File contains timber sale contracts and logging inspection reports between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company.
File contains timber sale contracts and general correspondence between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company Limited.
File contains general correspondence and timber sale contracts between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company Limited.
File contains timber sale contracts and logging inspection reports between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company Limited.
File contains correspondence and diagrams regarding potential harvesting of spruce beetle killed trees from Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited.
File contains ecosystem treatment data sheets from Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited.
File contains a preliminary working plan from 1950.
Caption describing photograph: "Typical Spruce-Balsam tree length logs from mature Spruce-Balsam types. T.F.L. 29 at Giscome S/M/." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Typical of wetter ground of lacustrine deposits, originally willow and alder with scattered low quality conifer col (spruce). (Skunk Cabbage) (Urtica) (A-D) 1922 burn Giscome. Definitely higher use is grazing or forage prod."
Caption describing photograph: "Soil (sod) development over lacustrine deposits. Depth to carbonated layer (1922 fire) 2.5", depth to parent material 6". Note blocky structure of deposit (clay). Root penetration to 1'. Root penetration of willow and aspen to 1.5'. Blocky structure from fluctuating water table, gentle slope to land form."
Caption describing photograph: "Typical residual after clear cutting and scarifying. West Branch, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. (Strip 1N SE Cor). Residual stems damaged B understory, occasional poor quality Spruce. Old growth birch generally with complete cover of alder (15') Thimbleberry and AD."
Caption describing photograph: "Young Pine and Black Spruce growing in spahgnum, ledum carex and betula. Lodgepole Pine and Black Spruce. 30 yrs 18' high. Note Film 2 Frames 3, 4, and 5 (2007.1.30.2.015-017) within 1 chain of edge of swamp. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Outline of Black Spruce showing dense crown form, high occurrence of multiple tops, long columnar crown with drooping branch form. Trees range between 55-70' and 10-14" DBH. Imperfectly drained clay - E.S. site. Note W Spruce vol removed by logging. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "Condition after clear cut logging. Birch, balsam, thimbleberry, raspberry, E.S. and fern. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."
Caption describing photograph: "White Spruce within 20' of pine (see GBW Film 3 Frame 1 - 2007.1.30.2.026). Same age, same site. Height 5' 1966 leader 6". Adelges." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Scarification after logging (clear cut). East Loop Road. F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Sandy silt. O site." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Internal view of GBW Film 3 Frame 5 (2007.1.30.2.029)" Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
No caption provided with photograph. Depicts an immature Black Spruce (Picea mariana), possibly located in John Revel's garden in Prince George.
Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 4 (2007.1.30.2.042)"
Caption describing photograph: "Encroachment of an old field by Lodgepole pine and Spruce regeneration. Junction of Highway 16 and Giscome turnoff. Surrounding forest mainly aspen, some scrubby Spruce, Douglas fir, and Lodgepole pine 20 chains away. Moderately drained stoney, sandy silt."
Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce as GBW Film 4 Frame 7 ( 2007.1.30.2.045) on left. Betula glandulosa and willow on right, resulting from fire history--foreground showing development of organic peat over clay."
Caption describing photograph: "Good stand of thrifty young aspen on imperfectly drained clay. Age 40 years. Height 45', 7" DBH. Note erosion and baking of clay in foreground. Prince George Airport Road."
Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 11 (2007.1.30.2.048)." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Potentially commercial Black Spruce stand. Fully developed peat (3-8') over impervious clay. Ledum B. Glandulosa. Mile 3 Hart Highway. Ht 55', 5-10" DBH. Age 85 years. Frames 1-5"
Caption describing photograph: "Crown form."
Caption describing photograph: "Bark habit at base of tree."
Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce residuals (Ht 35-40', 5-9" DBH Age 80). Potentially commercial pulp wood remaining after pulp logging a fully stock 95 yrs stand of Lodgepole pine and White Spruce on imperfectly drained silty clay. Mile 6.5 Hart Highway. (Illustrate frequent occurrence of P mariana on soils other than organic muck or sphagnum bogs)."
Caption describing photograph: "View of transplant and seed bed areas, established Spring 1966. Buildings moved from Forest Service warehouse site on 15 Ave."
No caption provided with photograph. Photograph depicts a fallowed field at Red Rock Nursery.
Caption describing photograph: "Field south of windbreak fallowed in readiness for Autumn seeding, most of visible area had been in clover prior to breaking."
Caption describing photograph: "Seeding Trial No. 1. Typical Three-year old seedlings. Lodgepole Pine on area scarified in 1963 and Broadcast Seeded in June 1964 at 7.6 ozs per acre. Exploratory Direct Seeding Trials in Prince George Forest District. Per title: Location T.S. X91918 Cluculz Lake (Lloyd Bros.). Photo: W.D. West, Prince George, negative filed with P.I.E. No. 15794/1."
Caption describing photograph: "E.P. 638 Seeding Trials - Prince George. Typical Development of White Spruce. Showing seedlings from Genevieve Lake and Buckhorn Burn. Exploratory Direct Seeding Trials in Prince George Forest District. Photo by Craftsman Photographers, Prince George."
Caption describing photograph: "Top Pruning of 1 1/2 + 1 1/2 Lodgepole Pine at Red Rock Nursery. Block No. 1. Pruned to 8". Control."
Caption describing photograph: "Pulpwood Logging Operations on P.T.S. X91960, Swamp Lake, Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd. Close-up of Pre-loading Trailer and Typical Load of pulp wood."
Caption describing photograph: "Pulpwood Logging Operations on P.T.S. X91960, Swamp Lake, Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd. Close-up of rubber-tired skidder at landing." Harry Coates holds a measuring tape against a felled tree to show trunk diameter.
Caption describing photograph: "Pulpwood Logging Operations on P.T.S. X91960, Swamp Lake, Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd."
File contains drafts of management and working plan for the period of 1992 to 2002, the final draft for the management and working plan, and related correspondence between Mike Jull and those involved with the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File contains two different working and management plans for 1992 to 2002 as submitted by the Aleza Lake Steering Committee.
Map accompanies “Aleza Lake Research Forest Management and Working Plan #2 Draft #3”.
File contains maps, working plans, and related correspondence.
File contains charts consisting of the remeasurements of the basal area and cut stump data in permanent sample plots.
File contains information, including diagrams, measurement charts, and a map, for experimental plot 113.
File contains information, including diagrams, measurement charts, and a map, for experimental plot 115.
File contains information, including diagrams, measurement charts, and a map, for experimental plot 116.
File contains information, including diagrams, measurement charts, and a map, for experimental plot 117.
File contains information, including diagrams, measurement charts, and a map, for experimental plot 149.
File contains information, including diagrams, measurement charts, and a map, for experimental plot 292.