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Group tells regional board
land use plan should come first_

‘THE ORENDA FOREST PRODUCTS: PROPOSAL TO. BUILD ; A
f __ Pulp. and. coated papeF i mill “near: Lakelse- Lake: became...
Oa i - a key part ofa debate during’ Jast Saturday’s regional . §
~ district: meeting. Two. representatives. of the Skeena
Round:Table for. Sustainable Development: addressed the
>. board and: asked ‘for. recognition. as the legitimate body |
to develop 'a sustainable ‘development plan. for the .

..  §keena watershed.
_ In the end, they. received: ‘the. support. they sought and welcomed |
a@ suggestion that a regional district representative: sit on their §
board. But not before a few technicalities were  troned out in the
wording of the motion. .

Regional board directors Jack Talstra and Joanne Monaghan were
most critical: Talstra suggested representatives of the round table
had not even bothered to attend public hearings on the Orenda:

“ proposal. And Monaghan expressed dissatisfaction with the wording
of a round-table submission regarding the Orenda Proposal to the .
Major Project Steering Committee. .

The submission; which was signed by round table chairperson
Terry Macdonald, states in part: "We feel that the Kitimat Valley,
as host to some of the most productive growing sites in B.C.,.
should not be permanently alienated from the provincial forest by
industrial development. Maintaining. the proposed site as part of the.
"working forest’ fits well within a sustainable development strategy

... for the valley. More suitable sites would be located outside the
working forest, such as the Kitimat industrial zone, or in relatively
low productivity areas.” —

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and nursery department at Mills Memorial Hospital. Today is Weedless Wednesday, .
sponsored by the Registered Nurses'Association of B.C. during National Non-Smoking Week.