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Stock shots. Caterpillar tractors using ball and chain apparatus to knock down trees and clear land.

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Stock shots. Sequences showing crews painting road markings and falling snags on hillside. Also include footage of data computing, radio communication, parachute drop, Ranger School, construction of Okanagan Lake Park, planting at Duncan Forest Nursery, and a helicopter transporting a load of lumber to the location of a fire lookout station.

Stock shots. Aerial footage of the forest nursery at Campbell River and of the Duncan Bay Pulp Mill. Ground-level footage of the Quinsam Seed Orchard and of operations at the Campbell River Nursery.

Stock shots. Shows Douglas fir, Lodgepole pine, Larch, etc., in flower and/or bud stage, and views of tree plantations. May include Saturna Island footage.

Stock shots. Sequence of crew travelling by truck and climbing trees to collect cones; process shown in detail. Cones being unloaded at the extractor at Duncan Forest Nursery. Crew from Pacific Logging picking up bullet stock for planting.

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Stock shots. At Duncan Forest Nursery, cartons of nursery stock are removed from cold storage and loaded onto a truck.

Stock shots. Show the process of extracting seeds from cones at the Duncan Forest Nursery.

Stock shots. Detailed footage showing process of pollen injection, Lodgepole pine cones arriving at seed extraction plant, and nutrient and soil tests with hemlock seedlings at the research greenhouse.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Eric Garman and R.S. Dickhout : History of Thetis Park Nature Sanctuary RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1976-02-21 SUMMARY: In an interview by Peter Claxton, Eric H. Garman and R.S. Dickhout discuss the history of the Thetis Park Nature Sanctuary Association. Includes personal comments on the fields of forestry and natural history in B.C.

Training film. Illustrates the correct method of setting up a camp in the woods, and demonstrates the results of campfire carelessness.

Stock shots. "Subjects covered: Inmates working in sawmill. General scene of camp. Clearing brush. Planting seedlings. Cutaways include logging truck fully loaded along mountain road. Seedling close-ups. Mountain flowers."

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Glen Patterson.
T0509:0001 track 1: Mr. Patterson discusses his move to Nimpkish Valley as a fire warden, 1947; first sustained yield plan for the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-48; fire protection practices in the Nimpkish Valley; company attitudes toward forest conservation, 1940s; forest service view of company practices, 1940s. Changes in Nimpkish Valley forestry practices, 1947-56. Forestry reform brought about by the Sloan Commission Report, 1953-55. Progressive forestry practices of CFP in the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-56.
T0509:0001 track 2: Mr. Patterson discusses fire protection practices in the Nimpkish Valley, 1947-52; development of volume and yield tables for the Nimpkish Valley; tree farm license granted in the Nimpkish Valley, 1960; responsibilities of B.C. Forest Service and logging companies in forest management; public attitudes toward forest management; the work of forestry institutions at the provincial and national level; life in the Nimpkish Valley and description of Woss Camp, 1948-56.

T0509:0002 track 1: Mr. Patterson discusses women's lives in Woss camp, 1947-56 and the social divisions in camp life. (End of interview).