Stock shots. Footage includes: powder man preparing to blast section of rock; dumping truckloads of at the Port hardy log dumping ground; caterpillar tractors shifting logs and moving earth; more drilling and blasting; more log dump scenes.
Stock shots. Includes footage of forest fires, fire-fighting and burned-over areas at the Erbe Fire, Vancouver Island, and the Johnny Fire, Kamloops. Air tankers, a bird-dog plane, and ground crews with hoses are shown.
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.
Stock shots. Shows Canso airtanker taking off from Patricia Bay, picking up water [?], dropping on fires near Squamish, Finlayson Arm, Harrison Lake and Zeballos; radio room at Vancouver; footage of Canso from bird-dog plane; helicopter making monsoon bucket drops, and ferrying federal prisoners to fight fire; suppression crew fighting fire on ground; shots inside a Canso; etc.
Stock shots. Caterpillar tractor, tanker truck, and suppression crew at forest fire scene. Canso airtanker makes drops on fire. Use of radio communications. Duncan ranger station.
Stock shots. Spraying for weed control at Koksilah Forest Nursery. Thinning seedlings in Duncan plug nursery. Researcher in Lodgepole pine beds at Mesachie lake Research Station. Detailed footage showing seed testing at the laboratory in Duncan.
Stock shots. Footage of logging operations in the Sayward, showing heel-boom loader, shovel loader, and logging truck. Footage of Campbell River Nursery includes correctional inmates building a fence, and sequence showing seedlings being lifted, bundled and heeled-in. Short sequence on fire above Stella Lake. Trees and scenery of Mohun Lake and Mount Menzies. Sequence on Camp Snowdon, a correctional facility, where inmates are shown clearing ditches, brush and weeds. Logging trucks at Campbell River nursery.
Stock shots. First section shows the planting of mudpacked seedlings by a planting crew for Pacific Logging in the Fleet River area. (The shot list emphasizes that this footage is not meant to illustrate production planting, but only as an example of the mudpack method.) Second section shows aerial planting of bullet seedlings and frozen mudpack seedlings from an Avenger aircraft for Pacific Logging.
Stock shots. Shows tree felling, land clearing, and construction of road(s), probably in the vicinity of Gold River and/or Elk River. Much footage of construction equipment, including bulldozers, scrapers, drills, cranes, 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.
Documentary. BC forest industries join forces with agencies of the Canadian and BC governments in an all-out aerial spraying campaign against the widespread spruce budworm infestation of forest stands on Vancouver Island.
The series consists of records of the Lake Cowichan Ranger District of the Ministry of Forests, 1928-1980. It includes correspondence files, cutting permits, and inspection reports relating to tree farm licences, timber leases, and timber marks. It also includes records and a collection of pamphlets and reports relating to forest pathology, silviculture, and reforestation.
This series contains files from the Public Information and Education Division. The records consist of correspondence of the Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources on controversial matters including: multiple use in the Nitinat Triangle (1972) and Fry Creek (1972-1973) areas, and the Eden Fire (1973-1975). This series also contains the report of the Committee for Ranger District Organization (1976) which was appointed as a result of the Eden Fire controversy.
British Columbia. Forest Service. Public Information and Education Division
This series contains briefs submitted to the Minister of Lands and Forests regarding the application by Canadian Forest Products Company for a Tree Farm Licence in the Nimpkish River area.
This series contains published forest management manuals, guides, tables, and studies from the Duncan Forest District. Records include lookout man's diaries, 1972-1974, files concerning the closure of Mt. Prevost and Mt. Hooker lookouts, British Columbia Forest Products, Maquinna T.F.L. no. 22 and annual reports, 1969-1972.
File consists of the script for a slide show on streambank management on Vancouver Island and a course on streambank management prepared for British Columbia Forest Service research station on Mesachie Lake.
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.
The item is a video copy of amateur film footage taken by J. Harold Sherk from 1941 to 1943. It shows activities of conscientious objectors doing alternative service in B.C. during World War II under the auspices of the Forest Service. Includes: forest camp in Ontario; train trip across prairies; scenery around Banff; Green Timbers forest nursery; forestry work (land clearing); Yale; camp life, firefighting, forestry work, etc., at Campbell River, Bowser, Parksville, Cowichan area, Duncan, Shawnigan, Langford; Victoria street scenes; Rocky Mountains and Alberta foothills on train trip back east.