The State of BC’s Forests Annexes Related Publications — PDF print version

Related Publications

British Columbia’s forests and forestry programs were comprehensively summarized in the following Ministry of Forests and Range publications:

• Forest, Range and Recreation Resource Analysis, 1994
• Forest and Range Resource Analysis, 1984
• Forest and Range Resource Analysis, 1979

More recent publications that addressed selected aspects of British Columbia’s forests include:

• The Forestry Revitalization Plan; 2003
• British Columbia’s Forests: A Geographical Snapshot, 2003
• British Columbia’s Forests and Their Management, 2003
• Environmental Trends, 2002
• Environmental Trends, 2000
• Environmental Trends, 1998

A number of commissions over the past century compiled extensive information as part of their examination of forest policy issues in British Columbia. They include:

• Ready for Change: Crisis and Opportunity in the Coast Forest Industry, 2001 (Report to the Minister of Forests, Peter H. Pearse)
• Shaping Our Future, 2000 (B.C. Forest Policy Review, Garry Wouters)
• The Future of Our Forests, 1991 (Forest Resources Commission, A.L. (Sandy) Peel)
• Timber Rights and Forest Policy in British Columbia, 1976 (Royal Commission, Peter H. Pearse)
• Crown Charges for Early Timber Rights, 1974 (Task Force on Crown Timber Disposal)
• The Forest Resources of British Columbia, 1956 (Public Inquiries Act, Gordon McG. Sloan)
• The Forest Resources of British Columbia, 1945 (Public Inquiries Act, Gordon McG. Sloan)
• Timber and Forestry, 1909–1910 (Royal Commission of Inquiry, Fred J. Fulton)

The following early forest inventories provided summaries of timber resources:

• Continuous Forest Inventory of British Columbia, 1957 (H.M. Pogue)
• The Forest Resources of British Columbia, 1937 (F.D. Mulholland)
• Forests of British Columbia, 1918 (H.N. Whitford and Roland D. Craig)