Series GR-4006 - Okanagan Shuswap Forest District silviculture records

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Okanagan Shuswap Forest District silviculture records

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GR-4006

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  • 1962-1994 (Creation)

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45 cm of textual records, maps and photographs

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British Columbia. Okanagan Shuswap Forest District
(2003-)

Biographical history

The Okanagan Shuswap Forest District was created in 2003 when the Salmon Arm, Vernon and Penticton Forest Districts were merged together. In 2016 it was renamed the Okanagan Shuswap Natural Resource District, as part of the Thompson Okanagan Natural Resource Region.

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British Columbia. Kamloops Forest Region
(1978-2003)

Biographical history

In 1978, the Kamloops Forest District was renamed the Kamloops Forest Region, however its boundaries did not change. Between 1978 and 1981, the Region was further reorganized into the following smaller Forest Districts: Clearwater, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Vernon, Penticton, Merritt and Lillooet. These were based on the Previous Ranger Districts. This means the Kamloops Forest District continued to exist after 1978, however, it was a much smaller area part of the new Kamloops Forest Region.

In 2003 the region was amalgamated with the Nelson Forest Region and the Cariboo Forest Region to form the Southern Interior Forest Region.

In 2010 the Southern Interior Forest Region ceased to exist and was replaced by three districts with boundaries similar to those before the amalgamation. The area that had been covered by the old Kamloops Forest Region was renamed the Thompson Okanagan Forest Region, with its headquarters in Kamloops. In 2016 the name of the Thompson Okanagan Forest Region was changed to the Thompson Okanagan Natural Resource Region.

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Scope and content

This series consists of silviculture openings from the Okanagan Shuswap Forest District and its predecessors from 1962-1994. This series may contain records created by the Salmon Arm Forest District, Penticton Forest District and Vernon Forest District in the Kamloops Forest Region. These districts (or parts of them) were amalgamated to form the Okanagan Shuswap Forest District in 2003.

The Ministry of Forests defines silviculture as “the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable basis.”

Most files consist of silviculture opening records which document the historical silviculture treatment work that has been undertaken on specific areas of land that are referred to as openings. These files regard changes in the forest cover, changes in prescriptions, cut boundaries, changes in site prescriptions and records involving impacts on silvicultural treatments.

Files may contain a wide variety of record formats including textual records, photographs and maps. The textual records include computer printouts, photocopies, cards, reports and correspondence. Other types of records include prescription documents, which provide the management plan for the area; stand tending descriptions and reports, which show completed forest treatments; traverse sheets, which provide location information; planting reports; final harvesting reports; surveys; site plans; and inspection reports.

Opening files are arranged in several numerically ordered groups by a classification number. The first part of that number (ex. 82E097) corresponds with the National Topographic System location codes and the second part of the number consists of a sequential three digit number applied to each file.

Ministries responsible for the creation of this series, and their dates of the responsibility, are:

Dept. of Lands and Forests 1945-1962
Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources 1962-1975
Dept. of Forests 1975-1976
Ministry of Forests 1976-1986
Ministry of Forests and Lands 1986-1988
Ministry of Forests 1988-2005

Classified as 18750-20 in the Forests Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

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Transferred from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Okanagan Shuswap District between 2016-2019.

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There are no access restrictions.

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Finding aids

File list. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-4001_to_GR-4500/GR-4006.pdf

Associated materials

See GR-3910 for District forest tenure records, including additional silviculture records.
See GR-3911 for related operational records and procedure files.

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Future accruals are expected.

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Accession number(s): 96-5199, 97-3324

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