| Forest rec sites g By JEFF NAGEL MOST FOREST recreation sites in this area will be maintained for this year at least with an infusion of government-directed money. West Fraser and New Skeena Forest Products re~ ceived $10,000 each from the province's Forest In- vestment Account (FIA). -- the body that replaced Forest Renewal B.C. in fi- nancing forest enhance- ments. - : Campsites at Red Sand Lake and Hart Farm plus the Sleeping Beauty and Pine Lakes trails are to be’ maintained under the New Skeena application, said tenures technician Carl Jo- hansen. And the money West Fraser gets will pay -to maintain Onion Lake, Chist Creek, Upper Kiti- mat, West Lake, Decep- tion Lake and Enso recrea- tion sites. ‘Tt covers off some of: our major sites for the season,” Johansen said, The Lakelse Lake and Exstew River sites aren’t. covered, nor are ones in the Stewart-Brown Bear’: area, They remain user- maintained. Johansen said he also hopes unused funds will help maintain other trails in the Kitimat valley. The FIA money comes after two attempts by the province to get local oper- ators to agree to take over: Sites-and trails here. Some snowmobile trails are maintained under agreements with local snowmobilers. Although hiking clubs . here haven't signed up to maintain trails, the Ter- _tace Hiking Club and Sier- ra Clubs are helping out with some trail mainte- nance on an informal vo- Junteer basis, Johansen said. The Kitsumkalum band had expressed interest in taking over operation of Red Sand Lake. “We couldn't come to an agree- the Kbutieymateen Gelraly Bear Sanduary ment this year,” Johansen said, adding talks may continue. No fees are being charged this year at Red Sand Lake ‘because main- tenance is only. iwice a week. Johansen persuaded West Fraser — which is running recreation sites in the Quesnel area where it's headquartered — to pitch in here as weil. He said that -led to the applications for FIA money from both forest firms. _ West Fraser hopes to use any leftover money to maintain trails in the Kiti- mat valley area, he added. The forests ministry will also contribute some paint .and byilding materials to help stretch resources. Bill Marshall, the forest ministry’s Victoria-based point man on recreation sites, says the strategy of finding other operators where possible is continu- ing. He said that’s resulting in. a. mixed approach.. Some sites are being run with FIA money obtained by forest companies, others are being run by vo- lunteers, and other opera- _ The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - All tors are charging fees. “We're all experiment- ing a little bit in terms of how this strategy will work out for the longer term,” he said. Marshall said it's diffi- cult to tell yet whether ‘ FIA money for rec’ sites and trails will be available. on an ongoing basis. 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