TERRACE — The provincial
government will create at least
one more park and is looking at
a series of smaller ones in the
northwest, says provincial parks
minister _Ivan Messmer;

_ Speaking while in Terrace last

week, Messmer said a.Class A
park could designated at the
Tseax lava beds north of Ter-
race by this fall.

The beds are considered the
country’s youngest lava flow
and were created approximately
250 years ago.

They covered two Nisga’ a
villages housing 2,000 people -
and are considered a sacred
place, said Nisga’a Tribal
Council executive director Rod
Robinson.

“The lava beds must be pro-
tected, We've agreed to set aside
the issue of aboriginal rights
and work with the government
in this regard,”’ he said.

Robinson added that the park
would not only protect the beds
but would add to the area’s
_ tourism industry.

Messmer. said it is still too
early to discuss the kind of costs
of the park development and
from where the money will

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come, but did add parks of-
ficials will help with the plann-
ing. ‘

“We're working closely with
the .Nisga’a on this and any

development will be in full co-.

operation with them,’’ said
Messmer.
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Messmer also said talks are

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continuing to establish a. serics
of marine parks along the
Douglas Channel.

‘We had excellent
meetings,” said Messmer who
heard from Kitimat tourist in-
terests.

Parks ministry reports have
already identified several loca-
tions and although some are

near Jogging areas, Messmer ex-

pects to find a compromise. -
“In general it appears. like

everything else, we'll sit atthe

table and discuss it: There has - §

to be some give and take.
Everybody will be involved, " ‘he
sai

The development of marine

parks would also involve at least .

one company, a prospect
Messmer welcomes,

“It’s part of our theme of
adopt-a-park, There's no way
government alone can put up
the capital expenditures to
develop parks,’’ he said, “It’s a
case of working together.”

That will become more im- |

portant as while tourism is the
province’s second largest in-
dustry, it could very well
become the largest one and so
require -more amounts of
money, Messmer added.

At the same time, Messmer
said having private investment
in parks does not mean the
government will surrender con-
trol or management of park
lands.

Parkland “will stay that way.
We're not going to turn them
into Coney Island,’’ he said.

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Parking
rules ..
decided

TERRACE — Council. has
finalized parking regulations
for the downtown in prearation
for the start of enforcement.
Areas designated as no park-
ing zones include Eby between
Greig and Lazelle, nearly all the
south side of Lakelse from Eby

to Emerson and the east side of -

Ottawa between Lakelse and
Lazelle.

No parking will also apply to
the west side of Emerson bet-
ween Greig and Lakelse while
the opposite side of the street
will be a 30 minute zone. The re-
mainder of Emerson (Lakelse to
Park) will have a 15. minute
restriction... °

On most.-of the remaining

streets in an area stretching -

from Sparks east to Atwood
and Grieg north to Park, one
hour parking will be permitted.

Administrator Bob Hallsor
said some of those streets were
already correctly signposted and
public works crews would soon
begin to install new ones where

necessary, A Survey carried out -

last year by the city’s by-law en-

forcement officer. had identified —

those. streets. where signs were
missing,
Painting appropriate curbs

yellow would have to wait until _

the streets hdd been swept clean

of the. gravel that had ac-
‘cumulated over the course of

the.winter, he added. ©

As far as the issuing of tickets ~

and. levying of fines was con-

cerned, Hallsor said the city was, ,
still awaiting for. the province's
Chief Justice to approve. its

ticketing by-law. He would be.
seeking a quick decision‘on the |
matter during a visit to Victoria :

this week.

Once that approval was”

granted, the. ticketing - by-law

would be taken to final adop- —
tion at the next council meeting ~

_after which the enforcement of:
ficer-: could ‘begin Heketing ‘of.
fenders. ”

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TERRACE — More conserva-
tion officers will be based here
if a request for a general in-
crease in the north is granted,
environment officials say.

Regional manager Dick
Anderson has. requested three
more conservation officers for
the Skeena region in response to
the increased workload.

“We certainly need the peo-
ple there in Terrace,’’ senior
conservation officer Ali
Breitkruetz said. “If I get
another officer or two, that’s
where they'll go,’’

Anderson said the latest re-
quest for more officers followed
demands from angling guides
who say the ministry’s new
angling guide policy won't work
without more staff to enforce it.
- “We've requested three new
officers for the region,” he
said. “‘We feel that’s what it
would take to do the job.”

Some hirings. were announced

last year as part of a move to en-
force the government's new
mandate to prosecute en-
vironmental offenders.

The anti-pollution crackdown
has put extra pressure on con-
servation officers, Breitkruetz
said, because they are spending
more time on environmental
and waste management cases.
“It's certainly taking up more
of their time,’’ he said.

Major cases, however, are be-
ing handled by Marilyn Funk,
the new environmental enforce-
ment officer. A pesticide
manager to handle pesticide
permit applications must still be
hired, and the increases also
boosted the number of far north
conservation officers and ad-
ministrative support staff.

Presently 12 field conserva-
tion officers cover the region,
which stretches from. Burns
Lake -to. the. Queen .Charlotte
Islands: and north. to-the: Yukon

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The environment ministry
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been granted when the province
brings down its 1990 budget
next month.

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