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File consists of selected background and resource material collected by Gary Runka relating to agriculture and environment topics. Includes:

• Dan Wiebe's draft "Presentation to Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Township of Langley" (17 May 2001)
• "Northern Grass Seed Development" (Spring 2001)
• Email about Agri-Food Futures Fund
• "A History of Change: The Next Decade for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries" (9 May 2001)
• Winter 2001 issue of the "Growing Together: The Agriculture and Environment Connection" newsletter co-produced by various BC government bodies
• "Canada's Beef Industry Fast Facts"

File consists of selected background and resource material collected by Gary Runka relating to agriculture and environment topics. Includes:

• "Water Wise Plant Guide for this Area" pamphlet by Water Wise, a Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society Project
• "Producing Livestock for Meat in British Columbia: Regulations and Resources" pamphlet from the BC Food Processors Association (March 2008)
• Colour computer printout of "The British Columbia Agriculture Plan"
• "Enhanced Animal Health Protection from BSE: Requirements for Canadian Cattle Producers" bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) pamphlet from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• "BC-Verified Beef Production Program Newsletter" issues produced by BCCA's BC-VBP Program
• "A Guide to Age Verification" pamphlet from the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
• "BSE Surveillance Testing" bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) 2006 pamphlet from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Cattle Industry Development Council (CIDC) newsletter
• "CCIA News" newsletter of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency

File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, periodicals, and pamphlets. Includes:

• "A Tribute to the BCFA British Columbia Federation of Agriculture 50th Anniversary 1936-1986" supplement to the December 1986 issue of Country Life in BC
• An invitation to participate in transforming and evolving the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at UBC, with an included 'Scenario Workbook'
• BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food "Fast Facts" pamphlet

File consists of selected periodicals, reports, and leaflets. Includes:

• "Archipelago" Spring 1998 newsletter issue of the Galiano Conservancy Association
• "Landmark" Winter 1997-1998 newsletter of the Land Conservancy of British Columbia
• "Certification of Consulting Agrologists Next Steps" report prepared for the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association
• "The New Farmland Defense League" leaflet

Item is a copy of "Lil'wat Land Use Plan: Phase 1".

Item is a computer printout of the "Haida Gwaii Queen Charlotte Islands Heritage Tourism Strategy" by the Heritage Tourism Strategy Working Group.

Item is an original copy of the presentation booklet "Celebrating 35 Years of the Agricultural Land Reserve: 1973-2008" created by Farmland Defence League of BC for an anniversary event. Includes an article by G. Gary Runka entitled "BC's Agricultural Land Reserve - Its Historical Roots".

Item is a draft "Wilderness Tourism Association Strategic Plan" by the Wilderness Tourism Association.

Item is an original copy of "Guide to First Nations Tourism in British Columbia", a project of Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council in Cranbrook, BC.

Item is a photocopied booklet from the BC Cattlemen's Association with "Agricultural Land Reserve Survey Results & Recommendations" from June 2009.

Series consists of records relating to G. Gary Runka's professional career development, interests, and involvement beyond his Land Sense Ltd. work. Runka was involved in many professional associations, including the Agricultural Institute of Canada, the B.C. Federation of Naturalists, the B.C. Institute of Agrologists, the Bella Coola Watershed Conservation Society, the Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association, the Canadian Institute of Forestry, the Canadian Society of Landscape Ecology and Management, the Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia, the Lambda Alpha International Society for Range Management, the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the Wilderness Tourism Association, among others. Records include material relating to Runka's involvement with these professional associations, as well as collected professional resource material relating to agriculture and environment topics. Also includes Runka's business card collection.

Item is a faxed copy of a speech by Melvin H. Smith, QC, entitled "The Delgamuukw Case--What does it mean and what do we do now?" which was delivered to the Vancouver Board of Trade on February 10, 1998.

Item is a photocopied version of "A Comparative Cost Analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty: An update of a study on the Nisga'a Agreement-In-Principle prepared for the BC Fisheries Survival Coalition" by Robin M. Richardson prepared for John M. Cummins, MP Delta-South Richmond, February 10, 1999. Includes accompanying rough draft comments by A.R. Dobell refuting Richardson's work and a copy of email correspondence to the Nisga'a Analysis Work Group.

Item is a photocopied version of "The Gitxsan Model: An Alternative to the Destruction of Forests, Salmon and Gitxsan Land" booklet by Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, University of Victoria, BC.

Item is an October 2000 public discussion paper published by the BC Ministry of Forests regarding the Queen Charlotte Timber Supply Area.

File is a Greenpeace presentation folder with a package of reports and ephemera about the Canadian Great Bear Rainforest.

Item is an original copy of "Wildlife Habitat Mapping in British Columbia: Atlas of Inventories" by the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.

Item is an original copy of "Intermountain Wetland Conservation Program Prospectus: A Partnership for Environmental Stewardship and Land Use Sustainability" by Ducks Unlimited Canada.

Item is an original copy of a report to the Minister of Agriculture and Food by Moura Quayle entitled "Stakes in the Ground: Provincial Interest in the Agricultural Land Commission Act".

Item is an original report prepared by Robertson Group entitled "Agriculture: British Columbia's Forgotten Industry".

Item is a draft of "Cariboo-Chilcotin Grasslands Strategy: Interim Report on Grassland Encroachment and In-growth".

This unpublished document from the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Communications Branch collates information about the issue of climate change circa the year 2000. Includes polling highlights from a poll of BC residents about climate change in 1998; a summary of points about media interest in climate change circa 1998-2000; and a short listing of supportive business comments on climate change circa 1999-2000.

Item is an original booklet prepared by law firm Pape & Salter entitled "Delgamuukw: A summary of the Supreme Court of Canada Decision", accompanied by a letter and a photocopied legal summary document of the case.

Item is an original "Jasper National Park Management Plan Review Comment Form" for Parks Canada.

Item is an original copy of "Ecosystem-Based Planning: A Practical Tool" by Silva Forest Foundation.

Item is a photocopied version of "Gitga'at Land Use Plan: Summary Working Draft" by Gitga'at First Nation from November 2003.

Item is a booklet entitled "BC Wildlands Central Interior Region".

Item is an original copy of "1994 Statements of Policy on Tourism: A Briefing Paper" prepared by the Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia.

Item is an original BC Wild booklet entitled "Cassiar: British Columbia's Fragile and Imperiled Northern Wilderness".

Item is a pamphlet entitled "Good Neighbour Farming: B.C.'s New Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act".

Item is an original BC Min. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food publication by M. Robbins entitled "BC Horses: A Significant Agricultural Activity".

Item is a photocopied version of "A Modest and Far From Perfect Discussion Paper for the Creation of an Affiliation or Federation of All Outdoor and Adventure Tourism Associations and Operators in British Columbia" prepared by the BCFROA with assistance from D. Russell, ARA Consulting.

Item is an original copy of "Agriculture & Sustainability in the Fraser Basin - Draft #2" by the Fraser Basin Management Program. Includes accompanying letter from Iona Campagnolo, Chair of the Fraser Basin Council, as well as a news release document.

Item is a photocopied version of "Toward a Marine Protected Areas Strategy for the Pacific Coast of Canada" discussion draft by Province of BC and Government of Canada.

Item is an original BC Wild booklet entitled "Overcutting the Chilcotin: Putting at Risk Southern BC's Great Caribou Herd".

File includes original and photocopied copies of "GWAII HAANAS National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site Management Plan for the Terrestrial Area" plus Public Planning Program newsletters 1, 2, & 3 by the Archipelago Management Board for Government of Canada and Council of Haida Nation.

Item is an original copy of the 1996 "Bella Coola Local Resource Use Plan" prepared for BC Ministry of Forests, Mid Coast Forest District.

Item is a draft of "Cariboo Forest Region Resource Inventory Database".

Item is a June 1997 report entitled "Comprehensive Assessment and Needs Analysis of Resource Inventories for the Cariboo Forest Region" prepared for the BC Ministry of Forests Cariboo Forest Region by Cindy Marven, Wayne Biggs, John Peebles, and Mark Walmsley.

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.

Item is an original copy of "Public Review Summary of Options for the Babine River Area" by the BC Ministry of Forests and BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks from circa 1992. Includes an accompanying page of notes written by Joan Sawicki.

Item is an original report by the BC Min. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food entitled "British Columbia Grains and Seeds Strategy: An Industry Development Plan".

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 supplement to Valley Echo entitled "Height-of-the-Rockies Wilderness Area: A vision realized" created by the British Columbia Forest Service.

Item is a photocopied version of "Tourism: For Better or For Worse: Taming the Dragons of Growth and Change" speech presented to Regional Tourism Workshops by A. Pollock.

Item is a copy of "Upper Dean River Local Resource Use Plan".

Item is an original copy of "The Fraser Valley Gas Project" presentation to Commission on Fraser Valley Petroleum Exploration.

Item is a photocopied version of "British Columbia Snowmobile Area Inventory Study" prepared by BC Snowmobile Federation for the BC Ministry of Tourism.

Item is an original report prepared by Salasan Associates Inc. & Erlandson and Associates for the Forest Resources Commission entitled "Land Use Planning System for British Columbia".

Item is a document entitled "B.C. Peace River Cattlemen" showing the brand symbols of various cattle ranches in the Peace River region.