18 Terrace Review. — Wednesday. August 21, 1991

Depots springing up again
for fall pine mushroom trade |

by Sheena Falconer

It’s pine mushroom time in Ter-
race again, and several depots have
opened up in the last week. Alpac
is buying at the old Dog’N’Suds,
ADS is out in Thornhill by the
Copperside store, and Matsumora
is by Gus’s family recreation
centre on Greig Ave.

The place to be for mushrooms
last year was up in the Cranberry
Junction area, and this year more

than 50 baskets have already left

Terrace airport. Where are they
coming from? Well, that’s any-
body’s guess.

For those of you who are new to
Terrace, these mushrooms are the
elusive pine mushroom that is
highly valued by the Japanese and
sends even the most sedentary
Terracite out to the bush in hopes
of capturing some of the moniey-
making fungus.

Mushroom pickers should be
warned, however, that bugs and
bees are not the only wildlife out
there. Bears play a strong role in
this area of the bush. People get
lost and help is not always around
the comer. Go with somebody who

proponents.

knows what they are doing, and
make sure you take supplies in
case you do get lost. It is also the
opinion of seasoned pickers that
very young children do not belong
in the bush,

Pickers should ‘be dware that
raking or disturbing the moss
while picking mushrooms damages
the habitat that supports the next
season’s crop of mushrooms.
Strong, dedicated pickers can get
pretty angry if they go out to their
favourite patch, only to find the
moss torn up. Mushrooms do not
grow in disturbed moss and, as
happened at the Terrace Airport, it

Forestry grants offered

The joint federal-provincial
Green Gold fund is offering a total
of $2 million in grant money for
public awareness projects in for-
estry.

A statement from the B.C. Minis-
try of Forests last week announced
funding of up to $15,000 per pro-
ject, available on a matching basis
for money posted by the project
Eligible concepts

‘Where To Find It

may be several years before they
will grow again in that spot if they”
are badly disturbed.

After the mushrooms are sold to
the buyer, they are exported to
Japan, where eyewitnesses say

ST. MATTHEW'S ANGLICAN

~- CHURCH

Invites you to come and join us in celebrating the
- progress of our new Anglican Church, On
Sunday, August 25, 1991 - 10:00 A.M., The Rt. Rev.
J. E. Hannen, Bishop of Caledonia will be

celebrating the Holy Eucharist. Weather

permitting, the service will be held in the new
church that is currently under construction.

they are auctioned off singly.
Each mushroom is displayed on

Stage in a forest setting, and the
bidders must stay and try for each
individual mushroom.

The mushrooms are then sent to
the kitchen, where all your hard
work ends up on some Japanese
gourmet’s plate.

include audio-visual presentations,
brochures, seminars and demon-
stration forests.

Sing your way

to the top of the charts

Come out to Karaoke Night and sing along

with the lyrics as they appear on video.

7

Deadline for applications is Sept.
20. Forms are available from the
Kalum District Forest office or the
Terrace Government Agent.

The program money comes from
the five-year, $200 million federal-_
provincial Forest Resource Devel-_
opment Agreement.

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