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This week -

Sum mary. part one of two
Silviculture

and Biology |

We’ve covered a lot of territory
in the past several weeks. The

"Green Illusion", silviculture and
-basic biology was the first segm-

ent. The ecology and management
of our forests from river valley to
alpine meadow was the second.
For the next couple of weeks

we're going to review this material
. before continuing with our next
topic of discussion, "The Tenure
System".

- When we. first began logging our

. forests, we went in like locusts on
an eating binge. The trees were.
free, or so we thought. And every
time we: cut’ one down, another .

would grow in it’s place. Once we

” logged all the easy parts, though,
~ we found out we were wrong and
. decided we had better fix things.

And while we were at it, we would
do a better job than nature did the
first time around. .
Instead of a patchwork quilt of
spruce, balsam, cedar, pine and
hemlock; we would plant whole.
stands of a single species. Spruce,

- for example, was a valuable tree

and we planted them by the thous-
ands. Soon, once barren slopes

. were green with potential wealth.
> But it was an illusion... a green

illusion. .All we had really done

-was plant a crop that was certain

to fail. Too late we discovered that

CITY

Art Ass’n funded
Terrace city council has approved
- an expenditure ‘of $1,546 to hire a

summer student to assist in the
operation of the Terrace Art Gall-
‘The Terrace Art Association
asked for help last month when
their Challenge *90 funding from

Canada Manpower was cut from
two students working a 40-hour
“week. to one .working only 35
" hours a week. In a May 22 meeti-
" ig, association representatives told
-_ council's Finance Committee that’

volunteer help wouldn’t be enough
to maintain operating hours on last
year's scale,

When asked if the association
was asking for an ongoing comm-
itment, the association responded
by saying they believed this to be

- a one-time request.

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Even when given those
figures to counter the inac-
curate guesstimate of unknown
origin, they keep using $1,000

‘anyway. Why? Because it’s a

round figure, a big number
which makes the whole matter

_ abetter ‘‘scandal’’?

Gimme a break!

Parting Thought: Last

-_.-weekend, by the way, the.
beleaguered Gran flew from

a great job we had done, we had

nature has good reasons for mixing
the species of trees. For one thing,
certain trees like specific condit- aE a
ions. For another, it makes it diffi- Douglas fir seedlings. These the
cult for bugs like. the spruce leader companies dutifully planted... and
weevil'to spread. most of them died.

A closer look at those green Jt wasn’t done on purpose, of
mountainsides we had planted 30 course. It was simply a matter of
years before, and we found that ignorance. Neither the goverment

most of the trees were either nor the forest companies had any .

stunted, deformed or dead. The experience and there was no site
spruce leader weevil had moved: specific planting or soil data.
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ited by other species of trees. After

thirty years.of bragging about what

virtually nothing at all.

Who was to blame? In hind
sight, probably to one. The gov-
emment had told the forest com- a :
panies they had to plant trees and Things began to change in 1978
they were quite certain that was with the development of the Eco-
the right thing to do. The forest logical Classification System. But
companies planted the trees so we still have a long way to go if
they can’t be blamed. But when it we're going to do anything at all
came to getting the job done, the about the Fall Down Effect. More

eet

dollar was the determining factor. site specific research needs to be:

The government hadn't specified . done. Perhaps it’s time for every-
what kind of trees the forest com- one to sit down and decide what
panies should plant. Their obvious . the word "silviculture" really

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use of herbicides. Once all that’s

constituency, Shame.on her.

choice was whatever was most means... ~-

valuable, In the north that was

Douglas fir. Tree nurseries

responded to the demand by grow- vest to harvest. It involves the

ing “thousands of spruce and
BEAT

Zamboni for arena

The Terrace Arena is getting a
new ice surfacing machine to
replace their aging Zamboni. The
new machine is also a Zamboni
and even though it’s the more
expensive of two tenders received
it is believed to be the best buy.
An Olympia surfacing machine
was offered at a price of $55,915
plus tax but it was a year-old
demonstrator and had a larger
motor ‘which would presumeably
cost more to operate. The price on
the Zamboni is $57,840 plus tax.
Another factor affecting council’s
decision was the fact that the city
already has a stock of spare Zam-
boni parts that aren’t interchange-
able with the Olympia.

Victoria to Boundary Bay on

. Friday: afternoon, and attended

‘a government dinner that night
in Vancouver. Saturday morn-
ing, she was in a parade in
Langley, then flew from Ab-
botsford. to Victoria to address

-a women’s convention lun-

cheon at 12:30 p.m. She then
ftew back immediately to at-
tend a 3:30 p.m. meeting in her

Silviculture is the. science of
spruce and in the south it was growing, or perhaps more accu-

rately "farming", trees from hat-

by Tod Strachan, in consultation with Rod Amold and Doug Davies

identification of seed-bearing
stands, the selection of seed trees,
seed collection, growing the seedi-
ings, site preparation, planting and
stand tending. Stand tending
involves brushing and weeding,
juvenile spacing, pre-commercial
and commercial thinning, pruning,
fertilizing, and in some cases, the

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done, silviculture then involves
harvesting the trees in a manner
most appropriate to the site.

It’s obviously a complex busin-
ess. Every procedure has to be
adapted to a specific site and every
procedure has to be done just right.
Unfortunately, though, some of
these procedures still aren't being
followed and there are other prob-
lems too. In some instances, for

example, herbicides are abused. In .
others they’re used correctly, but

discontinued in the face of a strong

environmental lobby. Either way,
the whole cycle breaks down when
one of these procedures is applied
incorrectly or isn’t even applied at
all.

The obvious.conclusion to all this
is that everyone has to sit down
and decide exactly what
silviculture is. What procedures are
appropriate? When should they be
applied? And who is responsible
for monitoring them? ‘This means.
that the government, forest comp:
anies, lobbyist-and general public
have to sit down and come to @
common conclusion. A tall order’

indeed,
Next week, part two: Where do

we start?

Forestry Insights is regular
weekly feature of the Terrace
Review, written by staff reporter
Tod Strachan in consultation with
Registered Professional Foresters
Red Arnold and Doug Davies. We
encourage our readers to become
involved. in forestry issues by
submitting questions, comments
and: contributions of their own.
Write to Forestry Insights, c/o the
Terrace Review, 4535 Greig Ave.,
Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7.

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ARTIST ROY VICKERS and R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foundation president Marlaine Webber u

nveiled

Vickers painting of the Kitselas Canyon at last Saturday's Gala evening.

CT scanner - a step closer

by Betty Barton

Last Saturday evening, 200 Ter-
race residents were privileged to
atiend the R.E.M. Lee Hospital
Foundation’s 2nd annual Gala and
Auction at the Inn of the West.
The evening was one of many
events organized to raise funds for
a CT scanner for Mills Memorial
Hospital.

More than $36,000 profit was
netted through ticket sales and the

auction of fifty unique items inclu-..
"ding two Roy Vickets prints. Vick-

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ers, a world-renowned artist, bad
been commissioned by the Founda-
tion to paint a scene from this
area. The chosen locale was the
Kitselas Canyon. The original
piece of art was unveiled at the
Gala. It will be sold through closed
bids within the next month. The
two prints auctioned on Saturday

netted $4400. Vickers kept one of

the 50 limited edition prints. The
rest will be for sale through North- ;
em Lights Studio for $1200 each.

Coen Hn Te taal .

Terrace resident and surgeon, and
his wife Thelma honoured the
occasion with their presence, visit-
ing from their home in Victoria.
Dr. Lee spoke briefly and said,
"I’m proud to say I’m from Terra-
ce." and in congratulating . the
Foundation on their dedication to
improving medical services in
Terrace, commented, "What Ter-
race wants, Terrace goes out and

gets. You have made my fondest
oy ge ch. wish come true, Thank you.
Dr. REM ‘Lee, a longtime

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