A8 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 10, 1991 Forest Resources options paper misses the Open letter to A.L. Peel, Chairman Forest Resources Commission 700 - 747 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 The Skeena Regional Round Table supports the idea of an on-going commission working towards strong, environmentally sound, integrated resource management and effective pub- lic participation. Several members participated in the Ter- race workshop and later re- viewed the options summary. The commission has achieved one of its goals by gathering a great deal of information on current problems and public opinions on what to do about them. This is an excellent start. Unfortunately the options paper fails to meet the challenge of get- ting to the heart of the problems and identifying options that will set us on the course for dealing with them. — While there is a wealth of in- dividual good ideas and some common themes, the report has generalized them to the point where we are left with promising motherhood introductions to - Accessibility a t To the Editor; Yesterday, April 4, was my first visit to Mount Layton Hot- springs. I decided to use my wheelchair because the facility is so large and my mobility is not so great. There is a wheelchair ramp but, unfortunately, there is no handicapped parking space. So the ramp isn’t of much value because parked cars block the access to it. I was with a friend and she Visual impairment has many degrees To the Editor; | ama registered, legally blind person, I only have tunnel vi- ’ gion, which means I can only see straight ahead. I have no down, up or side vision and have night blindness; I therefore need to useacane, People believe you either see or you're blind, there’s no in-be- tween, but I am here to tell the public there is. I do wear glasses in order for me to see alittle better, therefore I use a cane to let people know that I am visually impaired and not totally blind and also for safety reasons. For myself and the public I hope this little information will be useful and educational so ihe public can understand that using a cane doesn’t necessarily mean one is totally blind. Thank you. ~.* “phyllis Cornfield, Terrace. Letters to the Editor status quo options. Maintaining a sustainable, functioning forest ecosystem is not an ‘option’; itis a necessity. Some of the information in the report summary is mislead- ing; such as the economics of forest industry jobs versus tourism. There is no mention in this example of the direction of trends, the short and long term cost to other resources OF the economic values of non-timber resources other than tourism. This type of statement leads the uninformed reader to assump- tions and decisions which could be seen as manipulative. Your commission is the best opportunity we have of taking a good, hard look at what we are . doing with our forests and to make sure that we do not lose long-term stability for short- term gain. There seems to be a serious lack of understanding about maintaining a forest as opposed to the shopping list of products we get from it. This report does not recognize this. What the public and Commis- sion require now are penetrating analyses of the critical forest parked my car in the parking spot closest to the door so I wouldn’t have far to walk to get into the building. And while she was getting the wheelchair out for me (in order to push it up the two steps into the building) the general manager drove up. Un- fortunately, we had parked in his reserved space. So my friend pointed out my mobility prob- lem and the inaccessibility of the wheelchair ramp. Nonethe- policy issues, which carefully assess the alternative courses of action and their consequences to timber and -non-timber re- sources. In the absence of such analyses, members of the public can only respond on the basis of gut reactions rather than logic. Some of the issues which require analysis are: 1.) Tree farm licences and alternative tenures. How effec- tive are then and can they give proper weight to non-timber values? 2.) Stumpage fees — Is the system flexible enough to re- spond to changes in the market and give fair return to province and industry? 3.) Integrated resource man- agement — How can non-timber values be measured and planned for in a long-term, effective way? The Commission appears to be unaware of some very good analyses that exist on this subject. 4.) Staffing of provincial resource agencies — Resource agencies do not have the staff to assure maximum benefits from crown forestlands and carry out oken gesture? less, he wanted his parking space. But gentleman(?) that he was he agreed to let my friend unload the wheelchair just so long as she’d move the car as soon as it was unloaded. And now I wonder if a wheel- chair ramp was only built to comply with a building code. Hmmmmm?? Joy Lennox Terrace EDNESDAY IS DIRTY SHIRT DAY Men's or Ladies' cotton blend cress or business shirts experily laundered. ~ Only drive-thru in town y Best, most rellable and cleanest service Drop off point at Thornhill Public Market Rickards Cleaners 8:00 a.m. 10 6:00 p.m. — Monday to Feiday 8:30 a.m, to 6:30 p.m. — Saturday KIDDIE CORNER FROM THE POST OFFICE recommendations of the Com- mission. 5.) New vs old forestry prac- tices. 6.) Inadequacy of timber sup- ply data for planning. . 7.) Government organiza- tional arrangements and decision-making processes. Once these analyses have been made and the public responses received, the Commission will be in a position to develop a full range of options and have ari in- formed, confident public re- spond to them. The ‘options’ presently listed are incomplete in themselves but they could be combined and modified to better meet our social, environmental and economic needs. The question should not be ‘will we maintain the forest as a functioning eco- system with a full range of benefits’, but ‘what is the best way to ensure it?’ This cannot be accomplished with any single, simplistic option but will require a broad range of forest manage- ment reform. to. THE SUBJECT AREA: THE INTENT: zoning (R3). THE PUBLIC HEAR STREET, TERRACE, B.C. ING. point — Anne Hetherington, Chairman, Forestry Subcommittee, Skeena Round Table. Editor’s note: After months of hearings, one of which took place in Terrace, the provincial government's Forest Resources Commission drafted and released an Options Paper for further public discussion and comment. The Options Paper is available through the Ministry of Forests. The Terrace Review is a member of CNA and one of 684 community newspapers across Canada with circulations totalling more than 5 million weekly. CITY OF TERRACE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REZONING APPLICATION TAKE NOTICE THAT an application has been made to amend the City of Terrace Zoning By-Law No. 401-1966, and amendments there- The application affects the area, within the City of Terrace described as: Lot 6, District Lot 362, Plan 3567 (3221 Kenney Street) AND THE LANE ABUTTING THE NORTH SI shaded on the accompanying map. DE OF THIS PR The intent of this zoning amendment application is to change the of the subject area from RESIDENTIAL (R2) TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DWELLING AT 7-00 P.M., IN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3215 EBY Any person(s) wishing to volce thelr opinions regarding this Applica- tlon may do so, In writing, and/or in person AT THE PUBLIC HEAR- THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL ACT, R.S.8.C. 1979 (AND AMENDMENTS THERETO). TAKE NOTICE and be governed accordingly. E.R. HALLSOR, CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR PERTY, as shown SINGLE AND TWO-FAMILY PARK AVENUE to Resi PROPOSED REZONING -- (Shaded area) Single- and Two-Family Residential (R2) changed dential Multi-Family Dwelling (R3) STREET LAZELLE KENNEY irre cer Eg ATE Rem ee ree paar ements cece TE Me mt oe