The series consists of cutting permits and other timber tenure records. These records were created from 1973-2006 by the 100 Mile House Forest District, a division of the Cariboo Forest Region. Files include cutting permits, forest licences, timber sale licences, timber sale harvesting licences, woodlot licences and licences to cut. Records regard the issuance, evaluation, administration, monitoring, planning, replacement, cancellation, deletion and extension of these timber tenures. The vast majority of records are cutting permits for forest licences. Licensees were required to apply for a forest licence and cutting permits in order to harvest timber. The records may include legal documents, management plans, development plans, correspondence, forms, reports, maps, licences, permits, permit amendments and renewals, logging plans, cruise compilations, compilation summaries, reports, silviculture prescriptions, traverse cards, appraisals, harvesting reports and inspection forms, permit extension documentation, road permits, financial records, timber scales, timber mark designations, inspection records, photos, and stumpage fees. The ministries responsible for creating these records, and the years that they were responsible, are: Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources (1961-1975) Dept. of Forests (1975-1976) Ministry of Forests (1976-1986) Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988) Ministry of Forests (1988-2005) Ministry of Forests and Range (2005-2010) The records were classified as 19500-45, 19540-25, 19620-25, 19720-25, 19720-45, 19720-50 and 19720-55 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).
The series consists of timber sale harvesting licences (TSHL) from the 100 Mile House Forest District. Timber sale harvesting licences were first introduced in 1967 and provided individuals and businesses with a permit to cut a volume of timber. This series documents the Government’s administration of timber licences during the period of 1963-1990. Each file contains correspondence, reports and may also contain maps of the cutting area. The files also contain the TSHL application, cutting permit, timber value appraisals and reappraisals, stumpage rate notices, cutting plan maps, charts, clearance status inquiries, and inspection reports. The files are numbered with the licence number and, in many cases, a cutting permit number. The records have been classified as 19590-45 in the Forest Operational Classification System (ORCS). The ministries responsible for these records, and the years that they were responsible, are: 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)