Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 25, 1993

Forest service cruisi

n’

for Kalum tree ce unters”

TERRACE — The forest service
hopes to have some new figures
on estimated timber.volumes in

the North Kalum Timber Supply. -

Area (TSA) by the end of Oclo-
ber,
Inventory officer Dave’ Nichol-

son said last.week bids. on-:three.....
limber survey contracts, were to vs

close yesterday,”

Once all the figures are efi, , the

numbers will be.compared ‘to the

Inost recent. inventory. to see what

difference, iE any,.there is,

That inventory:.was “used this
spring ina report which said log-
ging must bé cul back in the
North Kalum.

What Is being loggea ‘isn’t.
being replaced by what is grow- ,

ing, the report'said:
The successful :
carry out’ what's ‘called a volume

sites across the TSA. °

TERRACE — Alcan i is no closer
to resolving its impasse with the
B.C. government over the future
of the Kemano Completion Pro-
ject.

Alcan president Claude Cham-

berland and.-vice-president Bill

Rich. met . last Thursday - with

labour and consumer services —

minister Moe Sihota.

Alcan wants to renegotiate its
contracts to supply power. to B.C.
Hydro. The company wants. the
ulility to pay higher prices and
buy more Kemano power to help
“revitalize the economics” of the
half-built, billion-dollar
hydroelectric project.

Those demands were made pub-
lic last month when premier Mike

Health
warning
issued

"bidders will

‘140 megawatts

Nicholson said the North
Kalum Is the third or fourth TSA
in the province to be aclected for
this type of survey.

‘The TSA. is divided “up into

numerous” polygon shapes. from .
‘which » random: selections - ‘are

made for surveying.

“The contractor’s crew. ‘then cons i.
an “on-the-ground © “SUIVEY, ~

“cruise”: of trees there.

~The survey’s goal is to come ug :

with on estimate of the volume of

wood in the sample: area. It also

provides figures on species mix.
Nicholson: _ explained Crews

_ “measure the base area-of the tree,

its height and then, : using the

taper equation. which applies to:

the particular specie, calculate the

“-yolume: 2:

~ "That, however, is just the gross
--yolume available. -

ratio - ‘sampling - on a number ‘Of |.

He points out. ‘the crews. also

““Jook for external defects such as

Alcan, Hydro settlement far

Harcourt revealed company offi-
cials had informed'him construc-
tion will notresume unless a new
deal is reached,
“We're — not
renegotiate ihe existing contracts
for Kemano Completion Project
power,”’ said Sihota, who is also

the. minister responsible for BC.

Hydro.

The province might consider
longer ‘erm contracts for up to
of existing
Kemano power that B.C. Hydro
now buys on a shori-term basis.

Those would involve a relative-

ly smal] amount of money, Sihota

predicted,

Harcourt had said the compa- -

ny’s demands would have cost
taxpayers $350 million. |

‘“‘There’s just. not- a . huge
amount of public funds . out
there,” Sihota said.

He would not say how Alcan
responded to the provincial posi-
tion or what the company’s latest
demands were. |

‘Alean released Chamberland’s

Aug, 10 letter to Sihota last week.

TERRA fs Phd al, ry 7
ue a Plame TBF ibe Ne(Phlepeeis a 'response to Hard

late ‘6
‘departure of Prince Rupert’s only

surgeon; says’ Dro Donald Strang- *°
way, chief. of medical staff at.

Mills Memorial Hospital here.

And the northwest could experi- .

ence a reduction in the‘amount of
available medical ~ specialties
should those policies continue, he
said.

Strangway’s comments follow a
letter he wrote to health minister
Elizabeth Cull warning’ her: that
the Prince Rupert hospital will be
unsafe..when surgeon, Dr.. Greg

Lewis leaves: for: ‘Nova Scotia ; in 1

mid-Sepiember,:

, {The provincial government 's) |
funding formula for hospitals has _

placed the “Prince Rupert hospital
board and’ administratlon where,
as of the 12th of Seplember they
will be running én ‘unsafe hospi-
tal’,” Strangway wrote to Cull,

Speaking afterward, Strangway —

says the hospital wan't be able to
handle a crisis medical situation.
He said the problema. comes in

two areas -— not enough hospital.

facilities for surgery and demands
on # surgeon if he or she is the
only one in an area,

“The. govemment -has.stipu-

laled ‘the province should: have

2.75 beds per. thousand’ popula-

tion. - By .doing : that, the govern-:..
ment then cuts to” the’ ‘point there °~
afen’t énough .beds for: patients -

for a surgeon,’* said. Strangway.
“If a Surgeon | ‘can't practice

surgery, hé- can't pay. the office

overhead. And’. a highly . trained

surgeon also isn’t able to utilize

that training. and ‘keep - up” his
skills,”” he continued. ;
Just-as important j is the demand

to be available. at all times. and.
resultant burriout a ‘surgeon’ faces.

if he or she’ i is the, only. one in an
area.

“You really need two. surgeons
in terms’ of. lifestyle, That's 8 im-
portant,’’ said Strangway. -

“We need. different Ge :

population: zatlo):

region. . There is.

portunity ‘for’ care

Vancouver,” said Stringwayi: “i

The Prince, Ripert’; ‘hospita
1

‘court's MdeiientScthes: tomipahy!
“clarify, .its. intentions” - with
regards lo the project. .

**In order for KCP to be com-

prepared to

frost crack, forks, crooks, things
that might indicate the inside of
the tree is not usable even as
pulp.

The volume of such timber is
then deducted to come up with a
net volume, - -

= Tts-more specific: ‘than: the: in-~~

‘ventory:
added,

system, ’* ” Nicholson

--. The volume for the entire TSA

will be extrapolated from. the
results in these cruise plots.

Although all the formulae to be
used are supposed to be sound,
Nicholson said the forest service :

is taking the precaution of having ©

one area sampled twice, by a dif-.
ferent company each time.

_It-can then look at the two sets

of. results to determine whether.

there’ are any variations or

whether the resulis are consistent

‘whoever handles the cruise, he

pleted, amongst the things that
need to be resolved are the un-
certainties caused by the an-
founcement of the public review
process,’? Chamberiand wrote,

“We are concemed by what is
now the second postponement of
the. hearing process, Our objec-
tive is to minimize the ongoing
financial burden connected with
these delays.’”

Alcan officials claim the cost of
finishing the project has increased
since construction was halted in
the spring of 1991 following a
successful court challenge by the
Rivers Defence Coalition.

That decision was overturned,
but the resulting two-year delay
in. construction and. the further
delays of the provincial review
have changed (he economics of
the project, company officials

- claim,

“We have not altempted to as-
sign blame. for all that has. af-
fected the project, but we have
sought the government's coopera-
tion in finding 4 ‘no-fault’ solu-
tion,”” Chamberland stated,
(Wey beHeveittis ‘fair: ahd ‘right’ =
for your government to work with:
us on-a solution to the- ‘Problems
that have arisen,’’

_ Chamberland maintained the

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added.

Confirming the survey should
Start almost immediately after the
contract is awarded, Nicholson
pointed out, ‘‘We want all: the
field work done by. the end of
September,” ~

areas accessible only by helicop-
ter making a quick start important
while flying is still suitable. -
While confident the task can be
completed’ in time, Nicholson
Said the forest service’s main
worry at the moment is whether
anyone would bid on the job. -

He said; more than 30 com-
panies from: around the. province

- ‘were contacted.

‘*Some. people just said “No,

we're too busy’”’, he recalled. As

of Friday, just four companics
had picked up the tender package,
he added.

away

company is still committed to the
project.

Sihota had no response to Al-’.
can’s earlier veiled threats. of

legal. action over the delays
caused by the public review of

- the project due fo start this fall.

“That’s all good grist. for in

front of a judge,’’* he said.
_ “We're going to see if there’s a
_ negotiated solution to this.”’

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