he oo . auf dea ae fe ASE Sa: sd See } | Ta bo " LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, COMP. 77/98 PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, : VICTOREA, B.C., s6h ‘Serving the | Progressive - _ Northwest. _ JS \. Weathér Warm and sunny with some cloudy periods. Warming tendancies, _, ce “VOLUME 73. NO, 40 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978. : today's state of technology “Fence $0 per cent more that there was tio “magic - Forest Industry An Endangered Species -VICTORIA (CP) — Poor practices used by the British Columbia forest will cause a timber _ shortage and create massive, unemployment for wood- workera In the next 15 years, a biologist eald Salurday. ‘Paul ae told a New ; Democratic Party caucus meeting that in 12 to 15 years “all the old-growth timber worth harvesting, especlally oanthe coast, will be gone, and the anticipated high- quality secondgrowth timber will we coon alized. George, who has beed con- '. quilted by the provincial education ministry on the blity of writing a new’ orestry . correspondance course, said forest interests ' fh the province have made ‘three major mistakes “Crown forests have been avercut -and accessible -ylrgin stands - harvested fester than the second crop could regenérate. ‘—Sliviculture, the tending ‘and harvesting of forestry had not been prac- ticed’ to any significant extent. - ‘Timber waste bad been . ,allowed in the past and was still tolerated. - PRODUCTION LOW - “Modernization relfecting isle products from trees pea being’ cut,” said ome dilemia, heasaid, was ‘solution to the problem that a” ‘allowable cut in the province ie ‘ome. tt i, ens “ mORONTO (cP) = “mean fewer - jobs,” sald. ‘George. “But to continue at ot present rate means n y reduction ‘in the base productivity of the land, but also al. unacceptable rate of environmental decay He said the decay woul include the loss of Pike resources, reduction in wildlife habitat and eradication of the remaining . few wilderness areas in ec ged that tr | eur ca farm lieenses should not be automatically renewed when the new Forest Act becomes law this year. CHANGE STUMPAGE He also said the system where the government returns stumpage fees to the forest companies for road building, tree Planting and other . “allowable tieestry costs”’ should “be drastically George, to-give rebates for road. building, which he | called ‘‘one of the most environmentally damaging aspects | of forest .hat- - The tsalogist also argued that small forest operators should not be allowed to end Up as subcontractors for a few major forest companies. - “Small operators can be both more efficent and more responsive to the local. communities” interests in long-term employment.”’. MLA Barbara: Wallace — (NDPC = geen