Instructional: Film produced by the Prince Albert Pulpwood Limited about its lumbering practices in the forests of northern Saskatchewan. It discusses controlled harvesting of trees; clear cutting; selective cutting; reforestation techniques; scarification; the perpetual cycle of growth in forests which must be maintained in order for the forest to maintain its health; proper forest fighting techniques (includes scenes of an airplane water-bombing a forest fire). Includes interviews with a lumberjack; someone planting seedlings in an area scheduled for reforestation and an employee who plans the harvesting and replanting of forest areas according to silviculture practices. Archival photograghs are used to to show lumbering equipment used in the past.

Various images from northern Saskatchewan. 01: Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer James Clouthier holds a pottery shard found north of Lac La Ronge. 02 to 04: Indigenous fishermen prepare to load iced fish onto an Otter aircraft at Wapawekka Lake. 05: Roger Phillips stands atop an observation tower situated approx. 14 miles north of La Ronge. 06: Exterior view of a four-room teacherage at La Ronge. 07: Mrs. George Graves holding a 20-pound great northern pike at Bear Island. 08 to 11: Guide Folke Lindskog, and tourist fishers Mr. and Mrs. P. Wendelboug of Melfort, at Nemeiben Lake. 12: Mrs. N Chmara, with Gordon and Betty McDonald and their children, at Wadin Bay. 13 to 20: Pictographs at Larocque Lake. 21: Conservation officer Clarence Ferguson at a forest fighters' camp near Southend. 22 to 24: Views of Arctic Lodge at Reindeer Lake, including a summer employee with an Indigenous child, and a group of fishermen departing by plane from the Lodge. 25 to 26: A forest fire on an island of Reindeer Lake. 27 to 29: Remains of the steamship (or sternwheeler) "Northcote", including its boilers, at Cumberland House. The ship was beached there in 1886. 30 to 31: Camp manager Wally Hill, and his mother-in-law, outside of Sportsman's Lodge at McIntosh Lake. 32: Aerial view of Sportman's Lodge. 33 to 39: Visit by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to La Ronge, August 6, 1959. 40 to 41: Indigenous fishing guide Philip Charles docked at Lac La Ronge. 42: Tourist guide Wayne Bradford on the steps of the Lindwood's tourist cabin at Nemeiben Lake. 43 to 49: Prime Minister Diefenbaker at the Prince Albert airport with the Saskatchewan Government Airways aircraft that transported him.

Views from Torch River tower; of Torch River ford; and exterior view of Torch River Forest Reserve headquarters.

Views of district from Loon Lake tower, SE 7-52-22-W3.

Views of northern Saskatchewan, taken for the Saskatchewan Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources. 01 to 48: Sawmill operations at the L & M [Lobe and McConnell] Wood Products plant at Glaslyn. 49 to 72: A skidder machine drags logs to the roadside to be picked up by a truck. Also shown are views of a cut out area. 73 to 80: Terry Budreo, a conservation officer at Meadow Lake with the Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources, assesses an area of re-planted trees. The distance between Budreo's hands in images 79 and 80 represents one year of the saplings' growth. 81 to 82: Animal carcasses left behind in a field. 83 to 98: A skidder machine in operation. 99 to 106: A crew fells trees. 107 to 145: Operations at the Meadow Lake Sawmill Co. plant, including the weigh scales in use (107, 144 and 145) and changing blades (126 to 127). 146 to 175: Operations at the Green Lake sawmill, including clearing land by burning (146 to 148), piles of logs in the lumber yard (149 to 153), and a shutdown at the mill due to a breakdown (154 to 175). 176 to 182: Views of the Cowan River Campground. 183 to 187: Views of Poplar Point Resort. 188 to 199: Views of the Big River Sawmill. 200 to 270: Views of cleanup operations at Cowan Lake, including pulling logs out of the lake with a skidder (200 to 247) and using a tugboat, the "Little Beaver", to loosen logs along the shoreline then haul them to the skidder to be dragged ashore (248 to 270). 271 to 272: An unidentified man and woman sit on the top step at the entry to a trailer or temporary building. 273 to 285: Trees being planted at the Big River Nursery. 286 to 287: Exterior views of the Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources administration building and living quarters at Big River. 288 to 294: Staff of the Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources office at Big River. (L to R): Henry Fabish; Jean Toon; and Ted Arsenault, conservation officer. 294: Interior view of the Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources administration building at Big River. 295 to 302: Distant views of the Prince Albert Pulp Mill. 303 to 318: Aerial views of a re-planted area of land near the Prince Albert Pulp Mill. 319 to 347: Tree planting, by machine and by hand. 348 to 349: Ranger station at Grassy Lake. 350 to 350 to 377: Boreal forest in the Grassy Lake area, including areas that have been burnt out, and the helicopter used to do aerial assessments of the forests in the area. 378 to 389: General aerial views of northern Saskatchewan. 390 to 398: Aerial views of moose in the forest. 399 to 405: Aerial views of the Minoueeka [Minowukaw Beach] Campground. 406 to 414: Aerial views of a cut timber area. 415 to 425: Aerial views showing a Jack pine cut area and the trees remaining between the river and the cut area. 426 to 431: Aerials of forests and cut areas. 432 to 434: Aerial views of moose in a body of water. 435 to 439: General aerial views of a cut area of forest. 440 to 458: Aerial views of the Prince Albert Tree Nursery. 459 to 464: Views of a 1962 plantation of trees planted by the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources. 465 to 475: Distant views of the Prince Albert Pulp Mill and adjacent lands. 476 to 494: Views of operations at the Prince Albert Pulp Mill. 495 to 500: Views of a box of facial tissues and a cut log, approximately 30 in length, in the foreground, with the Prince Albert Pulp Mill in the distant background. The log represents the quantity of wood needed to produce the box of tissues at the mill. 501 to 512: Views of Nisbett Campground, located just north of Prince Albert. 513 to 524: Exterior and interior views of the Department of Tourism and Renewable Resources' fire fighter headquarters, located just north of Prince Albert. Also included are views of the Department's forest fire lookout tower, located near the headquarters.

Views of a Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources Forest Branch smoke jumper - a forest fire fighting parachutist - with his related clothing and equipment.

Views of Waterhen Provincial Park and surrounding areas. 01: Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources headquarters at Waterhen Provincial Park. 02: Conservation officer's house and office at Waterhen Provincial Park. 03: Trappers George Blackbird and Monook Running Around scrape a beaver pelt during its drying process at Waterhen Provincial Park. 04: Bernard Dueluzeau of Meadow Lake and Harry Quickfall of Kindersley fish from the side of a bridge over the Waterhen River in the Park. 05: A picnic site sign in the Park. 06 to 07: A camp kitchen in the Park. 08: Conservation officer R. Ferguson on road from Meadow Lake to Canoe Lake. The Salt Creek Tower is in the distant background. 09: Department of Natural Resources patrolman John Evans and conservation officer R. Ferguson check for fires from Salt Creek Tower. 10 to 11: Views from Salt Creek Tower, looking south and north, respectively. 12: Ice-bound south shore of Jeanette Lake. 13: Department of Highways and Transportation road crew maintaining Highway 4 in the Park. 14: View along Highway 4 through the Park at Flotten Lake. 15: View at Grieg Lake. 16: View at Flotten Lake. 17: View along road to Jeanette Lake through the Park. 18: View of northern end of Jeanette Lake. 19: Camp kitchen at Grieg Lake. 20: A power saw operator cuts trees into tie lengths at a mill operated by Tom Clements of Meadow Lake. The mill, east of Flotten Lake, is the only tie mill in the area. 21: A portable saw is used to trim logs at the mill. 22: A carpenter puts the finishing touches on a campsite sign in a workshop located at Meadow Lake.

Views of Waterhen Provincial Park and surrounding areas, including Salt Creek Tower, Jeanette Lake, Grieg Lake and Flotten Lake. See also 60-212-01 to 60-212-22 for similar images.

Views of a visit by forest fire prevention mascot Smokey the Bear to Regina on May 14, 1964 to mark National Forest Conservation Week . 01: Smokey the Bear is greeted by Hon. Eiling Kramer, Minister of the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources. Regina deputy fire chief Harold Button (left) looks on. 02: Smokey the Bear shares a forest fire prevention car sticker with a driver.

Informational: Discusses the importance of water, its uses in today's modern society and the need to conserve it. Talks of the Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board and its mandate to manage the water and forest resources of the watershed of the eastern slopes of the Great Divide from where the water, which flows to the prairie region, comes. Includes scenes of Regina and Saskatoon, fall harvest, mountains and men training to become forest fighters.