under a cunit:

The Ministry of Forests is sometimes astounding. Under frequent

lashings from the news media, occasionally related to policy deci-
sions for which they aren’t really responsible, these civil servants
just hunker down and keep on working. And when they’re doing
something productive and even moderately exciting, the same news
media often find out about it by sheer accident.

Such is the case with the Fish Forestry Interaction Program,
which we came across by glancing at.a bulletin board in the lobby of
the Terrace Hotel: two days of seminars and workshops involving -
forestry and federal and provincial fisheries personnel who were '
learning to work in an integrated fashion to preserve fish habitat in
logging areas. , BO

The next step was contacting Bob Wilson, the Kalum Forest
. District's silviculture whiz-who occupies an office in the Tillicum
Building decorated with conifer cones, spruce branches and other
bits and pieces of forest, After a lengthy and intense search through
about 30 pounds of guidelines, reports and studies he referred us to
an Office in Victoria. | °

The first call was a dud, but the message got around and in the
course of an afternoon four calls came back, each more informative
than the one before. These were succeeded by a mailing of draft
documents summarizing the project.

The Fish Forest Interaction Program is researching the causes of
landslides and similar mass movements of the earth and things on
top of it in logging areas. In this part of the. world a trip down a
mountain slope almost inevitably leads to a stream that some fish
call home, and when that trip is taken by tons of mud and debris it’s
an irrevocable eviction notice for salmon, trout and whoever else
happens.to be living at the bottom. ,

' The FFIP research has been concentrating on the Queen
Charlotte Islands, where the worst slope.stability problems seem to
occur, since 1981. Now they’re ready for Phase II, which will in-
volve field trials on techniques to cut timber while still leaving the
ground in place. Draft findings indicate that road building may be
as much to blame as the notorious clear cut. The field trials, which
will include helicopter logging as an alternative to building roads,
will take place in the Queen Charlottes, but the results are going to
have applications throughout the Northwest.

This approach stands in contrast to political actions in the recent
election campaign by MP Jim Fulton, who clamored for Fisheries
Minister Tom Siddon’s resignation over failure to prosecute an in-
stance of fish habitat destruction. Fulton was fulfilling the opposi-
tion’s watchdog role, but the landslide that blocked Landrick Creek
occurred years after the area was logged. In their thoughtful and
dogged way, the Ministry of Forests civil servants are addressing the
underlying cause of these environmental wounds through the FFIP.

Whether the findings of their research will become policy is quite
another question, one with a political answer. a

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Aftermath of the elections:

some alternate perspectives |

Commentary “—— by Bob Jackman

"This week the Terrace Review is pleased to introduce our new col-

umnist, Bob Jackman. Bob's been around Terrace for many years,
having worked in a management position for one of the local

’ sawmills and more recently as an independent property managment

and personnel consultant, He’s also served the city as an outspoken
and thoughtful alderman for four years, and he knows his way

around this community as well as anyone.
We're happy to be able to offer our readers his weekly insights
and observations on our editorial pages — we’re sure you'll enjoy

them,
Welcome aboard, Bob.

As I sit here doing my Bob
Skelly imitation (1986 version),
many things have crossed my
mind. As a washed-up
municipal politician, what else’
is there to do but write for one

_of the local newspapers? Run a

travel agency?

Let’s have some fun with the
conspiracy theory that, until
my idiotic phone call to an op-
ponent, was the only issue that
the voters could get upset
about. ae

You will recall that Mr.
Cooper, Mr. Laurent and I
were linked by someone writing
a column for one of the local
newspapers (I can be kind) to
the Chamber of Commerce, a
sinister group known for
human sacrifice and doing
weird things to small animals.
This was supposed to establish
the other candidate as a white
knight in the public perception.

Let’s have some fun, and tie —
‘our white knight to a few peo- —

ple. _

First on the. list, and not
ashamed to admit it, is another
former municipal politician,
George Clark. George was
Dave Hull’s most visible sup-
porter at the polling booths,
and he has travel agency offices
in the 4600 Block and the
Skeena Mall, both of which
could be affected by the new
mall and the closure of Ottawa
Street. Dave’s wife, Phyllis,
who signed his nomination .

Mall too.
George is chummy with Vic

Jolliffe through their work oni

the arena hillside and the Ter-
race Beautification Society —
another radical group. Vic is
the other washed-up municipal
politician I was telling you .
about, and the guy who first

_ introduced the conspiracy

theory in his column, Vic mov-
ed to the Beautification Society -

. after a falling out with Youth

Soccer, a devious bunch who |.
are in direct competition with - .
Mr. Hull’s Rugby Club for
facilities at Christy Park.
George, of course, is English

and loves rugby. _ . _

Another fellow with an
English accent who loves rugby
is Malcolm Baxter, intrepid
reporter for the newspaper in
which Vic’s column appears.
Malcolm's wife augments his
meager newspaper wage by
working where? In George
Clark’s travel agency!

While in England, Malcolm
was actively involved as a
political strategist, and was the
writer of the article about the
phone call, which the other
newspapers in town didn’t even
consider worth mentioning.

Meanwhile, Dave. Hull and
Mayor Talstra are both

‘members of a local service club

which meets every week to
discuss business and politics. I
had been critical of the

: "Mayor's stand on MK Bay
papers, works at the Skeena.

Marina and the Pool Expan-

sion, Did he perceive me asa -
threat in the 1990 election?
Wasn’t it the Mayor who said, .
only partly in jest, when
nominations closed, that ‘
‘‘someone’’ should call Dave so
we could avoid the trouble of |
an election, knowing I’d bite?
Well, of course not. Don’t be
ridiculous! ,

Is it true? Was there a con-
spiracy? Well, of course not. |
We're only having fun, remem-
ber? Don’t be ridiculous!

: ** %

Speaking of conspiracies,
what about the conspiracy of
silence surrounding the Com-

_ munity Futures Program?

We've had 2.5 million dollars
for two years — the money was
supposed to be used to inject
some economic development in-
to the Northwest. Have you -—
seen anything yet? So far, the
only-people who seem to have
benefitted are the Vancouver
consulting group that did -
CFP’s original study. I think
it’s time the people controlling
the money (CEIC) gave the.
public some answers, don’t

you? How much of the $2.5 - _

million have they spent, and
what ‘did they spend it on?
What are they planning to do.

left?

.o

During the municipal cam-

paign, Dave Hull was quoted’
as being appalled that some —

streets on the Bench aren’t on ©
City sewer. Is he ever going to —

hemorrhage when he hears Ad-

ministration’s Bench Subdivi-- -

sion Development proposal!

Welcome aboard!
. se #

In other news today, atwo-

headed dog was reported

wandering on Graham Avenue. —
Staff at the other paper are ap-
- continued on page 22°:

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