Al0 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Augus! 2, ue Protect mushroom. patches - from. loggers, By JEFF NAGEL. , REGULATING the: pine mushroom industry may have 7 _ some value; but many pickers, say: they’d prefer. the gov-:, ernment simply: get serious about Protecting the best. Pat: a _ ches from logging. °- : ; "The idea that Victoria should start to control’ the unre- 7 gulated - industry: and: perhaps lax ‘the: undeclared : vin come. stream - ‘has been raived ina new: eport f from the. Forest Practices Board, o ML agree with, regulation ded them 20. years ago,” " Bays Ri picker:i in the ‘Nass Valley.” ; oe “The forest companies: have ruin. around and ‘done their: best ‘to butcher all the patches: ‘before’ any ‘kind of control ; " comes. in,” he Said: “The pine mushroom ‘could very: well become an- -exlinct species. the ‘way we're ‘doing: at now,” That was a'central argument of the. new report, which : the: only: thing, is: we thee Qn Bald in, a Tongtime .. said regulation: could: “help; shield ‘the . ‘Tmushrooms from, : “ logging, overpicking and-help head off conflict. between | ‘-users, many-of- whom.consider lucrative, snulshtoor at: ches on Crown. Hand: to be. their personal property. Baldwin agrees that’s a problem,” “We have strong’ ‘young. men’. ‘meeting old: people in? : déstruction. “the bush‘ and ‘doing . their’ best to, scare. ‘them out of there : with: pure. fear,” ‘he. said « ‘ ‘One potential:model for regulation is the’ pernnitinig ‘system ‘introduced in. 2000. by the. Nigga’: a-Lisims Gov-. ernment on Nass, Valley. dands ‘governe Nisga’ a treaty. : : Baldwin says | the experience ‘there ‘despi 2 §ome. op position: and. ugly: racism fromsr non: “native: o: pickers, has : been a positive-one.-..- ‘ The: Nisga’ a -gaveinment: has ‘engured no more logging happens: in-prime | mushroom. areas.. And Baldwin says its. system -has: ‘helped: stem: Tteckless Picking, litter’ and: dis-, “ ; ' : vince: looking over your. shoulder up here?” utes.» f “There's. ‘somebédy. with ‘authoriiy. walking around: . keeping an eyé. on. thing’ ‘he: bald. Maybe. not enough but every Jittle bit! help we : Baldwin‘has less confi dence | in the province abil to regulate the industry. elsewhere. “The Nisga’a are-moreé forest-oriented ‘people, campfire.” =. 5 an Others, however; : ‘say’ they \ won! C buy the isga'a mushroom picking” permits: on: principle., .- . - “[ won't. buy-one,” said Jaton-Janas, a. Terrace. picker : and buyer.who runs Boomers Mushroom Depot. “I think 4 it should be something. anybody can: enjoy: anywhere,” . sje’. “logging of. ‘productive patches,’ such as ‘those | hear Rit-~ - $2, 000 to $10,000 éach pet'séason under the: ; ‘stry ta regulate.” from ‘logeing is: the, key;: ‘and. ‘says the province can. do. that any time it, wants’ ‘without regulating: picking. - . see‘a lot of good coming out-of it.” - quickly. Spend their.earnings, putting it. back. itr ‘the regu- ; ~ Jar-economy’ “where: _governments get their share ‘of taxes. Baldwin, who.is' non-native, “They-actually care: for. the’: land they: live'in.. The. -gaveérnment.is run by a: ‘bunch. of!” people who. have, degrees an ‘and don’ f know: how to: light a. years, governments. are motivated by: greed: exorbitant feés- ‘before coneeding tha didn’ t work and Te : duced. permit prices. = + pickers. say He. predicts three- -quarters of - pickers, will likewise: ignore, any _permitting ‘system: the . province ever. autempls ‘to. ‘introduce. <9 , | “What other resource do: We? : have -where'we can: go out in: ‘fF the ‘bush and, make. money?" Tk he asked. ~ Janas said that tax- Free. in come ‘is. important to. people: A inthis area, espéecially- in’ 47% ‘these economically depres: sed times... 3 “There are a lot. of: people. | ‘who depend: on” © the: mushrooms,” he’‘said, a a, + “They'll be -back on welfare. ae “Ed Ansems: - “Regulating i it, will. hurt a lot. : “of people.” sos _ But. ‘he agrees: conflicts: are on the. tise. and. says the , Winner of the . | Terrace: Kitimat... |. ‘Airshow Society: Ratfile, |- Charles has-wonan 4: > Atetic Cat ATV supplied” "ayy by Neid Enterprises | Lid. 'WAY TO Go! (LR) Pierre Cote. The Williams’ Family (Charles an ATY),- _ Tony Kelly & Jason Prevost chie’ Flats east towards: ‘Kitwange, -amounts to ‘senseless’ . Janas csiimates’ 250 ‘people. “pick: there’ and make “Td be: supportive. of regulating i in'a: way ‘that we can protect’ ‘certain: areas,” he added: “But ir s a. hard ‘indu- “Terrace: picker ‘Ed. Ansems’ says. protecting patches “AT. guess. they’. want: to” regulate it,” che: said. ol don’ t ' “What are they going: to. have-—one guy for the pro: ie “nays hist. as “crucial, he said,. -should be. ‘efforts: to: educate. people to ‘pick responsibly’ and: nol tip. up. the. moss where the fungus Brows." s for the lost tax’ revenue, ‘Ansenis says most pickers. ; “Good God, thee. people need the’: money,” he said; But like’ faraway: pickers ‘ attracted by tales of rocord : 12 Pc Game Processor Kit: ‘The’ Nisga’a government; he: noted,. tried to charge Friendly Knowledgeable Staff 5008 Agar Ave. Terrace 638-1369 . , 2, renibody thinks there's s more money in. it than tere a Ansems:s said. a ' : REDINGTON -« QUANTUM . TE: TOOLS VMWIC « HSTONY OISLINZIOS Hurry; in for. the final heat of FINANCE FROM “ar ‘purenase’ FROM O4 Sienna CE LE oY ease: FROM. ) PER MO. im 7 a “746 MONTH LEASE 748 wonTH LEASE. se $4,288 DOWA PAYMENT,” : OR EQUIVALENT. TRADE: . * $4; 958. 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