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Experience

Grant ‘Hazelwood

Hatchery. He is also a wildlife
biologist, a highly respected and

influential member-of:the B.C, :
Wildlife Fedération, a- wildlife
consultant, the driving wheel of .

the local: chapter: of -Ducks

books. .

Hatcheries and ‘other fiohery,
enhancement projects can easily
get out of hand: when’ those in

charge begin meastiring | their °

suecess in the number of fish
they can pump out each year.

- | trees,:

” A hatchery built and tun ex-

pressly to cater to the demands

of the fisherman who seeks to
fill every nook and cranny in his
freezer with fish flesh will have
the inevitable effect of turning
budding anglers into  con-
sumers, and of creating a de-
mand it will find itself unable to
fulfill in the long term. .:;

is the
‘manager of. the Deep Creek

4

The commercial fishermen, —

their backs pushed closer. and - se
closer to the. wall ‘by. declining

stocks, are the first to point to

‘hatcheries as a way.to satisfy the «
appetites ‘of . sporties and com-
mies. alike. ‘If only. it, were 80° -
: ‘simple. wf

Unlimited, a. -birdwaicher, a”
hunter and an avid ollector of

interfering with the processes of

: natural selection — something. 7
“, that all hatcheries must do — is .

ot a task to be taken lightly or
one that should bée undertaken
on: a: grand: scale; The Deep
Creek: facility, a ‘small ‘unob-

trusive structure surrounded by
embodies Grant’s
’ philosophy of minimal interven-

tion, Small is beautiful, says
Grant. :

. ‘The hatchery’s reason for be-

ing, as set out during the for-
mative years of. the Terrace
Salmonid Enhancement Society

was to assist in the rebuilding of ©

the Kalum chinook salmon

stocks which had suffered for so .

sl "

: by. Rob Brown

Grant Hazelwood knows that »

The Skeena
Angier

‘many, yeais ‘because of habitat
destruction at the hands of log-

gers and by' overfishing at sea.

The smail;: critically impor-
tant: streams: flowing into the
Kalum were targetted and given
priority for enhancement. This
objective is the same a decade
later.

The largest project under.

* taken at: Deep Creek is done in

concert. with the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, Hundreds
and thousands of chinook fry
reared at Deep Creek are im-

planted with coded wire tags:

and released. When and where ,

these fish are caught provided
valuable data which can later be
used to define management ob-
jectives.

-For years now ‘Grant has

engineered it so the ecologically: -

sound objectives of the Terrace
Salmionid Enhancement Society,
have stayed on the rails, But it:
is not only in this arena where
Grant. has | made his presence .
felt. ©:

When the northern panel was,
struck to shape the dimensions.
of the Canada-U.S,' Fisheries”

the Canadian north coast until

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‘TERRACE STANDARD

XK . SPIEL H

‘TERRACE — Heavy com-
petition at the annual Legion
-Bonspiel wrapped up Jan, 27
with Terrace’s Russ Kirk rink
on top.

Kirk beat out local. skip
Ron Murphy for the ‘A’
event title. Keith Norman
battled to third, while Jeff
‘Davidsoni- claimed fourth,

In ‘B’ ‘event, ‘Otto. Lind-
strom prevailed, edging out
Bill Kawinsky. Keith Dahms
was third, and. Prince
Rupert’s Ivan Spletzer. took
number four. '.

Terrace’s Rand Mehinick .
won the ‘C’. event title,
defeating the second-place
Jack Perry rink. Terrace
skips Rick Bennett and 5S.
Krisselbrink grabbed third

and fourth.

Thornhiil’s. revenge

TERRACE — It was pay-back time for Thor-
phill’s junior girls basketball team at a Jan. 26

tournament in Hazelton.

They took on Smithers, Hazelton and Aiyansh
— the three teams that beat them at their own
tourney in Terrace the weekend before — but

ment. :

this time they cruised to three straight victories to

pick up the tournament win.

Thornhill romped to a 45-15 win over Smithers '
then faced Hazelton, a team they had lost a 48-47 »
double overtime heartbreaker to Jan. 19

This time it was Thornhill 37-27. They beat.
_Aiyansh 34-27 to lock up top spot in the tourna-

; “They worked: on their passes a lot the
previous week and it really paid off,” said coach
Shannon Murdoch.

Top scorer at the tourney was Thorahill’s Erin

: Peacock, Murdoch said Vanessa Pearson had the
most improved défence, and added fast breaks,
“were led by Mag Hugon.

Cal boys, rained out —

TERRACE -— The Kermode
boys lost their second matchup
of the season against the zone
rival Prince Rupert Rainmakers
Jan. 26.

Caledonia dropped the game
91-78 in Prince Rupert, as their
record sank to 0-and-3 on the
season against the 'Makers.

The Kermodes lost a pair of

*While —
Quantities *

games to Rupert at the start oF
the season.

Meanwhile, Skeena’ 5 junior .

boys squad was here in Terrace
losing a close 47-44 contest to
Prince Rupert's Booth Ravens.
“We could: have beaten
Booth,’? said Skeena coach
Shane Hood. “It was close th

‘whole ote aie’ and we “nly lc lost by.

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both, Port Simpson: and the:
Nisga’ a‘ team,

- Thornhill’s junior boys squad
dropped a three-point loss to
Nisga’a in local-action, before.
*- being slaughtered by. Port Simp.
son.”

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an absurd piece of F legislation,

- insisting that women forni half
ofall such federal bedies, Was -

_ assed forcing hirn to step aside and continuity rather than the.
at objections * 0 irk, Can fo ‘for “wood

. forums, and’ at. meeting ‘but 1:

. have © never:.heard «: him... say .

anything that “wasn?

point. and - ‘well thought. out...

_ Recently, “for” “example, . ‘the

Ministry of, Forests’ held & aaa ue ‘around d biog aelty * end: a

overdue. meeting to: determine :

After’ trappers, skiers,” ‘log:
gers, hikers, oldtimers . and |
fishermen had all had: thelr s say,
Grant’¢at: right: to: thée’heart: of
‘the’ matter. “by” ‘Suggesting the”
foresters take a: wholistic- ap-.

Treaty, Grant ably represented’ proach to. ‘Management’ based like that of W.-G.. Hazelwood
on the, Tequirements of the ene :

“tire ecosystem: "i 0.
this, Grant suggested, the’ emi-"
_phasis must be on maintenance:

And, he added, ; ;
fect this a complete ‘inventory of. .

to: any. more disturbance, Argu- a
ing... for: “guidelines - framed’

+ feasible, loging should be done:
on..a". small. -integr; ‘se ‘scale;:.,
perhaps’ along the lines of the:
“.woodlot: “concept, 2 concluded.
-Grant. fe
7. Let “as heed” the: quiet; ine’ i
“telligent:. and .informed voices -

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