File consists of correspondence and draft Strategic Farmland Task Force policy position documents.

Item is a copy of "Soil Productivity and the Potential Food Supply of the United States: An Address before the Academy of Political Science at the Annual meeting on Food" by Bradfield, R.

This CD-ROM contains two digital images depicting a soil profile and a mapped agricultural capability landscape.

Item is an original copy of "Soil Resources of the Smithers-Hazelton Area" by G.G. Runka at the Soil Survey Division, BC Department of Agriculture. Includes two accompanying maps.

Item is a photocopied version of "Soil Survey of the North Okanagan Valley" Interim Report by P.N. Sprout & C.C. Kelley for the BC Department of Agriculture.

File consists of an oral history given by Ruth Suvee regarding her mother, Sophia Suvee, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's oral history project with the Prince George Metis Elders Society. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original cassette.

Item is an original copy of "Spallumcheen: The Visual Environment" by W. C. Yeomans, Landscape Architect created for the B.C. Land Commission.

Subseries consists of speeches written and delivered by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career. Runka's earliest speeches relate to the Canada Land Inventory. While at the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), Runka was often asked to present to various audiences on BC's unique agricultural land preservation program, the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). After leaving the ALC and setting up Land Sense Ltd., Runka continued to make presentations on the ALR, both specifically and in the context of rural land use conflict in general. Runka's key message was very consistent - the importance of first understanding the inherent biophysical messages of the land; then recognizing the complex challenges of sorting out who gets to use which rural lands for what purposes. Runka's speeches were often accompanied with 35mm slides from his slide collection. Unfortunately, however, the speeches do not include a listing of the slides that were used, although a notebook remains that contains references to slides used in presentations.

Series consists of works written or collected by G. Gary Runka.

The 2020.4.2.1 Speeches sub-series includes manuscripts of speeches written by G. Gary Runka.

The 2020.4.2.2 G. Gary Runka Writing sub-series includes publications, manuscripts, and drafts of worked written, co-written, or edited by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career.

The 2020.4.2.3 Collected Works sub-series includes works collected by G. Gary Runka. Runka collected a comprehensive resource library of publications, reports, and rare grey literature that reflected the depth and breadth of natural resource issues in British Columbia. Material from this resource library was intrinsically tied to Runka's work; selected unique items from the resource library are contained within this sub-series to contextualize the scope of land management issues.

File consists of transcripts of speeches by W. Arthur Benson entitled "Demands for and of the Land" and "Land Information and its Relevance to Planning".

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".

File consists of an oral history given by Stephanie Lode, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Stewart River townsite. Includes photographs depicting newspaper articles about the Stuart River.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Stone Creek and Red Rock.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Strathnaver, BC land records. Strathnaver, BC is located 42 kilometres north of Quesnel and was settled by the Duke of Sutherland.

File consists of subdivision control by-law no. 55 for the Regional District of Fraser Fort-George.

The item is a reproduction of a survey map drafted June 1912. The reproduction was likely created in 1990. The area covered is Central Fort George, South of 5th Street, East of Alden Avenue, North of 12th Street and West of Fraser Street. Annotations state, "Plan 1085 Carney Addition."

The item is a reproduction of a survey map drafted in approximately 1911 and revised in May 1914. The reproduction was likely created in 1990. The annotation states, "Plan 1391" and is circled in red ink. The area covered is along the Nechako and Fraser Rivers and Northeast of First Avenue.

The item is a reproduction of a section of survey map drafted on 18 March 1915 and revised on 23 May 1916. The reproduction was likely created in 1990. The Plan Number is 1268 and highlights the area along the Nechako and Fraser Rivers. The map details subdivisions East of Carney Street, North of Twentieth Avenue and South of Ninth Avenue. Annotations in pencil state different map scale variations and "cemetery setback."

File consists of neighbourhood planning maps for Langley, Abbotsford, Prince George, and Aldergrove. Includes housing plans in Calgary and a newspaper clipping.

Item is an original Canada Department of Agriculture Publication 1179 entitled "Suitability for Irrigation of Water from Lakes and Streams in the Southern Interior of British Columbia".

Disc contents unknown (failed migration).

File consists of a draft copy of a supplement to the Official Community Plan for the City of Prince George through the 1990's.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Sutherland Colony in Brooks, Alberta.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Sutherland Land Company created by the 4th Duke of Sutherland.

File consists of records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission symposium "Urban Development and the ALRD: 'Up Not Out'" on March 9, 1993. Gary Runka attended as a speaker with the address "Agriculture in the Urban Shadow". Includes correspondence, symposium material, agenda, a copy of Ray Spaxman's speech "Urban Form in a Sustainable Region", attendee folder, notes, and background material. Also includes Agricultural Land Commission 'Preserving our Foodlands' buttons.

File consists of a physical development plan report for the Takla Lake Band, prepared by Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd.

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 titled "Tape 5: 2:45-4:05" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage 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 titled "Tape 6: 4:05-5:10" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage 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 titled "Tape 7: 5:10-5:50" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage 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.

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 650, Canoe Creek Indian Band's "Overview of Issues and Concerns Related to Transmission Line Corridor Component" project. Includes three PDF format maps prepared by AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project depicting "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography".