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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.

Stock shots. It seems likely that F1986:14/01.151b is the workprint from the original footage reel of [GREEN TIMBERS ; WOMEN PLANTING, HOPE], which is accessioned as F1986:14/01.054a.

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Stock shots. Shows tree planting crew at work on a burned-over hillside overlooking Brewster Lake.

Stock shots. Shows a three-man crew planting seedlings on a hillside.

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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.

Series consists of operational records relating to reforestation, mensuration, pathology, volume studies, personnel, financial and engineering matters.

This series contains translations of technical reports relating to reforestation, forest fires, silviculture, yield, growth, soil, and other scientific studies of forest biology.

This series contains miscellaneous papers relating to forest growth and forest pathology. The first file contains a copy of 'What forest trees tell about climate and soil', by G.A. Pearson, 1940. The second file contains a copy of 'Lumber recovery from second-growth western hemlock', by C.F. McBride, 1951. The series also includes a literature review of the dwarf mistletoes by Job Kuijt, 1954 and an interim report on studies on the characteristics and ecology of the root system of second growth Douglas fir, by R.G. McMinn, 1954.

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.

Footage. Reforestation work at a camp in Green Timbers, and elsewhere. Camp scenes. Green Timbers supervisor Tom Wells. Eucalyptus seedlings. The forestry launches "Larch" (on Cowichan Lake) and "Syrene" (at sea). Falling snags. Planting.

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.

CALL NUMBER: T0596:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1950 RECORDED: Royston (B.C.), 1974-08-19 & 20 SUMMARY: Graduated UBC Forest Engineering, 1935-1942. Joined BC Forest Service. Cruised timber and surveyed in the interior. Assistant district forester, Prince George.

CALL NUMBER: T0596:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1950 RECORDED: Royston (B.C.), 1974-08-19 & 20 SUMMARY: Cruised timber and did surveying for BC Forest Service. Joined BC Forest Products in 1946. Description of early efforts in forest practices.;

CALL NUMBER: T0596:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1972 RECORDED: Royston (B.C.), 1974-08-19 & 20 SUMMARY: Description of early efforts in forest practices. Timber acquisition. Tree Farm License #22. Mackenzie development, etc.