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 FERRACE — The uniting
of the Deep Creek and

Spring Creek reservoirs in |

the municipal water sys-

. tem caused a couple of

‘unexpected problems for

_.the Terrace Public Works

department recently.
“The added water pres-
sure from the _ pipeline
hook-up moved a pipe at
the Spring Creek station,
‘rupturing a joint and
resulting in some brief ex-
citement for personnel.
‘The. incident caused lim-
ited damage and repairs
were made quickly.
Fluoridation was absent
from city water fora few

days because the fluoride —
injection booster pump -

was too weak to overcome

. the increased pressure. A

report from Public Works
indicates it will cost
“$800-$1,000 to correct the
problem.

- Kalum
_ forest
fire

update

One. fire was reported
and extinguished last
week. This brings the total
number of fires to six. for

-. the 1987 fire season.

Fire Danger in the
‘district is low to moderate,
If present weather holds,
the entire district will soon

. be in a moderate danger

rating.

"Misaligned water lines at the Spring Creek pumpho

- predict crop
_ periods and set harvesting :
‘rates accordingly.

_~This ‘summer contrac-

tors ewill take tree:

-Mfleasurement..on 30 plots:

_ Of reforested ‘land scat- ‘Supply Area in the-region

A new program being
undertaken by the Prince
Rupert Regional Forest
office will, attempt to
determine the growth rates
of trees in reforested areas
of the Northwest over a
long period of time.

Regional inventory
technician Pat Smith said

recently the forest inven-:

tory program will even-
tually provide the forest

service with information

that will allow them to

rotation.

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Regional forestry office _
to measure growth

tered throughout the
Prince Rupert
Region. The age, height
and diameter of each com-
mercial species tree will be
noted and each tree will be
tagged accordingly. In ten
years crews will return to
take comparison measure-
ments, and the recorded
growth rates will be used
to evolve a model for

‘prediction of long-term
growth. Smith said the

plots examined will range

-in age from new planta-
tions to’ 25-year-old
_juvenile forests. ... .

The sample plots will:be
small, between .1.and..3
hectares, and. each’ Timber

Forest -

'

will be.allocated five or six --
‘sample plots. “It’s ‘not alas!
big area in total, but it’sa °.

Statistically sound

sample,’? Smith said. He. ~ ‘
indicated the samples are
sufficiently spread out and --

varied in nature to ac--
count for unusual -events,

spruce weevils, that could
distort: information taken
from a narrower data
base.

now, but this project will:

give us a realistic:idea of

“This is quite anew ex. “f:
ercise for us,’ Smith said,

“We have very little infor. :. ~:
mation in this field right. “-

such as an invasion of |:

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