f d WORKING HARD: ‘Steve Robichaud and Rick Koelemy, ‘from Yellowhead Line Painting, repaint the city’s faded road lines . Local gov’t has own Kermode island story PRINCESS ROYAL Island's reputation as a remote, un- spoiled playground for Ker- mode bears is closer to fan- tasy than fact, says the Ki- timal-Stikine regional dis- trict board, ; And to back that up it has senl an cye-opening sub- mission on the istand — part™ of the so-called Great Bear Rainforest -'to a key pro- vincial -government plan- ning committee developing a resource plan for the cen- tral coast. It reveals. the. surprising - news that the island and its world-famous white bears have long been acquainted with human activities — like mining, logging, and a fish cannery. And failing to take that fact into account could re- sult.in poor decisions being made about the island's fu- ture, the regional district warns. "Sometimes LRMPs {land and resource man- agement plan committees) do not deal with real facts," said Thornhill director Les Watmough, caulioning thal NO DOWN ‘heads ~ NO INTEREST “emotions and nebulous things” sometimes enter into the fray. "The fact of the matter is that logging on our coastal country provides feeding grounds far bears," he pointed out, explaining that underbrush, fiddle- thrive in deforested areas, boosting’ bear numbers. . Citing regional district's. political interest in: Prin- cess Royal Island — it ties within its boundaries — the submission also outlines the region's historical and cur- rent economic ties to the. so-called remote island. Little known evidence of long-standing human activ- ity on the island runs con- trary to information: pre- sented in some recent (cle- vision documentaries and books on the Kermode bear that have portrayed Prin: cess Royal Island as a pris- tine Garden of Eden inha- biled by Kermode bears that are so unfamiliar with humans that they haven't yet learned to fear them, In fact, the district points mare. and” blueberries” NO PAYMENTS out, human contact with Princess’ Royal Island began with First Nations* occupation and continues to this day, Not.only was the island once home to the. Butedale Cannery, but several hun- dred people. also lived and worked at-Surf Intet, an ac-. tive mining area carlicr this century, “ And there -was even a pulp mill and tawnsite loca- ted at’Swanson Bay, on the mainland just across the channel: from Princess Royal Island. «These days marine-based logging companies routinely” operate in’ the area,- using supplies, services -and for- estry consulting firms loca- ted both: here and in Ter- race, The regivnal district says it has approved a number-af lenure applications: from.- International Forest. Pro- ducts for helicopter drop zones and log storage areas in recent years so long as environmental issucs are addressed. | DESIGN 1777 CUTS 3440 Hwy #16 East COPPER BARBER SHOP Welcome All Natives © Of This Land And World HOURS 9-530 Mon,Tues, Thurs, Fri 9-4 Sat Closed Sun., Wed. 4 saurkraut & mashed potatoes. 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