A lengthy effort by the
Seven Sisters Society, an
organization with mem-
bers from throughout the
Northwest, to preserve the

area around the. scenic .

peaks near Cedarvale for
recreation appears to have
paid off. .

Ron Mould, operations
superintendent for the
Kispiox Forest District,
said in a recent interview
that no timber.cutting per-
mits will be issued for the
area -until -an~ integrated
resource Management
plan is completed, Mould
said two cutting permits
are still in force for blocks
within the area, but he ad-
‘ded there has been a ver-
bal commitment from the
contractors involved to
suspend logging activity
and he. expects written
verification of the com-
mitments in a matter of

days. .
-Mould said the forest
service is using the Seven
Sisters Society ‘“‘as a vehi-
cle for public input” in
deciding the future of the
area, and he stated in fact
the Society will be largely
responsible for designing
the management plan.
The initial draft plan,
‘Mould: indicated, Was
finished late last year, and
the agenda for finalizing
the plan was set last
month. Seven. Sisters
Society representatives
will meet with Ministry of

Forest and Lands person- |

nel on April 23 and once

every two weeks after that

until the plan is finished.
Mould said the tentative

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‘continued from page 1

said, only three could be |
realized due to shortage of

funds.
In ‘his’ presentation to
council Thomsen: pointed

out: the promotion and 7.

public relations value Miss
Terrace represents to the
city, but he said the cost of
sending her and a chap-
erone to activities in other
communities has become a
serious burden on the
Jaycees’:
Thomsen said the lub has
lost about $6,000 in the
‘past three years paying the
expenses. =

Ald. Ruth Hallock said
council, would require an

annual estimate of theex-
penses in order to make.

budget provisions, and
Thomsen estimated a trust

fund’ holding between |
$3,000 and $5,000 would:
be "adequate. He proposed
a matching grant scheme »

in which the Terrace
business. community
would -put up: half the
fund with the remaining
half staked by the city,
Any balance left at the end

of the year, he said, would i

be refunded,

Ald, George Clark ex- -

pressed agreement that
tepresentation to neigh-
boring communities in the
Northwest is important,
and council voted to for-
ward the matter to com-
mittee,

resources.»

"4 ‘Terrace Review — - Wednesdy, April Is, 1987. “

ogging halted on Seven

deadline for completion of
the plan is Oct. 31.

NEW POLICY
EVOLVING

‘The. Seven Sisters area
may be the first bene-
ficiary of new policy
development within . the

‘Ministry of Forests. and -
Lands, In a recent inter-

view B.C. Chief Forester

John Cuthbert indicated
the ministry is.in the pro--
cess of examining a zoning.

‘concept that would pre-

_ designate crown lands for

specific types of uses.

Cuthbert pointed — out ©

that with last year’s
amalgamation of the

-Lands Branch and the’
Ministry of Forests his .
arm of government now

has jurisdiction over. all
crown lands in B. C. ex-
cept parks. ‘In the past
timber was our first priori-

ty, but we're recognizing

that we've got a lot. of
areas that aren’t really

suitable for growing.

trees,”’ he said.

Cuthbert: said the zon- .

ing policy. was one area ex-
amined by the Wilderness
Advisory Committee last

year. Although planning is —

an ongoing aspect of

managing local Timber:

Supply Areas, the ministry

_ is now considering: a new
thrust toward ‘integrated

resource planning that
takes into account all
values and attempts to

blend uses for the lan

Cuthbert stated.

demands for
land usages

WAS
various

become higher we have to .

plan more carefully to get
the best for everyone. out.
of.. the forests, * he con-

cluded,

SOCIETY PIONEERS -
POLICY.

* Bill Fell, a member of ;
the Seven Sisters Society, .

explained that until

recently: the ministry had:
no option other than’
timber harvesting for the
lands. under its control.”
Now, he said, the ministry
_is attempting to establish a

wilderness donation sys-

tem for .areas with low ©

timber. values and high
recreation potential.

Fell, who isa Tossing

contractor from the Kit-

wanga area, emphasized |
the Society is.aot opposed ©

to Jogging and has many

loggers in its membership.
- He said the management ..
plan being designed by the
Society will. “take all.

values into consideration”’

. including recreation, wild-

life habitat and migration

paths. and. timber extrac- —
tion.

Merchantable
timber, he said, amounts
to only six percent of the
management area.

A. future consideration
for the plan, Fell stated,
will be selective logging by

‘methods ‘such as -horse
skidding. ‘It would keep’
jobs in the region, make.

use Of the resource, and

keep silviculture costs.

Sisters

within reason,” he. said: -
Fell

~ Since 1977, B.C.’s Drinking Driving CounterAttack p program has cut down the car-
nage caused by impaired drivers. Thanks to’ police road checks, tough laws and con... |
cerned-citizens, over 8, 000 people have been spared i injury .or. death over Counte At:

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- Sti, ‘each year, more ‘British: ‘Columbians : are e killed by drinking. drivers than by og.
_ murderers. Alcohol is still the. leading cause of. death « on. ‘the road.

“The Spring CounterAttack Blitz, April 13-to May 4 is our ‘best’ ‘way to fight back
and save lives. Police roadchecks will be up any hour, day or night to catch drinking.
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“Do your part. If you drink, don't drive and never r tide with : a drinking driver. Help» : :
a friend make it home safely and, if you see a drinking dtiver, call the police. -

Let's back Spring CounterAttack,.

_ POLICE ROADCHECKS”
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Society’s. objectives:-as 0
development of recreation.
-and broadening: the ..- ws
economic viability of the... -
area. He agreed the plan
could-be called a pilot pro- =
ject that may set an exam-
ple. followed in other —
regions of B.C. In 1978,
he pointed out, a land-.
scape - architect | was.
employed asa consultant: ae
in developing the manage-.
..ment.plan: for the area, a
recommendation by the —.
Society and the first time’.

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‘by the forest service in -
B.C. Now, landscape ar-
-chitects are used in ~
numerous planning areas
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