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‘build ‘° there, “mature.. - Strain--said® he ‘designed, he said. ; 1
The department of forests ; ould: suspect. the:pulp _ Protection. of the creeks fisheries “and “ish ‘nd
has ‘predicted: timber ' ¢ontent ofthe stands will be and rivers is something els¢ witdlife on the three possible

By CARLA WILSON . expensive than hauling with | will - take all. possible vironment are currently " ‘The department of forests

Herald Staff Writer trucks, said Strain.. : precautions an the road looking at.a.copy of the may use a landscape ar- a road, using my tax dollars Strain. It is needed ‘to - going-to be stripped. = «-
Earl Hamilton lives onthe qamilfon said tha most of . design, said Strain, . The pretiminary report on the ‘chitect tohelpovercome this «and is-going to destroy my maintain the lifestyle“ of F “If somebody doesn’t fight —
3 West side of the Skeena River. number of road crossings - area produced by Dave problem, . said. Strain, lifestyle," Hamilton said. those residents who depend the battle, we're all going.to

; and is against the logging’
road the’ provincial depart- .
“ ment of forests {3 going’ to-:

shortages . for. the Kalum,

‘forest district within 10

years. The timber. on the

_ \weat aide of the Skeena ‘River:

is first growth, and ‘suitable
‘for logging: The. forest .

" service is now doing asurvey °

, to investigate which of three

possible routes will be used

to open up the area, -
Hamilton, who lives in the

small community of Pacific, : .
doesn't want, the. road’ con-

structed... .--
“We ‘bought the property ,
there because it was’ inac-

cessible,” he said.
He has a few." basic .

; arguments againat the road...

‘The railroad is more energy. -
efficient than hauling logs by
trucks, he said. However,
this point can be argued, said
Vern Strain, the . regional
staff manager for timber,
range and recreation for the

Prince Rupert forest region. -

Trucks will still have to be

‘used. because trains can't .

load ‘logs and the rate
structure of the Canadian
National Railway is more

the lumber coming out of the —
land’ on; the ‘west of the
Skeena’ is only’ good for pulp
~because--the- timber, is :over-.

‘between 35 to.50 pore cent
pulp wood. soe

The’ possibility. or ac-
“cidents is increased because. .
there will be quite a few road ..

crossings over the railway. -

tracks,. is | another. - of
Hamilton's concerns: |”
The department of forests

proaches - will

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-willbe kept down as much as
possible and all the ap-
be well

Hamilton Is worried about.
The Fiddler - River . at
.,Dorreen is the: best: ‘coho:
‘salmon producer. ‘on. the
whole Skeena: system, he
said:
The federal deprtinent of.
fisheries and the, provincial
‘fish and wildlife’ branch: of
the ministry. of the en-

“The:

affected by. it.

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Yaily ‘Herald will be taking a look at the
“West Skeena logging road and the consequences
| of development | on that side of the river through ©
*the’eyes of one of the people who will he ‘most

_ Barl-Hamilton lives in Pacific, a townsite on
‘the: west ‘side ‘of the Skéena. Pacific is only
served. by rail.‘ Although Hamilton owns land

’ there and stands to make money if a road is put °
‘through, he does not want the development. His -
story appears on the editorial page of the Herald -
in three parts, ‘starting today."

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- Lawrie,-an engineer for the

forest service. - -
The department of forests’

logging road routes. When

‘cutting and harvesting plans
are entertalned, then these

plans will also be referred to

fish and wildlife and federal q

fishertes,said Strain; -

Hamilton:would like to see

percents enh

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Cutting blocks would be
designed to keep visibility to
a. minimum.

sélect logging onthe west 2:

side of the Skeena rather -

than clear-cut logging, and

’ suggested forestry. look into

different kinds of Jogging
techniques. ;

‘Clear cut logging Is the

best. ‘method for the stands,
‘gaid- Strain.

The: main
species in. the area are

overmature hemlock and
_ balsam. If select: logging -

‘was practised, there would

be a good chance of the.
‘ remaining’ trees blowing

down, he sald.

“The economics . of par-
tical cutting are. not viable
with: the high cost of

. machinery and labor," said

Strain.

Hamilton ‘said logging the:
- ‘area would. negatively affect

the beauty ¢ of Highway 16,

°

-Forestry thinning stands here

. By CARLA WILSON
Herald Staif Writer
At least 600: hectares. of

timber will be spaced , this

year in the Kalum forest
‘district, said. silviculturlat
Bob Wilson?”

Juvenile spade ts ‘thins ‘

ning a young statid of: trees to. |

A ‘number: of small
projects were set up at: first
for the contractors, . said
Wilson. - *

. The’ ‘contractors: pick the
trees that will come down.

When ‘the ‘trees are cut |

they're-udually: left ‘ov the

‘for the trees stariding,
« However, the remaining

trees, which are too small to .
be used for anything, can be ~

a tremendous fire hazard,
said. Wilson. .

“The contracts. to space
stands vary in size from four

The stands hecome: more
uniform and .the -best frees
are evenly spaced. ‘Spaced
stands. can. be harvested in
about 75 years-compared to
natural stands which take up
to 90 to 100 years in the
we forest district, he
said. , .

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“Forestry is going to’ build

"The wood on the west side
of the Sheena River is
needed to keep industry i in

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Terrace functioning, said

on the logging industry... -
Hamilton said that “it’s:
Jast

unfortunate - the

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: unlogged area -in Terrace ‘ts

lose; The resources of North
America are not infinite," he

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sro So pravise nuttients to 60 hectares, ‘paid Wilson.

reduce the number of stems.
- The stem count is reduced so

that the remaining trees will

have the best chance to

Ww. a.
_ Trees.are selected on: the ,
basis of growth, suitability
_and needle length. The
- biggest and best looking -
trees are left while the rest
ore weeded out. -
“We're not. necessarily
“petting more off the area,’’.
‘Qfld Witetad ome big titi 7 i.
‘is: the usable volute; and: ¢
‘we're shortening “the
rotation.”
. The -stands are usually
tended when the trees begin
“to express dominance. In the
‘Kalum ‘forest district this
spacing is done in stands
- approximately 20 years old,
sald Wilson.
'. Spacing: began in the
-Kalum forest district two
wt "years ago. It's part of the
jo emphadis the provincial
‘ ' department of forests is
putting on forestry.
The forest ‘service is un-
'" @ergoing a major change in
- its structure and aims, The
new thrust Is at silviculture
which is the whole science of
growing trees for har- .
vesting. ;
‘In the Kalum forest
district Bob Wilson plus
eight men in’ the field are ”
involyed in silviculture.
Contractors do the: actual
' culting down of the trees.
The lack of contractors to do
f ‘this. work has
problem, said Wilson. -

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