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The end of another tough day’s work for Sheanweter Towing's spacers
in the Lava Lake area of the Nass Valley, about 80 kflometres from Ter-
face. Crew members, left to right, are: Serge Tanguay, Tony Soranson,
Doug Clayton, Plerre Lemioux, Bill H MeCallisjer, ‘Maggie Hodges and
Mickey Mouldos.

Woodlands initiative
creates local jobs

Jobs tor locat contractors and anew
forest management initiative are ihe
result of a co-operative venture between
Skeena Cellulose in Terrace, the Kitimat
Stikine Rogional District and the Ministry
of Forests.

Tim Fenton, the Contract Supervisor at
Skeanu's Woodlands division. was
responsible for start-up of a Communily
Forest Project and worked with ait the
parties to pull It together.

SPECIAL SILVICULTURE PROJECT

“The Ministry of Forests awards
money from its Forest Stand Manage-
ment Fund." Fenion explains, “for
special silviculture projects that meet
their criteria, provided they‘ra on Crown

Land. But the government also expects”

the community to make a financial
contribution.

“We appreached the City and the
District to ask thera to sponsor the pro-
Ject on behalf of the community, and
Skeena Cellulose supplied the funds.

“Because this ls, essentially, projact
over and above our current siivicuiture:
program, it's‘a bonus for everyone. &
major thrust of the Minlstry’s programm (s
to crecte local jobs and provide train-
ing opportunities.”

The outcomes was two new stand tan-
ding coniracts awarded jo local.con-
tractors: Maggle Hodges of Sheanveter
Towing and Casey Eys, a principal of
GIG Lid. who runs the company's stand
tending operations,

SPEEDING UP NATURE'S OWN PROCESE

Stand tending fs a tough, arduous
Job. Trees are “spaced” to give them
more room to grow. “Ideally, we lacve

three metres ‘between healthy young
trees; the minimum js 1.5 metres,” says
Kevin Detow, Woodlencis’ Forestry
Technician responsible for supervising
the contractors.

“Young trees ara all compating tor”

- The same space. Leff undisturbed, some

wilt die and some will survive.

“We spsed up nature’s natural pro-
cess by culting down diseased trees
and irees that won't survive. Over time
they rot and provide nutrients for the
trees left standing. This means the re-
maining treas have a far better chance
of surviving and growing to their full
potential.

"In foc, I's like weeding your garden
but on a much greater scaie, it’s also
better for the wildlife as thay prefer to eat
the fresh green shoots of browse vageta-
tion, such as aspen and willow, that are.
generated by the spacing.

BOTH ESTABLISHED AND NEW
CONTRACTORS INVOLVED

GIG Lid. ‘is a long-time Woodlands’
contractor with a varteiy of different
silviculture contracts. For this stand ten-
ding contract; STS employs between 15
and 30 psople from Terrace and the
Nass Valley, depending on the time of
year. .

But this Is & new venture for Hodges.
i's her first contract with Woodlands and
her second forestry contract since she
want Into business In 1988. Hodges has
two crews'of 17 man working at Fulmer
Creak in the Lave Lake areas of the Ness
Valley; about 60 kilometres north of
Terrace,