Al 4 - The Terrace Sténdard, Wednesday, June 14, 2000

Two companies bail
from logging ban talks —

THE TWO companies with
the largest coastal logging
operations close to Terrace
have dropped out of caali-
tion talks with environ-
mental groups.

Interfor, which accounts
for about-a third of central
and north coast logging,
has joined West Fraser on
the sidelines, apting lo use
other means to try to re-
solve environmental dis-
putes. ~

Only Weyerhaeuser,
Fletcher Challenge, West-
erm Forest Products and
Canfor now remain in talks
with Greenpeace, the Sier-
ra Club and the Coastal
Rainforest Coalition.

West Fraser is in the
midst of selling its North
Coast forest licence and
says ils main tree farm li-
cence in this area will be
guided by the decisions of
the Kalum Land and re-
source Management Plan. °
{t pulled out of the green-

Sale hear

A PUBLIC hearing over
West Fraser’s plan to seil
its north coast licence has
been set for June 20th in .
Prince Rupert.

The sale nceds the ap-
proval of the forest mini-
Ster.

West Fraser has been
using some of the wood —
from the licence to feed its
custom cutting North
Coast Timber mill in
Prince Rupert. The licence
to log was granted on the
basis the wood go to that
mill,

West Fraser wants that
condition severed in a new
licence that would apply
to its new owner. West.

industry coastal forest
talks in May.

Interfor chief forester
Rie Slaco said the compa-

ny decided to leave the

‘talks and go it alone be-

cause ils interests diverged
from those of other compa-
nies,

“| think we shared a
common goal and -a com-
mon problem,” he said.
“Bul the fact we were dif-

ferent businesses with dif-

ferent ‘constraints to our
businesses meant we nee-
ded to respond. differently
to the issues.”

Interfor “became con-
cerned that its contractors
and other partners and ulti-
mately the public were not
adequately represented, he
said,

“We're dealing with the
public’s resource,” Slaco
said. “The decisions really
have to be in the best in-
terests af the people. To
not have the people in-

ing soon

Fraser will keep ownership
of the mill.

li’s asking for a clause
in a new licence so that
wood be offered first to a
processing facility in the
Prince Rupert area before
attempts are made to sell
it elsewhere.

That appears to be part
of the strategy of West
Fraser to distance itself
from coastal logging and
so avoid any problems
with environmental groups.

The company has

bailed out of talks with en- °

vironmental groups to-
wards an 18-month logging
moratorium in pristine
coastal valleys.

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Interfor will continue to
be part of the Central
Coast LRMP talks, he
said, and is urging the
startup of a similar’ land-
use process -in the north
coast forest district.

The company hopes to
continue to work closely
with environmental groups,
and expects to maintain its
apreement to not log pris-
tine new areas; such as the
lower Ecstall River and
Khtada Lake areas south-
west of Terrace.

Slaco said the company *

is trying to maintain jobs
by shifting logging opera-
lions into other areas.

Interfor’s Terrace-based
North Coast operations dir-
ectly employs 135 workers
in its logging and forestry
operations.

Most of its wood is pro-
cessed at sawmills in the
Squamish and Lower
Mainland area, although
some wood is traded with
other forest companies, in-
cluding Skeena Cellulose.

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Proposal to transfer Forest Licence A16820,
fram West Fraser Mills Ltd.,
to Triumph Timber Ltd,

A public meeting will be held to recelve comments on the
proposed transfer of Forest Licance A16820 in the North

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Coast timber supply area. This proposed transfer requires

the consent of the Minister of Forests,

Date: June 20, 2000
Time; 7:30 10:00 pm
Location: Crest Motor Hotel, Prince Rupert

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The deadline for submissions is June 27, 2000.

For further information, please contact:
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Prince Rupert Forest Region
(250) 847-7510

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