Forest Week
time to reflect
on good news

By HELMUT GIESBRECHT
MLA for Skeena

-A HEALTHY B.C. economy
~ requires a healthy forest indus-
~ try. The forest industry should
Not be taken for granted as it
- ‘Was just a few years ago nor
should it be assumed that only
the forest industry has a stake
in the forests of British
Columbia.

The public is all to familiar
with the conflicts of the past
around land use. The first in-
itiative of the government was
to introduce the Commission
on Resources and Environ-
ment (CORE) to find a solu-
tion to the ‘“‘war in the
woods”? and recognize the
other users of the forests,

The second initiative was to
correct the serious erosion of
public confidence (domestical-
ly and internationally) in the
past standards of B.C. forest
harvesting by introducing the
new Forest Practice Code.

The third initiative was to in-
troduce Forest Renewal B.C.
— 4 program to invest in
B.C.’s forest by putting about
$400 million of increased
stumpage back into improved
silviculture, watershed restora-
tion and value adding initia-
tive into our forests.

The fourth initiative was to
fulfill the commitment to pro-
tecting 12 per cent of B.C.
land base —- some of it forest
land — increasing the amount

of B.C.’s land base from 6 per
cent to 12 per cent.

The filth initiative was to be-
gin a timber supply review to
eisure that accurate forest in-
ventorics ensure a settling of
sustainable levels of harvest,
and the sixth was to establish a
forest land reserve.

All six of these initiatives
complement each other and
they deal with our forest as a
whole. The changes the
piovincial government has
made would appear to be

Profits for publicly traded
B.C, forest companies were
minus $350 million in 1991
and $800 million in 1994
— an increase of more
than one billion dollars,

working.

Profits for publicly traded
B.C, forest companies were
minus $350 million in 1991
and $800 million in 1994 —
an increase of more than one
billion dollars,

Capital expenditures in the
B.C, forest industry were
$1.43 billion in 1991 and will
be $1.86 billion in 1995,

Direct employment in the in-
dustry was 91,000 in 1991 and
it is 105,000 in 1994 — a 15

DON'T LET WILDFIRES
BE YOUR FAULT! &

Helmut Giesbrecht
per cent or 14,000 increase in
jobs,

As far as the government's
tecord is concerned, the num-
bers speak for themselves.

During National Forest
Week, it is important for all of
us to remember the role forests
play in our lives and in our
economy.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 10, 1995 - D7

Forest Code

amended

FOREST MINISTER Andrew
Petter last week introduced
amendments to the Forest
Practices Code which clarify
and streamline the Code.

The changes include:

a improving the chief for-
ester’s authority to request in-
ventory information from tree
farm licence holders;

m refining the definition of
a community watershed;

= allowing government
to assume silvicultural
responsibilities for certain
non-replaceable forest
licences at the licencee’s
expense;

s clarification of plan-
ning requirements on pri-
vate range . tenures and
woodlot licences.

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