A14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 3, 1998 ANGIE FRASER and her dog Pharoah hope city council will consider allowing dogs to walk the trails of Ferry island without a leash. Pooch. power is unleashed UNLEASH the hounds — al dogs off the leash at risk of least on Ferry Island. getting a ticket, and added That’s the battle cry from that it’s a difficuit area for Angie Fraser and three the city lo enforce anyway. dozen other dog owners Cily council is going to who'd like to see their pets consider the request. be allowed to run unfettered Councillor David Hull along the municipal park’s said he supported the idea. trails, But Olga Power said she Ferry Island and ali other has concerns about small cily parks are subject to the children on the trails being Porcupines love young trees A LOCAL biologist has got the feeding habits of por- cupines down to a T. Todd Zimmerling, of Applied Ecosystem Manage- ment Ltd., is in the middle of a four-year study of the prickly rodents. And this summer he’s expecting to go ahead with a significant program of spacing of stands of trees in the Shames River valley, where his porcupines roam. That marks the beginning of the next stage of the work — determining whether changes in the density of the forest can help control where the porcupines go and what they eat. The porkies nibble on young trees, eating the inner bark and damaging or destroying many of them. Porcupine damage poses a real problem to foresters, cutting into the success of quicker growth produced by commercial thinning and spacing efforts. The project will see the test area in the Shames valley divided up into four zones. Onc will be left untouched. Another will be spaced down to the regular level of 1,200 stems per hectare. And two other zones will be spaced even thinner — down to 800 and 400 stems per hectare. Zimmmerting wants to determine whether the por- cupines are reluctant to enter the ultra-thinned zones because of their fear of predators in wide-open spaces and the longer distances to the next tree. If so, he says, it could point to a system using ultra-thinned strips around key growing sites where porcupines are prevalent. Once the spacing is complete, he'll continue studying the habits of the porcupines, Eighteen of the creatures is wired with a radlo- transmitter collar. Zimmerling uses receiver and antenna to track the wired porkies down up to three times a week. He keeps track of basic facts about the porcupines — how much they eat, how far they roam ina day, where their den is located. Anyone who thinks the creatures are slow and casy to track, however, is mistaken, Zimmerling says, “Try driving up in a truck, slam on the brakes and start after one,”’ he says. ‘‘They can run pretty darn fast”? The $500,000 four-year project is financed by Forest Renewal B.C. 5 city policy requiring all scared after encountering dogs be on a leash. strange dogs. Fraser sent a letter and a The topic is to be dis- petition lo city council seek- cussed at an upcoming com- ing the establishment of the mittee meeting. BC Women’s Includes a service that cares far wamen from across B.C. with wi high risk pregnancies. Britsh Columbia's Women’s Hospital and Health Cenere island's trail = network beyond the campground as Terrace’s first leash-free zone, “Most of us trail users are Tegulars, seniors and more importantly, upstanding citizens who have watched more destructive problems on the island such as vandalisin, garbage and off- road vehicles destroy parts of this wonderful park,” Fraser said. ‘‘Let’s not un- fettered along the municipal park’s trails. Ferry Island and all other city parks are subject to the city policy requiring all dogs be on a leash. Fraser sent a leticr and a petition lo cily council seek- ing the establishment of the island’s trail = network beyond the campground as visitors already let their Airshow boosted THE AIRSHOW is getting a $2,500 boost from the city. Councillors May 29 the donation, which would be paid back if the airshow makes a profit. It's in line with a $2,500 donation from the Kitimat-~ Stikine regional district. Kitimat council approved a grant of $1,500, City councillors inter- rogated airshow representa- tives about the budget for the July 21 show, and wanted to know what the likelihood was of the city gelting its money back. “If the weather is good, there’s no problem what- soever,’’ replied airshow vice-president Brian Lindenbach. Expenses arc up some- what this year, he said, be- cause the show is happening: in July rather than May and hotels and car rental pro- LIMITED TIME OFFER THE FIRST MINIVAN TO RECEIVE THE 5 STAR RATING FOR FRONT END IMPACT. Sharing a . . 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