~ RIVERBOAT DAYS SET TO SAIL.

TERRACE — This year’s River-

boat. Days celebration promises —

8 full 10 days of summer orient-

_ @d activities, designed to enter-
| tain both residents and visitors.

‘Hatchery —

qQuiries despite intermittent cor-

respondence over the past two.

| ‘years. Hazelwood said the Socie-
"ty is concerned, and he termed
the city’s proposal to encourage
-timber extraction. in the water-
shed area “‘strange’’.

Kalum Forest: District Man-

ager Gerry Dodd recently con-_

. - firmed that his office is presently
designing a forest management
plan for the Terrace watershed

~’- in conjunction with the city.

- Dodd estimated the plan will
take about two years to develop.

Until recently any human.ac-
tivity within water supply areas

that could have an impact on

water quality or supply was
prohibited, but according to Jim
‘Mattison, head of allocations
for the Water Management
- Branch = in Smithers, logging
within watersheds is becoming
more common as competition
increases for diminishing timber
resources.

‘The removal of trees will
change the water supply to some
extent, and there are a lot of fac-
tors to consider,’ Mattison said.
“Obviously if you ‘clear cut the
whole thing in one year the ef-
fect is going to be pretty dra-
matic, but normally it’s done

gradually over a long period. of
time to allow control.” 7
Mattison - observed that as

water managers, his branch has -

no control over logging. “There
are guidelines for logging in
water reserves, but we don’t
have authority i in that area. The
cutting permits are referred to
us, and we return them with sug-
gestions,” he said.

Wilf Dreher, regional head of
engineering for Water Manage-
ment, recently attended a pro-

.Vincial conference ‘on Timber
Supply Area (TSA) planning.
Dreher said there is a set of
policies governing registered
water reserves, and he stated an

' . @greement has been struck bet-

ween the Ministry of Forests and
the Ministry of Environment for
consultation in preparing water-
shed management plans.
Dreher indicated the Minis-

try of Environment has been

brought into the TSA planning
process to prevent what he term-

‘ed “Annual Allowable Cut War-
fare’’.

The woodlot licensing pro-
gram proposed by the City of

‘Terrace is the sort of Small
Business Enterprise Program
usage that is preferred in water-
shed areas, Dreher said. The
hydrological impact of logging

on water supplies varies, the
stated, but one of the results is
usually an increased water yield
because there is less forest to in-
tercept and absorb runoff.

“If it's managed properly log-
ging can have a beneficial effect
on the water supply,” he con-
cluded.

Barry Peters, Terrace com-
munity advisor for the federal
‘Department of Fisheries and
Oceans (DFO), said his organi-
zation is always concerned about
‘any action, takes part in the
planning on a referral basis and,

if necessary, goes’ into the sub-
ject area and examines it. -

- Peters noted that plans to

dredge the Deep Creek reservoir

to increase it capacity could

+ ultimately help the hatchery by.

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-by Philip Musselman

.’ Beginning on July 25 the Ter-
face Downtown Lions will begin
the day with a Pancake Break-

; “fast i in the Skeena Mall parking

lot at 8 a.m. Then.at: 11 a.m.
residents: will be treated to the
‘annual Riverboat Days Parade
‘along Lakelse Avenue; many:

~ Local: Organizations. will be repre-

| “continued from page 1

making seasonal water flow
more consistent, but he added it
will be important-to time the
dredging so. that fish spawning
downstream are not affected by
disturbed sediment travelling in-
to the lower reaches of Deep
Creek.

Claims —

The only B.C. claim to estab-
lish aboriginal title was heard in
the Supreme Court of Canada in

- 1973 when the Nisga’a Indians

attempted to get jurisdiction
over their traditional lands in the
Nass River valley area. The

. seven-member court split three-

three on the question of aborig-
‘inal title, and the case was struck

SEP budget
welcomed |

TERRACE —The recent an-

. houncement of a five year. $208 .

million budget for the national
Salmonid Enhancement Pro-

gram has been greeted with relief .

by Terrace community fisheries
advisor Barry Peters. :

‘We've been guaranteed a
minimum budget for every year, §
and now we'll have the lead time -

to do some long-range
planning,” Peters said.
Although the budget, revealed
June 23 by Fisheries and Oceans
Minister Tom Siddon, doesn’t
represent an increase over the
current . $40 million annual

allowance for the ~ program, - |

Peters said the five-year term
will lend stability to enhance-
ment operations. “Until now

we've been going along from |

year to year. This budget will
give us more staff security, and I

think we'll be able to produce

better work,’’ he said.

- Peters indicated the local pro- .

gram has done some long-term
planning in past years without
assurance that the plans could be
put into action. ““We’re going to
be looking at creeks, determin-
ing optimum escapements and

production, and looking at op-

portunities and technologies.
It’s nice to know we'll be able to

implement some of the plann- .

ing,”’ he said.

In announcing the budget, |

Siddon noted that every dollar

invested in salmonid enhance-- | 2
- ‘ment eventually returns $1.30 to 7 © ;

the national economy. A portion
of the budget, he said, will ‘be
supported through an increase in

licensing fees for sport and com-

mercial fishermen.

There are currently 223 |

Sented by floats in this Branch!

13. Legion event.

. Meanwhile the Centennial.

-Lions’ Terrace Family Day will
begin at 11 a.m. in Lower Little

Park,. and will feature activities

for the whole family, The Kins-
men Club of Terrace will be
holding a Penny Bingo at 1 p.m
and a Belly Flop contest at 3: 15
p.m. in Lower Little Park.
_ To round out one of River-
boat Days a fireworks display
will occur at Skeena Field, be-

‘ginning at 10:30 p.m.
The second day of Riverboat

. | Days will begin with a test of en-
- durance which is sponsored by

Terrace Review — Wiese, Suly 15;. 1987 13°

the Skeena Valley Runners. As.

sociation. The King of the
Mountain footrace will com.
mence at 10 a.m. Runners will
strive to reach their destination

across Terrace Mountain from >

the Terrace Arena starting
point,

Another contest of stamina
will occur at 10 a.m. when com-

petitors gather for the Terrace

Rotary Club’s Triathalon at the
‘Water Lily Bay picnic site. A
change of pace will occur from
11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. when the
Kitsumkalum Band holds its Sal-

| ‘mon Barbeque at the field beside

the Gift Shop on Highway 16
West,
The Terrace Museum Society

will host ‘Music in the Park’?

beginning at.1 p.m. at the Heri-
tage Park site,

‘and in the library.

Monday, Tilly 2 2, ‘the ‘third

day of Riverboat Days,,-will | a

feature the Terrace Kinette Kid-

dies’ Karnival from 2 p.m. to6 - |

p.m. at Lower Little Park. .
The fourth day of festivities

begins at noon with an Arts and |
Craft display put on bythe Ter- —
Tace 60th Diamond Jubilee

Committee. The show will be.

held at the Terrace Art ¢

until 5 p.m,
The fifth “day? s- schedule

features the continuation ofthe

Terrace 60th Diamond Jubilee ”

Committee's Arts and Crafts
display from noon to 5 p.m:-in
the - Public Art Gallery - and

Library.

Information concerning the
last Five days of the Riverboat

Days schedule will be featured in

the next issue of the Terrace Re-

_ view. .

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down by the seventh justice on
the technicality that the Nisga’a

hadn’t obtained the B.C, :gov- .
* they are the owners. We are es-
tablishing through the evidence .

ernment’s consent to begin the
legal action. In bypassing the
aboriginal title issue, the
Gitksan-Wet’suwet’an have a-
voided the Nishga’a case: pre-

cedent and opened up new legal -

territory.
Events in the courtroom have

also set this trial apart from
. others, with the hereditary chiefs -

reciting their oral histories as
evidence of their ownerships to
traditional . Gitksan-Wet’-

a system of. matrilineal descent,
passing through women to their
descendants, and each ‘heredi-
tary chieftain learns her entire

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tribal history ‘through spoken
words.

“The Chiefs are the plaintiffs,
their traditional laws and social
and cultural customs. They are_

of the chiefs their power and
authority over-the land,’' Sterrit

‘Said. He indicated testimony of
the chiefs will continue when the
trial reconvenes in the fall, —

Sterrit said the B.C, ‘govern.

ment ‘lawyers are preparing to.

fight the claim by arguing that

the Gitksan-Wet’suwet’an have
- given up title to the land through
- “acquiescence”, an approach he

suwet’an territories. Authority |
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termed ‘‘a very narrow
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