12° Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 14, 1986 Forestry office. gears up for fire season TERRACE — The ad- vent of spring weather is a welcome change for most people, but it presents a mixed blessing to the agencies respons- ible for renewing and protecting forests in the northwest. As the season for planting trees begins, the prospect of forest fires also approaches. According to Joe Katasonoff, fire suppres- sion officer for the B.C. Ministry of Forests in Terrace, the Kalum Forest District averages 5§ forest fires annually. During the summer of 1985, however, were 63 fires in the district despite heavy rainfall during the entire month of August. Katasonoff reports that the accumulated snowpack in the moun- tains is below average this year, which could point to an active season for fire fighters. He adds, however, that precipitation levels in the next two months will also be a determing fac- tor. Fire protection ser- vices are assembled in ac- cordance with several factors, Katasonoff says. A series of numerical values representing snow accumulation measure- ments, current rainfall, tree and ground cover plant types and soil moisture retention are plugged into a formula called the Canadian Forest Fire Weather In- dex System; the results give the forest service some indication of fire potential from week to _ week. ‘Katasonoff says that this year a six-man initial attack crew will be on stand-by for the entire season in Terrace. A report from the Ministry of Forests headquarters in Victoria states that similar crews will be re- tained in other locations throughout the province. The reason given for hir- ing stand-by crews, rather than depending on blanket recruitment of fire fighters, is to reduce lag time between fire detection and initial at- tack. In addition to the new crews, Katasonoff adds that the Kalum Forest District has six remote weather stations and four manned look- out points. ' JA recent’ news release front: the Ministry of Forests announced that two new lightning detec- Burning Calories ‘Walking burs 210 calories per hour, A fast walk burns up 300 calories and running for an hour will ise 900 calories. there tors have been added ‘to the provincial system to improve the accuracy for locating strikes. The release went on to say that the majority of fires are reported to the ministry by. the public through the Zenith-5555 telephone hotline. Joe Katasonoff says that nearly all forest fires are caused by either lightning or human ac- tivities, and he adds that the percentage of fires in the Kalum Forest District caused by people is higher than the provin- cial average. The first fire of the season occured May 5 on Terrace Mountain near one of the trails and was caused by careless hikers. The blaze re- quired four bucket-drops by .a helicopter to ex- tinguish. Frank Howard, MLA for Skeena and New Democratic Forestry spokesman, plants a spruce seedling to com- memorate National Forestry Week. Howard said, We must do everything we can to guarantee jobs now in reforesta- on to have jobs in the future around wood processing an ogging.” Forest Week celebrated TERRACE ‘Your forest, your future’’, that is this year’s theme for National Forestry Week, by Sherry Halfyard The purpose of Forestry Week, which took place May 4 to 11, was to raise the public’s awareness of the forest industry, said Bob Wilson, resource officer at the British Columbia Forest Service in Ter- race, National Week is an event held across Canada. Support for the event varies depending on the com- munity, said Wilson. Westar Timber of Ter- race has displays in the mall in support of Forestry Week. Wilson went on to say that recognition of the Job options Forestry “look promising”’ TERRACE — Prospects look promising for students this summer, said Amarjit Pannun, student place- ment officer at the Manpower Center in Terrace. by Sherry Halfyard The Student Placement Center, operating through Canada Manpower on Lazelle Avenue, has been open since May 5. The center will stay open throughout the summer, and close the end of August. Due to the success of last year’s Challenge 85 pro- gram, Challenge 86 program will be in operation this summer. Jointly sponsored by the federal and pro- vincial governments, Challenge 86 encourages job creation through wage subsidy. It is specifically designed to create career and learning-related sum- mer jobs for students, said Pannun. Approximately 100 jobs will be created in Terrace through the Challenge 86 program. Our target is for a total of 442 placements, approximately the same as last year, said Pannun. We expect to surpass that total. Activity is already higher than last year at this time, commented Pan- num. Police report On Thursday, May 8 the Terrace RCMP discovered $2200 worth of stolen property. RCMP said the four suspects had been shoplifting all day in Smithers and Terrace. Asa result four Prince Rupert residents were charged with possession of stolen property. forest industry is par- ticularly important for this area, The forest is a continuing resource that is integral to wildlife, forest sheds and recrea- tion, Wise forest manage- ment will optimize the benefits for everyone. Setting aside a week to raise the public cons- cience will help achieve this goal, Wilson said. Softball Ladies Teams No. 1 - Skeena Hote! No. 2 - RB Baker No. 3 - Pizza Patio No. 4 - Shear Magic No. 5 - Donna's Cut and Curl Skeenaview (S) and ‘College (C) Fields May 14-1ivs5-S May 14-3vs2-C May 16-3vs4-C May 16 -5vs2-S May 21-4vs2-S May 21-5vs1-C May 23 -5vs3-S May 23 -2vs1-C May 26 -4vs5-S May 26 -1vs2-C May 28 -3vs4-S May 30-1vs3-C May 30-5vs2-S Mosquitoes Teams No. 1 - Terrace Esso No. 2 - Terrace Drugs No. 3 - Terrace Co-op No. 4 - Terrace Gulf Elka Park — 6:15 p.m. May 14, Field 2, 4 vs 1 May 14, Field 4, 3 vs 2 May 21, Fleld 2, 1 vs3 May 21, Fleld 4,2 va 4 May 23, Fleld 2, 4 vs 1 May 26, Fleld 2, 1 vs 2 May 26, Fleld 4, 3 va 4 May 28, Field 2, 4 vs 1 May 28, Field 4, 2 vs 3 Tournament is held May 30, 31 and June 1. Replanting underway in — Kalum district TERRACE — The an- nual process of replacing harvested trees has begun in the Terrace area, Several thousand hectares of land laid bare by clear-cut logging are being replanted with millions of seedling con- ifers. Bob Wilson, Ministry of Forests silviculturist for the Kalum Forest District, stated recently that his office will spend about $950,000 this year to reforest seven cut blocks in the Beam Sta- tion and Thunderbird areas with 3.8 million trees. Wilson said that the project, done by con- tractors, will employ over 100 tree planters for about five weeks. In ad- dition, he said, stand-_ tending work such 4s juvenile spacing and brush control will go on throughout the summer, with funding acquired from a combination of federal and provincial employment programs. The final phase of reforestation, site preparation, will be done in the fall by broadcast burning of clear-cut areas. Shirley Kimery, ad- ministrator for the Employment Develop- ment Branch of the local Canada Employment Centre, said recently that $350,000 will be available this year from Canadian Jobs Strategy - Ones. for work creation pro- grams in the forests. ‘It’s not a lot,’’ Kimery stated, saying that the funding would allow for about two major pro- jects or several smaller The make-work monies are reserved for augmenting the benefits of individuals already receiving unemployment insurance, and the pro- jects that qualify for the funding generally in- volve standtending of recently-planted juvenile forest. Kimery added that the forestry training program will be offered again this year at Northwest Community College under the ad- ministration of the Skeena Labour Market Development Project. Westar Timber is the largest Tree Farm License holder in the Terrace area, and: com- pany silviculturalist Dan Toomey reported that Westar plans to replant approximately 2,000 hec- tares this year. He said that $450,000 will be spent to put 1.6 million trees in the ground, most of them along the upper reaches of the Copper River and in the Nass Valley. The planting will be done entirely by con- tractors, employing more than 100 people until the beginning of Ju- ly. Seedling species being set out are spruce, hemlock, cedar and pine. Bird man-speaks TERRACE — Cleaning pennies by feeding them to sea anemones and having a star fish babysit an active child, were just a few things Wayne Campbell taught to approximately 30 people at the Happy Gang Center Friday evening, May9. — by Sherry Halfyard Campbell’s official title is an ornithologist, or more simply put, ‘‘birdman”’, although he also specializes in marine ecology. Campbell is a curator from the Provincial Museum in Victoria. The author of more than 200 books and papers, he was in Terrace as part of a program sponsored by the National Museum of Canada. The purpose of the lectures, primarily directed at students, is to create an awareness of marine life and conservation, said Campbell. In teaching conservation, you can haye fun without exploiting, said Campbell. And fun, everyone had. The crowd was treated to a very informative and entertaining evening. Throughout the talk, slides were presented and samples of seaside edibles were offered. Most people tried the seaweed, but only a daring few ate the raw oysters and whole baby herring.- Conservation through the stomach is the idea behind the lectures. ‘‘The best classes I lectured to were right here in Terrace. Everyone tried the samples,’* said Campbell. Make A “SPLASH” With The Cash! “The cash you make with classifieds.