° DEIDRE “Price ‘educates people about: reducing the number of bear attractants, - such. as garbage left. out, through the: provincial Bear Aware program. City won't buck up | MORE ‘BEARS in, Terrace means ‘more “danger for. its 3 citizens, but the city is doing nothing . to™:deal” with. the Matter, ’ according. to'a | dé specialist. ie ow " “They are really not tak-” ing. any: ‘steps to. prevent > conflict,”. said Deidre. Price. whose job is to promote. bear | safety as part of the. Kitimat- Stikine Regional! District’ s Bear Aware program: “In Terrace, it’s been éx- - tremely busy within the city Price said of this year’s bear activity... ~ limits,” .There’s been’ more. com- plaints from within ‘the. city than from: the outskirts, -. which is highly unusual, and the. Terrace and Kitimat _ area ‘have been: busier than the rest of the province, “she said. “The main source ‘of con- - flict i is there is. Re) much bear food in town, garbage being the number one,” she added. Price thinks .the city needs. to. take responsibility . by supporting. Bear :Aware, especially because its sym- bol is the Kermode bear. : But the city refused Price’s request for $983 for program support at the July 24 council meeting. So though her office is in - Terrace, Price only works in -Terrace’s surrounding areas, which are part of the region- al district, and in Kitimat. supplies, and access'to a ve- hicle and gas. “The idea is the program requires local community _ support, or: buy in, in order “to offer the program,’ ’ Price said. quirement as donation far as ‘she knows. Money seemed to be the ‘issue in the past, but she doesn’t know the reason for _ Terrace’s refusal this year, . she said. City administrator -Ron Poole says it’s the principle of the matter. - Bear Aware was ‘once. fully funded by the B.C. government and many mu- nicipalities. are concerned __they are now being forced to pay for programs the prov-.. ince has cut, he said. _ “The concern is if we pay now, what will we be paying , in two or three years? After a while will be paying for everything” he said, adding ithe city already gives about $250,000 to initiatives once funded by the B.C. govern- Kitimat gave the program $1000 and the regional. dis-*.: trict provides..in-kind sup-. " port such as an office, some There is no. minimum re- for provincial program "By SARAH ARTIS" ment. . Another issue was doubt ' the program actually works, Poole said, adding council ‘éxamined statistics. before making its decision. He commends Price’s ef- forts but thinks the city does a sufficient job by itself. _ Some of its bear aware- . ‘ness efforts, include provid- . -ing’ information online and “in tax notices, and improv- | ing garbage pickup times, he ., said. “T really, really doubt the city having supported Bear Aware would-have made a.. difference,” Poole said. - Besides, bears will al- ways bea problem because of Terrace’s geography, he said — “unless we put big fence up around city to keep bears out and that just isn’t . ‘an option.” _ The City of Terrace has . ‘received 113 within- city- — limits bear complaints since _ January of this year and 95 . from the surrounding area. ‘Ten bears have been de- - ~ stroyed in the city and one . relocated. In 2004, the city had 59 . within-city-limits bear com- plaints, and none destroyed. Forty-three complaints came from the surrounding area where eight bears were de- stroyed. Green St. well testing | cause of flowing water COUNCILLOR Marylin Davies says people should not be concerned about the amount of water that has ‘been seen pouring out of test holes at the site of the new Green St. well _ that is in the process of being built. She and other councillors received nu- merous complaints last week after water was . observed spilling ¢ out of the well location. “People are- saying, ‘T could be’ watering: _ Says. - my lawn with that, you guys are wasting wa- ter,” Davies: ‘Says. oan orth = ane Rea “They are measuring the test flow for the new well and it’s not coming out of the cur-. rent water system.” The testing process could last. up to ‘a - month, she says. “J just wanted people, to know about ° J the situation, we are certainly cognizant of the fact: that people are concerned,” Davies ~The water flowing from the test oles is being redirected back into the river. Sa ORE AE DEORE. seh CREAT SERVIC, SOI OVA TOE TEENA CO INNO NG Nem TER! 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