This series consists of records of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station. Records include correspondence relating to silviculture, forest fires, forestry research, forest biology, timber cruising, timber scaling, and forest surveys; nursery project reports; scalers' notebooks; meteorological records, 1952-1963; records relating to the Youth Forestry Training Plan, 1938-1940, the High School Summer Employment Plan, 1952-1953, and the Canadian Institute of Forestry Conference, Prince George, 1959; correspondence regarding sawmills and planer mills in the Prince George Forest District, 1961, and a ledger, 1952-1954.

Footage. Heeling in bundled seedlings. Beacon Hill Park, Victoria: people feeling waterfowl at Goodacre Lake. A lookout station, and view from the top. Annual celebration at Peace Arch Park; shots of Premier Pattullo and Fred McGregor. Falls and rapids. Planting crew in Campbell River area: tent camp, bundled seedlings, planting shots. Tom Wells with seedlings at Green Timbers. Interior B.C. scenery.

Television shorts. Television commercial showing free public tours of MacMillan Bloedel's logging and forestry operations on Vancouver Island. Offered by the company in the summer of 1972 or 1973, the tours included log harvesting and handling, product manufacture and reforestation.

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.

The item is a reel of training film. It was intended to aid discussion among trainees about handling bare-root planting stock in transit.

This series contains correspondence, radiograms, accounts, property register, log books and meteorological data relating to forest research, silviculture, and reforestation. Plans and maps transferred to Map Division.

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.

This series contains descriptive reports of forest experiment stations. This incudes mimeographed booklets describing purpose and development of Cowichan Lake Experiment Station, Aleza Lake Experiment Station, and Green Timbers Forestry Station. The series includes photographs posted into each booklet.

Item consists of a documentary video on the burning of logging waste in coastal BC. Slash burning is advocated as a means of reducing forest fire hazards and ensuring forest regeneration. The necessity of reforestation after slash burning is discussed.

Documentary. The burning of logging waste in coastal BC. Slash burning is advocated as a means of reducing forest fire hazards and ensuring forest regeneration. The necessity of reforestation after slash burning is discussed.

Item consists of an instructional and promotional video on the topic of the role of the Silviculture Branch in reforestation and intensive forest management as B.C.'s forests require rebuilding after logging or destruction by wildfire, insects and disease.

Unedited footage. Truck loads flats of seedlings for shipment to reforestation projects. Interview with men who operate watering and fertilizing equipment. Acres of tree seedlings. Workers take inventory.

The item consists of an answer print containing television commercials of TV spots on forest fire prevention ("Be Careful") and on forest replanting. Each spot is represented in 60-second and 30-second versions. There are accompanying reels of original film and tracks.