A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 21, 1994 Pickers say logging is harmful Mushroom protection eyed MUSHROOM PICKERS are prepared to assist researchers studying the industry because they hope it will spur the govern- ° ment to protect key patches from logging. That was the message that came through at an information meet- ing held last Wednesday at the Terrace Inn, said forests ministry spokesman Norm Parry. The meeting was held to answer questions about a pine mushroom research project being conducted jointly by the province and the Nisga’a Tribal Council in the Nass Valley. The project — not related to a now-disbanded task force that identified ways to regulate the in- dustry — is aimed at determining how the mushrooms grow and how important the industry is to the region. Research could eventually help forestry planners determine where mushrooms are most likely to grow, and how to avoid some of those areas. Many pickers * maintain mushroom-productive areas gen- erate more revenue through mushroom picking than through logging. Picker Harold Smith told the meeting some pickers suspect the forests ministry would use re- search data to log off the most productive patches and end the debate. ’ Norm Parry ‘Tt seems to me the forest sez- vice has had the power and the knowledge to put an end to the logging of productive mushroom patches,’ Smith said. ‘I appreciate that it may appear mushrooms are being targetted for nefarious reasons,” Parry iesponded. But he said that’s simply not the case. “The = mushzoom-productive areas in ihe norihwest are quite extensive,” he said. not to log in areas that have mushrooms.”! ‘Jt’s hard Parry says the forest service has been able to keep some mushroom-productive sites from being logged. That’s done by incorporating important areas they’re told about into leave strips and buffer zones that normally protect wildlife and streamside areas, “Other areas are prime mushroom-productive areas and do get harvested,’? Parry ad- mitted, He noted that pickers who want to keep their patches from being logged have to tell forestry plan- ners at the planning stage — often five years before logging operations actually begin. It’s not possible to halt logging plans for mushroom patches late in the planning process, Parry suid. The ecological research project covers only a small plot adjacent to Shumal Creek on the far side of the Nass River. Picking is restricted to Nass Valley residents who agree to provide data about how many mushrooms they collect in the area. Party said pickers weren't as concerned about the area being Testricted once they learned its location. **You just about have to have a helicopter to get in there,’’ he said. The $190,000 research project Reform land claims meet scheduled here on Oct. 5 FOUR OF THE people sitting on a provincial land claims treaty ne- gotiations advisory committee are expected Oct. 6 at a public meet- ° ing on land claims here. It’s being held by Skeena Reform M.P. Mike Scott and is the fourth and final one he’s organized in the riding. The first was held Aug. 10 in Smithers with Oct. 4 as the date for Prince Rupert and Oct. 5 as the date for Kitimat. The four are Ken Sumanik from ‘the Mining Association of B.C., " Marlie-Beets from the Council of Forest Industries, Paddy Greene ’ from - the Co-operative Fishermen’s Guild of Prince Rupert and Bill Wimpney fom the B.C, Wildlife Association. The 32-member advisory com- mittee is made up of various in- terests and was created by the provincial and federal govern- ments as part of the overall treaty Negotiations process. Also scheduled to appear is Stewart mayor Andy Burton. Scott said he7ll lead off with comments and then take ques- tions before having the five speak and then take questions. “What we're looking for is the’ ability for people to ask questions and to express themselves,’’ said Scott last week. “We want this to happen in a civilized way and for nothing ugly to happen,” he added. “What we don’t want is native bashing or anything else like it”? ” The Smithers meeting © was marted when boos and profanities interrupted comments being made by Wet'suwet'en leader Herb George. The Terrace meeting begins at 7:30 pm. at, the REM. Lee Theatre. The friendliest “Inn” tue Bavarian Inn Restaurant nog roe beay orennen CEDER is so far approved just for onc year, but mushroom researcher Shannon Birch hopes it will be continued for several years, 10 gain adequate data, Economist Phil Meyer said pickers have been “overwhelmingly cooperative” once he explains what he’s doing. Information is also being gathered from buyers and ex- porters, “'m optimistic that we're going to get some good data on expoit both in volume and price,”’ he said. Informants are only identified by number designations to ensure anonymity, Meyer added, Project organizer Tom Cham- berlin said the report from this year’s project will be released to anyone who wants it when it’s complete. About 40 people attended the meeting. kkk kk ANOTHER MUSHROOM meeting is being planned for next Monday, Sept. 26 at the Terrace Inn, It will be an open house from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m., according to the forest ministry’s Nelly de Geus, Unlike last week's meeting —_ which was just about the research project in the Nass — Monday’s meeting will once again focus on the findings of the Pine Mushroom Task Force and proposals to regulate the industry. De Geus says they’re also now beginning to gather information about other products and plants that come from the forest. 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