Series consists of textual and photographic records documenting the work of Sheppard and others with CALP in relating environmental and aesthetic concerns in public perceptions of forestry and forest management, focusing on Weyerhaeuser's cutting practices, including variable selection logging and other selective logging methods. Records include published studies, reports, correspondence, related textual materials, and slides showing aerial and landscape views illustrating forestry practices and environmental aesthetics used in public presentations.

Fonds consists of records documenting Stephen Sheppard’s professional and academic activities while he was at UBC. They include textual records (correspondence, reports, written notes, data sets, and published materials), audio-visual recordings, photographs, and digital media. The records are arranged in the following series: Aesthetics And Sustainability (sub-series Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, and Articles for Publication), Visual Resource Management, Multi-Criteria Analysis, Local Climate Change Visioning, and Forest Management Research (sub-series CALP UBC research publications, Local UBC studies, North Cowichan Community Forest, Clayoquot Reference Materials, and General).

Series consists of textual, photographic, audio, and digital records documenting multi-criteria analysis (MCA) in public consultation and visioning, particularly in the Slocan Valley and the Arrow Forest District. Materials include reports, published materials, theses/dissertations by forestry students, correspondence, slides used in public presentations illustrating forestry practices and environmental aesthetics in the Slocan and Arrow regions, CDs with digital data used in reports and publications, and audio cassette recordings of meetings of forestry and environmental stakeholder groups from the Arrow Forest District.

Series consists of textual and digital records documenting local climate change visioning (LCCV) conducted by Sheppard and CALP in several British Columbia communities. The conferences, workshops, and information sessions focused on best practices for low-carbon and resilient community development and how those could help counteract climate change in those communities. Most of these initiatives were supported by grants from the Geoide SII (GEOmatics for Informed DEcisions Network of Centres of Excellence – Strategic Investment Initiative). Materials include reports, published sources, data, correspondence, and a PowerPoint presentation preserved on a CD.

Series consists of textual, photographic, digital, and audiovisual records documenting research in forest and landscape management, both within and outside CALP’s programmes, in Metro Vancouver, Squamish, North Cowichan, and other locations. Materials include reports, published sources, data, correspondence, photographic slides, digital data on CDs, and a DVD recording of a CBC TV interview with Stephen Sheppard on climate change in Delta. The series is arranged into five sub-series: CALP UBC research publications, Local UBC studies, North Cowichan Community Forest, Clayoquot Reference Materials, and General.
The Clayoquot Reference Materials sub-series was not created by Dr. Sheppard but was included with his papers and has been retained for reference and research purposes.

Series consists of records documenting the symposium “Linking Sustainability to Aesthetics: Do people prefer sustainable landscapes?” sponsored by UBC’s Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), and the resulting book Forests and Landscapes: Linking ecology, sustainability and aesthetics, which was supported by a significant thematic grant from the PWIAS. Materials include correspondence, written notes, brochures and other promotional materials, and grant proposals. Also included are typescript drafts of the articles, with peer-review comments from the symposium that were collected and published in the book. The series is arranged into two sub-series: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Articles for Publication.