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British Columbia. Forest Service Forests and forestry--British Columbia
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[Forest camp activities, Haney area]

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."

[Koksilah nursery ; oak tree (scenic)]

Stock shots. Scenic shots of oak tree and golf course. At Koksilah Nursery, footage of: sprinklers; seedling and seed beds; weeding; seeding (with tractor-drawn seeder); irrigation system; earth spreader. Also, weeding seed beds at Duncan Nursery.

[Planting, Kamloops district ; Mica pondage clearing]

Stock shots. First section shows crew planting bullet seedlings with planting guns and with dibbles, as well as some bare-root planting. The second section shows the clearing of land in the area to be flooded by the Mica Dam, using caterpillar tractors, Euclids, chain saws, etc. Tree are felled, piled, and the slash and debris are burned. Also includes views of the dam under construction, and of waterways and lakes in the area.

[Sayward Forest : recreation, etc.]

Stock shots. Extensive footage of the Sayward Forest, primarily showing outdoor recreation activities -- boating (power, sail and canoe), camping, sport fishing, picnicking, swimming, sunbathing, water skiing, etc. -- on the lakes, streams and rivers of the area. Also includes sequences on the Elk Falls and Menzie lookout towers; forest inventory crews at work near Frog Lake and Elk Falls; Campbell River Forest Nursery; a tugboat pulling a log barge in Johnstone Strait; Campbell River Ranger Station; Elk Falls Park; neat and messy camp sites.

[Slash burning]

Stock shots. Shows slash burning in progress on flat area and on hillside; men igniting the slash; aerial and general views during and after the burn; night shots. Also shows helicopter with monsoon bucket, and logging truck passing through the burn area. There is also footage of B.C. Forest Products operations in the Caycuse area, including: plantations near Bear Creek and Caycuse; forester inspecting browse damage; views of logged area(s), fire guards, slash and regeneration; falling snags; sequences showing planting in burned and unburned terrain; Autum colours in the (Cowichan?) Valley.

[Sue Fire rehabilitation]

Stock shots. Caterpillar tractors using cables to pull down trees (snags?); cats piling slash; crew igniting slash piles with driptorches. Also general views of burned-over area.

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