Page AG — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 29, 1992

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TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

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Focus on the Kitlope

Rational decisions needed

Dear Sir:

We have been noting, with
interest, the many articles in
your paper and others about
land use in the Kitlope
Valley, Whatever decisions
are made on the use of this
large land area they will im-
pact the residents of nor-
thwestern B.C,

Eco-Trust (an interna-
tional environmental group
based in Oregon) will be
meeting with the Haisla
natives to discuss land use in
this area, Greenpeace has
also taken interest in this

area and has travelled to
Scandinavia and Germany
for input on managing the
area.

Are these organizations
the ones that should be mak-
ing the land use decisions?
Should foreign-based en-
vironmental groups dictate
land management in B.C.?

Our. group is not saying
that alternative plans be dis-
counted, but we are very con-
cerned that other local in-
terest groups have so far had
no say in the land manage-
ment of this area,

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Forestry decisions in this
area have a direct financial
on all northwest
residents. Many local interest
groups have begun taking an
active role in the planning of
our resource areas and we
believe that this is the route
to go.

Local residents should
have a major say in land use
decisions, as they may have
the clearest understanding of
the impact of these decisions.
We believe that British Col-
umbians must work together
to decide land management

in B.C.

Making these types of
decisions will never be easy,
but British Columbians will
be making a lot of them dur-
ing the 1990s.

It is extremely important
that these decisions are ra-
tional ones made by people
who have truly considered all
sides of the issue.

‘Dianne Smith,
Canadian Women,
In Timber,
Terrace Branch,
Terrace, B.C,,

Drug show misses the real target

Dear Sir:
RE: Report on drugs in the

northwest that aired last
week (Northwest
Crackdown, Jan. 22, CFTK-
TY).

1 viewed it with great in-
terest and was amazed at
how little we've progressed
on the substance abuse-use
issue. Little more than a
modern day Reefer Madness,
it addressed few of the press-

ing concerns and issues we
have today.

If anything it should show
us how not to approach an
issue with such misunder-
standing and closed
mindedness. The real danger
from this program is that the
embracing of American pro-
blems and issues and
superimposing them on our
society is counter productive
and destructive to our own

sensibilities and value
system.

What I want to say is don’t
let other people, or organiza-
tions, make value judge-
ments for you. Far too many
are ideals and values handed
down to us by agencies that
think they know best haw
society should think and
behave.

If we want to avoid the
social upheaval going on in

the United States we must
approach these issues in a far
different manner, with a
clear understanding of the
causes and effects of the
things we do today.

As history clearly shows, :

there are never any real win-
ners in any war. And this so-
called war on drugs is no ex-
ception,
Shawn Papps
Terrace, B.C,

Good word spreads far

Tourists talk about us»

TERRACE — Word of mouth
ard friends and relatives play a
large role in drawing tourists to
Terrace and the northwest, in-
dicates a survey conducted this
past summer.

Nearly 600 interviews were
made of tourists through the
survey done by the chamber of Monteith added.
qammerce through the regional Overall, visitors from, inside ,
tourism association... ,..J3) iti andi‘outside: theiregion rated ©

‘The survey also indicates
tourists come here to enjoy the
scenery and get away from the
city,

“Camping is the big thing.
People kept saying the area is
beautiful —- they want to see the
world outdoors,’ said David
Rolfson who did the interviews.

But word of mouth can also
work the other way, noted city
economic development officer
Peter Monteith who assisted
with the survey, -

“It's a matter of educating
the locals more than anything
else, I'd say the chamber of

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commierce’s Show Your Pride
campaign is having an effect,’’
he said.

‘‘There’s an increasing
awareness that tourism brings
money into this town and that if
you treat them right, they'll be
back and tell their friends,’’

customer service as good 71 per ©
cent of the time, cleanliness of
facilities good 65 per cent of the
time and friendliness good 59
per cent of the time.
- For those strictly from out-
side the region, customer service
drew a good rating 70 per cent -
of the time, cleanliness 62 per
cent of the time and friendliness
54 per cent of the time.

The Furlong Bay provincial
campground drew rave reviews
as did Ferry Island but tourists
want showers at the latter, said
Ralston.

Survey results reinforced the

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popularity of the area for
campers and RVers, he said.
Nearly 33 per cent of those
surveyed came by private or
rented campers and
motorhomes. Just over 40 per
cent used private automobiles.
And there appears to be a
growing number bus tours mak-
ing their way to the northwest.
All that adds up.to informa-

@ tion Monteith hopes to develop

in planning tourism promotion
advertising. ,

“Rubber tire traffic is
definitely the market we’re in-
terested in,’” he said.

Advertising campaigns are
already in place for next year
because of lead times necessary
for publications so the new
campaigns will take hold for
1993,

But Monteith has secured an
article on Heritage Park next
year in Touring America, a ma-
jor publication aimed at RVers
and campers.

“The big effort is Rendez-

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the Alaska Highway. We've
joined with the Northwest by
Northwest Tourism Association
on the idea of the circle route,
and. that'll bring those people
travelling the highway down
through here,’’ he said.

Monteith expects these ef-
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ing:those jravellingsto Alaska ty
slay Here for longer periods of
times.

“Often it seems that once
they reach Alaska, they realize
the best scenery was what they
saw on their way,’ he said.”

Yet Monteith says the
tourism industry here does face
stiff and slick competition from
its Alaskan counterparts.

He noted that a recent
Alaskan lure promotional
package was financed in part
from monies paid by Exxon as
part the compensation arising
from the Exxon Valdez oil spill
of several years ago.

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