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.

Series includes photographs regarding forestry and tree management; forestry tours; consulting projects Don MacLaurin was involved in; Whistler Interpretive Forest informative and trail signs; Bear Awareness signs; photographs related to Don MacLaurin's ABCPF [sic] thesis; photographs of the Whistler golf course; construction of the Whistler Creek dam; construction; photographs of vegetation and flowering plants; photographs related to an Environmentalists' conference.

Item includes four maps regarding forestry management plot maps. Maps are titled "92J005-41 Lodgepole Pine", "92J005-39 Balsam", "92J005-36", "92j005-31", and "Whistler Demo Forest".

File includes photographs of road construction (what appears to be a logging road); photographs of a MacLaurin family celebration; photographs of a speaking presentation; photographs of signage in the Whistler Interpretive Forest; photographs of scenery in the Whistler Interpretive Forest area.

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 vegetation (especially flowering plants); informative trail signs for the Whistler Interpretive Forest; helicopters; forestry tree management; trail signs for Showh Lakes trails; trail bridge building; people on a zipline over a river; a kayaker. The photographs were found in a Ziploc bag labelled "Trails" and "Trails Et[c]".

File includes photographs of logged areas; photographs of debris deposits at the banks of a river; photographs of tree removal and related forest management; photographs of helicopters; photographs of "Whistler Demonstration Forest" signage; photographs of snowmobilers; photographs of tree planting.

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 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."