The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 28, 1996 - A3 News in Brief Metis to hold elections THE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 Metis living in B.C. are to vote in next month a body to negotiate self government and other issucs with the federal and ‘provincial governments, The elections follow an agreement signed in July to establish the body. To be eligible voters must fax an application, signed by two Metis elders or three Metis who are members of a Metis organization in B.C. by Aug. 31. More information is available by calling the election working group at 717-2171 or faxing it at 545-0364, Treaty forums planned EARLY OCTOBER is when a committee of MLAs may visit to gather views about the proposed Nisga’a treaty and to chart the course abead for B.C. land claim policy. No firm dates have been set yet, but legislative clerks say the selective standing committee on aboriginal af- fairs will ‘likely go to the Nass Valley first’’ and then hap-skotch around the province. That's expected to happen in carly October, after a Sept. 17 meeting where the schedule will be set, ane The public hearings are intended to gather public POS opinion on the issue and to disseminate more informa- = tion to the public about land claims, Aboriginal affairs minister John Cashore says he'll use the information gathered to plan the government’s future positions on nalive land claims. Calling Helmut IF YOU nalice a bulge in Skeena MLA Helmut Gies- brecht’s coat pocket, dom’t be alarmed. It’s a cellular phone, approved earlier this month for all MLAs. The cellphone comes with unlimited calling privileges and is part ofa package which boosts by five per cent the allowances for constituency offices and YEARS OF research have gone into Alois Schillinger's quest to develop a meth- pay for assistants by five per cent. There are further od ta restore habitat for fish in creeks where it has been destroyed. He’s happy five per cent increases in the latter two categories next with the results of a field test and now anticipates widespread use. year, . MLAs also receive a tiny wage increase, .6 per cent or $296 on top of base salaries of $49,218 (a third of Creek leaps back to life FOR ALOIS Schillinger it’s much better to work with Mother Nature than to replace it. That caused him to first experiment with and then field test a method of restoring fish habilat in creeks or water courses Where, for one yeason or another, the habitat has been destroyed or altered. The experimenting took eight years, a field test one year and last week Schillinger was ecstatic with the results. The field test began in the spring of 1995 and took place in ideal conditions — a section of a creck that was illegally ower resulting in damage to fish habitat and death of sh. Morgan Brook Creek feeds into Lakelse Lake and is con- sidered an important fish rearing ground, George Munson, who diverted the creek in 1993, did en- ter a guilty plea in 1994 and was ordered to pay a fine and ta pay $27,000 for restoration. Now, after one year, Schillinger says the section of creek he and others belonging to the Watershed Bio- Enhancement Society worked on has spring back to life. “You couldn’t have asked for anything better,’’ said Schillinger of the field test, He’s reluctant to outline his technology but Schillinger says the key is to use only native vegetation. But that’s introduced only after the creek embankments have been stabilized, gravel is put in for spawning beds and riffle rocks are placed to give young fish resting places. The riffle rocks also act to stir up the water and so intro- duce oxygen into it. *‘Nothing alien to the habitat or environment was used,” said Schillinger. The vegetation and is accompanied by insects, in- vertebrates and other creatures consumed by growing fish. All of this represents Schillinger’s key position that a healthy food chain is need for a healthy and growing fish population, “Scientists say it takes 10 to 15 years for Mother Nature to do this naturally, but by giving it a boost, it’s taken just Testoration. section of the food chain and for small fish a year,”’ he said. T ' which is a tax-free spending allowance), It’s the first Schillinger’s also happy because the creek has responded eC a D O | nN ts O r S U CC e S S wage increase for MLAs since 1989, even though water temperatures are lower than what had Still to be resolved is the issue of pensions for current | been the common thinking they should be for habitat srols SCHILLINGER’S — restoration provide shelter and protection for this vital MLAs, An earlicr pension plan for those MLAs elected Schillinger says he and society member Ron Young need to spend more time doing a detailed assessment of the past year, But he’s confident his method can now be used on larger projects where habitat restoration is required. Department of Fisheries and Oceans officials were more cautious in the Morgan Brook Creek results and want to see Schillinger’s detailed assessment. But Martin Forbes and Scott Trent, who work out of the department’s Terrace office, say they are encouraged with what has happened so far. *T think it can apply to other areas,’” said Trent. ‘He did add that each stream is different and that results in one but not be the same in others, , methads are based on the following 10 points. @ Does not contain chemicals or sub- stances considered harmful to the environ- ment after implementation and is balanced with the natural habitat. M@ Does not degrade water quality or alter water chemistry. W Can be implemented in the winicr, spring, summer or [ali regardless of water temperature, its turbulence or turbidity, HB Will be immediately effective in all sea- sonal times after implementation. Mi Will stabilize stream embankments, fil- trate silt and propogate food growth for en- vertebrates, insects and small fish. It'll also against predators. Wi Will restore destructed habitat back to its former capacity ina fraction of the time na- ture could do so. Will restore the food chain back to its otiginal productive capacity in a fraction of the time nature could do so. wi Will guarantee a secure and continual fish food supply, resulting in healthier fish able to resist disease and an increase in fish populations. i Will result in positive fish growth during winter habitat conditions, aa WB Will not spread after implementation into’ any kind of watershed. oo after 1991 was scrapped but a replacement plan has yet to be decided. Fisherman missing HAZELTON RCMP have been unable to locate the body of a Merritt fisherman missing from the banks of the Skeena River for more than 10 days, According to police, 25-year-old Michael Fawcett had been fishing Aug. 16 along a sandbar where the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers meet when, witnesses say, he waded too far into fast-moving water and was swept away. ‘A joint effort between RCMP, DFO officers, the forest. service and’ Search and Rescue members searched the river August 17 and 18 by boat, along the shore, and by helicopter, but did not recover the body. 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