VRM in BC Links
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- Forest Landscape Handbook, BC Ministry of Forests, 1981 - The original BC Handbook - no on-line link located - hard copies in libraries:
https://www.worldcat.org/title/forest-landscape-handbook/oclc/924290109&referer=brief_results Forest Landscape Management - Chapter 11, Recreation Manual BC
- Poster:
A guide to Visual Quality Objectives (PDF)
Public Preferences
Energy
Wind Energy Developments on Forested Landscapes - Visual Quality: the Public Response. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations 2015. (PDF, 5.3MB)
Other Research and Visual Resource Management Publications
Clearcutting and Visual Quality – A Public Perception Study (PDF, 1.7MB)
Economic Benefits of Managing Forestry and Tourism at Nimmo Bay (PDF, 2.2MB)
Predicting the Visual Impacts of Retention Cutting (PDF, 1.1MB)
The Public Response to Harvest Practices in B.C. at the Landscape and Stand Level (PDF, 3.2MB)
Visual Impacts of Partial Cutting: Summary Report (PDF, 1.4MB)
Visually Effective Green-up in B.C. – A Public Perception Study (PDF, 3.7MB)
Public Perception of Mountain Pine Beetle Attack: final report (PDF, 11MB)
Some early press coverage for

In 2017, Ken Fairhurst provided a half-day VRM training session for about 20 BCTS field personnel.
Other Locales
K.B. Fairhurst was given the responsibility for developing an initial version of the Forest Landscape Management Strategies for Alberta when he was with Alberta Energy and Natural Resources in 1985. The Strategies document was published in 1988. Archive.org has a digital version:
