Fonds contain the records of Don MacLaurin. MacLaurin was involved in the forestry industry of British Columbia, taught at BCIT, and was heavily involved with the Resort Municipality of Whistler. He was in several forestry associations, including the Canadian Institute of Forestry, British Columbia Foresters, and the Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia. MacLaurin created the Whistler Interpretive Forest. MacLaurin also completed assessments for private developers. Included in the fonds are his personal records.

Most of the records were created in the Whistler region.

Documents concerning Pacific Western Products Ltd. Series includes maps; development plan comments; prescription agreements; documents regarding logging proposals; management plans; a CD with WFP reports.

File includes photographs of signage and vehicles in the Loggers Lake area and Craterview Lookout of the Whistler Interpretive Forest. Many of the signs seem damaged or vandalized. File also includes photographs of a BC license plate from a vehicle abandoned in the area. Photographs were found in an envelope labelled "Loggers Lake demo forest".

File includes photographs of logging areas; overgrown trails; mountain scenery; dirt roads.

Photo captions:
002: "23 (2)"
003: "22"
004: "25"
005: "24"
006: "20"
007: "19"
008: "18"
009: "17"
010: "16"
011: "15"
012: "14"
013: "13"
014: "12"

File includes photographs of volunteers who assisted in building trails in the Whistler Interpretive Forest, accompanied by a post-it note labelled "H.I.T. Team Volunteers W.I.F." File also includes a note reading "#37 - missing. Logger's Lake - south end - potential foreshore area." File also includes photographs of roads within the Whistler Interpretive Forest, as well as trees and mountain landscapes.

Photo captions:
002: "21 (2)"
012: "38"
013: "36"
014: "35"
015: "34"
016: "33"
018: "32 (2)"
019: "31"
020: "30"

File includes photographs of a crew clearing trees from a road; photographs of views from Whistler Mountain; photographs of roads and signage in the Whistler Interpretive Forest; photographs of [Whistler Golf Course?].

Documents concerning tours of the Whistler Interpretive Forest, including tours for international forestry groups. File includes related correspondence; itinerary drafts and attendance lists; invoices; business cards related to a Japanese Senators tour; notes and handwritten contact information; reference information for tours; tour proposals; landscape and map sketches.

Documents related to a self-guided tour brochure for the Whistler Interpretive Forest and a Winter Recreation Guide pamphlet that Don MacLaurin was working on. The file includes maps of the interpretive forest and area; handmade drafts of pamphlet plans; information for panels of pamphlets; copies of panels from a cross country ski trails pamphlet; map of Hunters Range Snowmobile Trails in Salmon Arm Forest District; copies of Hunters Range Snowmobile Trails pamphlet; map of Winter Recreation Trails in the Holy Cross Ranger District, White River National Forest; notes on potential writing for pamphlet panels and stops on the self-guided tour.

Note:
Winter Recreation Guide pamphlet plan (MACLAURIN_2017_011_003_001_001_001):
Writing beneath tape, from top to bottom, left to right, reads
"Forest Ethics"
"Safety Considerations"
"About the Whistler Interpretive Forest"
"Whistler Interpretive Forest".

Winter Recreation Guide pamphlet plan (MACLAURIN_2017_011_003_001_001_011):
Writing beneath tape, from top to bottom, left to right, reads
"About the Whistler Interp Forest"
"Trail Descriptions"
"Whistler Interpretive Forest"
"Canada B.C."

File includes a document titled "Coast Forest Region Small Tenures Timber Supply Analysis, Whistler Community Forest Agreement, Soo TSA - Timber Supply Analysis Draft Results".

File includes correspondence between Western Forest Products Ltd. (WFP) and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) in 1998 regarding a proposed Forest Development Plan. The file also includes correspondence with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests approving the Forest Development Plan.