Mining Permit Amendments" project. Includes a single report prepared for Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership by Klohn Crippen Berger entitled "Highland Tailings Storage Facility: 2010 Annual Review of Tailings Dams".

This CD-ROM contains digital records compiled for Gary Runka in relation to the OCP for Rural Graham Island, possibly for his consultancy work for client job 664, Misty Isles Economic Development Society's "Food Planning Presentations on Haida Gwaii" project or another Haida Gwaii based project. Includes correspondence, Canada Land Inventory maps for Haida Gwaii, the draft 2009 Official Community Plan for Rural Graham Island, Graham Island zoning documents, and population information for Graham Island and Tlell.

This CD-ROM contains digital records created by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 628, Penticton Indian Band's "Consultation and Technical Review of Proposed Summerland Hills Golf Resort" project. Includes a draft "Overview of Summerland Hills Golf Resort Project Interim Report" prepared for Penticton Indian Band Working Group by G. Gary Runka MSc PAg., G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., April 9, 2007.

This CD-ROM contains a backup of Gary Runka's business 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 622, 628, 644, 650, 658, and 660, among others. Also includes a full email backup.

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.

Optical disc holds a full CD version of the "www.BCRock.com" website. From the home page on the disc:

"In the Central Coast Regional District of British Columbia, near the town of Bella Coola, No Cents Holdings and Arthon Construction initiated a Federal and Provincial Environmental Assessment for the purposes of permitting a rock quarry, an expansion to an existing sand & gravel quarry and a marine loading facility.
Exclusive to the CD Version ..... A Quicktime movie Greening the Gravel

Also, some bonus information related to the project and activities.
We are pleased to report in a press release dated May 9, 2001, that the companies have entered into an agreement with Polaris Minerals Corporation that gives Polaris the right to become a joint venture partner in the Bella Coola Aggregates Project.

Nuxalk Nation General Election - Results from Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2001
Congratulations to Chief Anfinn Charles Siwallace and the new councillors .... M O R E
Three public Open Houses
have been held in the Bella Coola valley.

This site went live on October 12, 2000 and will remain a work in progress.
Here you may find reports, news, project descriptions, professionals reviews, process descriptions, economic impacts, environmental reviews, archaeological reviews, geotechnical and hydrologist input, and a great many photo tours of the area."

Disc contents unknown (failed migration).

DVD disc contains two documents:

• "KCB Design Update for L-L Dam Crest Elevation 1279 m.pdf"
• "Piteau 2605-R02-FINAL_Revised_Sep2010.pdf" which is a Piteau Associates report for the Highland Valley Copper mine at Logan Lake regarding "Open Pit Geotechnical Assessments and Slope Design Criteria for the Lornex Pit L16 Expansion"

CD disc contains two documents:

• "IBHPB ICRP Pages 1-338 - Working Draft Dec 12_08.pdf" which is a document entitled "Ekati Diamond Mine Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan - Working Draft" from December 2008 prepared for BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.
• "BHPB ICRP-Appendices-Dec12-08.pdf" which is the appendices for the above document.

Audio cassette titled "Tape 1 - Dec. 10, 1993 - 9:30-1:45 - KBR" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette titled "Tape 2 - Dec. 10, 1993 - 1:45-5:00" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette titled "Tape 3 - Dec. 10, 1993 - 5:00-" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette annotated "Powers Dec. 10" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette annotated "Tape 5 - Dec. 10, 1993 - 8:10-9:44 pm - Dr. Thomas Powers / Dec. 11, 1993 - 8:30-9:50 am" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette annotated "Tape 6 - Dec. 11, 1993 - 9:50-11:40 am" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette annotated "Tape 7 - Dec. 11, 1993 - 11:40 am-2:10 pm" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette annotated "Tape 8 - Dec. 11, 1993 - 2:10-4:15 pm" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Audio cassette annotated "Tape 9 - Dec. 11, 1993 - 4:15-5:00 pm" is believed to be an audio recording of a workshop for the East Kootenay CORE project.

Floppy label name: "360"

Floppy file listing:
SM-GOLD.DOC
SM-PURCL.DOC
SM-ROCK.DOC
SM-TREN.DOC
README1.DOC
SM-ELK.DOC

Audio cassette titled "Tape 7: 5:10-5:50" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.

Audio cassette titled "Workshop 2, Tape 2: 2:00 pm" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.

Audio cassette titled "Workshop 2, Tape 3: 3:30 pm" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.

Audio cassette titled "Workshop 2, Tape 5" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.

Audio cassette is Tape 1 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 9:00-11:00 am on July 20, 1999.

Audio cassette is Tape 2 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 11:00 am-12:00 pm on July 20, 1999 on Side A and 8:30-9:30 am on July 21 on Side B.

Audio cassette is Tape 3 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 1:00-3:00 pm on July 20, 1999.

Audio cassette is Tape 4 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 13:30-4:30 pm on July 20, 1999 on Side A and 9:30-11:0-00 am on July 21 on Side B.

Audio cassette is Tape 5 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm on July 21, 1999.

Audio cassette is Tape 6 of a recording of a Biologists Workshop for the Biodiversity Ranches project. Recording is from 2:00-4:30 pm on July 21, 1999.

Audio cassette titled "Tape 5: 2:45-4:05" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.

Audio cassette titled "Tape 6: 4:05-5:10" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BCFA/B.C. Cattlemen's Association (BCCA) for the "Environmental Impact of Proposed B.C. Hydro Hat Creek Power Project" in Hat Creek. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #011; 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:

• BC Hydro, "British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Hat Creek Project Environmental Impact Statement" (April 1981)
• British Columbia Institute of Agrologists, "Environmental Concerns of the Hat Creek Project", May 1982.
• S.A. Ridley, "Hat Creek Project Described (The Engineering and Environmental Evolution)", October 1981.

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 "Review of Agricultural Policy - Crownland Allocation and Administration" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #013; 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 consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Cattlemen's Association for the "Consultation on Preparation of Land Use Policy Statement" project in Kamloops. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #016; 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 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 "Kobes Creek Planning Area" project in Kobes Creek. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #031; 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 consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Environment for the "Preparation of Cariboo-Chilcotin Wetlands Managers' Manual" project in Victoria. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #033; 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 technical paper by G.G. Runka and Dr. T. Lewis entitled "Preliminary Wetland Managers Manual Cariboo Resource Management Region APD Technical Paper 5" for BC Ministry of Environment (May 1981).

File consists of papers written by G. Gary Runka during his role as BC Land Inventory Field Coordinator. Selected works include:

• "Comments on General Soil Characteristics related to B.C. Industrial Zoning Maps",
• "Ektachrome Infra-red and Ektachrome Aerial Photography Project - Pitt Meadows",
• "A Short Course on Mapping Forest Lands Sept. 21-23, 1972, Prince George, Glacial Landforms and Surficial Materials",
• "Soil Stability Ratings - South Okanagan", "East Kootenay Soil Capability for Agriculture - Agriculture Sector Review - Report to B.C. Intersector Evaluation Committee",
• "Bulkley Intersector Analysis Area - Section I: Agriculture Sector Report - Report to B.C. Intersector Analysis Committee",
• "Dryland and Irrigated Agriculture Capability Ratings - Sept. 1, 1971",
• "Report on Land Capability for Agriculture and Forestry Prince George - Quesnel, Special Sale Area, B.C.",
• "East Kootenay (Region 13) Soil Capability for Agriculture and the Intersector Evaluation",
• "Tentative Correlation of Soils of British Columbia with Climatic Criteria", and,
• "Urban Suitability vs Resource Conservation an Interpretation of British Columbia Land Inventory Data, 14 May, 1973".

File consists of various papers, communications, correspondence, pamphlets, and publications. Includes the following:

• "Speaking Notes - Joan Sawicki, MLA, Parl. Sec. Georgia Basin Initiative to Planning 425 - Dr. Alan Artibise - UBC - September 20, 1995"
• "Principles of Sustainability" (ca. 1995)
• "Preliminary Working Draft of a Background Report on Agriculture and Sustainability in the Fraser Basin" by Wendy R. Holm (1996)
• Agriculture and Sustainability in the Fraser Basin workshop materials from Fraser Basin Management Program
• 1995 Fraser Basin Management Program Board Report Card
• "Speaking Notes for Joan Sawicki, MLIA Burnaby-Willingdon & Parliamentary Secretary, Georgia Basin Initiative, "Peatlands for People": A Conference sponsored by the Burns Bog Conservation Society" (27 January 1996)
• BC Mining Watch! Fact Sheets
• A letter to Gary Runka from Burnaby RCMP regarding a marijuana cultivation report
• Newspaper article "Views sought on land claims" by Joan Sawicki
• Newsletters from the Valhalla Wilderness Society including updates on their local, boreal, and Spirit Bear campaigns
• A letter from David Anderson, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
• "Drinking Canada Dry: The Threat to Canada's Water under the Proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment" by Wendy R. Holm
• "Tulsequah Chief Mine Re-opening Project: Report and Recommendations of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation" (1998)
• "1998 British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission" pamphlet
• Correspondence and Runka's interview transcript for his participation in the UBC study "Building Consensus in a Complex World: A Study of the Theory and Practice of Participatory Multistakeholder Decision-Making" (1999)
• Winter 1999 newsletter for the Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research in Smithers
• "Knox McCusker: Dominion Land Surveyor" article from BC Historical News (Summer 1999)
• SkyTrain development informational newsletter (Spring 1999)
• Letter from Paul Sanborn to Gary Runka & Joan Sawicki (2002)
• Email from Joan Sawicki to Bella Coola Valley residents regarding the Nascall Power Project
• BC Hydro pamphlet about marijuana grow ops (2006)
• Bella Coola Airport Dike Upgrade Referendum informational documents
• Tweedsmuir-Wright Creek Crossing Rehabilitation and Flood Protection Plan

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Environment Canada, Lands Directorate for the "Use of CLI info" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #040; 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 consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for National Farmers Union for the "Landowners' Surface Rights Policy Statement" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #059; 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 consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Regional District of Columbia-Shuswap for the "Agricultural Land: A Review of Revelstoke (Rural) Official Settlement Plan Bylaw No. 310" project in Revelstoke. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #069; 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 consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Association of United Tahltans for the "Stikine Basin Resource Analysis" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #071; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. Includes correspondence, memoranda, invoices, meeting minutes, agendas, workshop materials, work summaries, public information bulletins, newspaper clippings.

Includes the following:

• Tahltan News, Vol. 1, June 1982
• Aspect Consultants Inc. for Association of United Tahltans, "Stikine Basin Resource Inventory - Phase I (Detailed Planning & Design) - Program Description", January 1981 (copy)
• Map of "Biogeoclimatic Zonation of the Stikine Watershed", n.d. (copy)
• "November 1978 Review of the Stikine River Valley Proposed Agricultural Land Reserve" (copy)
• "Proposed Agricultural Land Reserve, Telegraph Creek, Stikine Area - Portions of Map Sheets 104G/11, 12, 13 & 14", June 1975, 2 p. (copy)
• "Land Capability for Agriculture - Stikine and Iskut River Areas", May 1975
• Summary document by Tahltan Band Council of "Feasibility Study Proposal of Dams and Their Possible Effects on the Stikine Watershed"
• Three volumes of a study report commissioned by the Association of United Tahltans entitled "Stikine Basin Resource Analysis: An Evaluation of the Impacts of Proposed Hydroelectric Development", July 1981. Supplementary volumes include "Project Specialists" and "Budget Estimates".

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources for the "Land Use Policy" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #078; 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 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 Study" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #083; 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 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 "Fort Nelson Deferred Planning Area (DPA) Public Hearing" project in Fort Nelson. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #088; 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 consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for White Lake Ranch Ltd. for the "Ranch Land Use Consultation" project in Kaleden. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #102; 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 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.