BLAME IT on the summer's hot

_ weather, Or a mild winter without

Killing cold temperatures. Or
maybe it’s just one of those years.
_ Whatever the reason, it’s been a

banner season for wasps.

“We. went through about six

_ eases of spray in about 10 days,”

said Maureen Gent from the Ter-

face Co-op Garden Centre last
“week.

“IVs definitely worse than last
year. ‘There seem to be a lot of
them around,’ she said,

- The problem can be particularly
bad: this time of year as wasps

~ grow in size and as their numbers
increase to provision nests for the
~ coming winter.

-While most people find wasp

~~ nesis-under eaves or under soffets

or in attics, they also burrow into
the ground, says Gent.

.:. Individual nest populations can
“reach 10,000,

* PCO, a pest contro! service, has

"also reported a busy wasp season,
-says dispatcher Lohnny Strelaeff.

“It’s been . pretty active all
over,’’ says Strelaeff of activity

‘jn north and central B.C.

She. says ii’s not unusual to

“handle up to 12 wasp calls a day.

Dealing with wasps calls for a
variety of chemicals, from foam

Ouch! Wasp
numbers up |

placed near where wasps enter
soffels so it’s tracked back to the

nest ora deadly powder.

Exposed nests are best handled
by a spray aimed directly at a
nest. There are even wasp traps
and an old-fashioned remedy —
placing a sweet pop in a shallow
container which attracts wasps in
the hope they’# Fall in and drown.

Tackling a nest or approaching
a crack in a wall or soffet opening
leading to a nest can be tricky,
says PCO employee Craig St.
Clair.

“They usually have a guard,”
said St. Clair who adds that
wasps are as organized as ants.

Co-op’s Gent learned from ex-
perience that knocking down a

nest and then sealing it in plastic |"

doesn’t work.
- “They go into suspended
animation. Even two wecks later,

“‘when the kids opened the bag a

couple of inches, they started
buzzing. The wasps weren't
happy campers,’’ said Gent,

And unlike bees, wasps don’t
sting — they bile and bite
repeatedly when a victim is
found.

One remedy is to wash the bile
with warm water and soap and
then apply underarm deodorant.

ALL DECKED out and with plenty of places to go is Craig St.

Clair of PCO, a pest control service. it's heen a banner season
for wasps and that mesh headpiece, coveralls and gloves protect
him from harm. In the rubber bulb is a poison powder that's et-
fective against nests hidden from view.

” NORTHWESTERNERS are
pretty knowledgeable when it

comes to forestry.

But it’s no surprise to Rick
Brouwer, the Skeena Cellulose

‘ (SCI) forester who organized a
“recent mall display of ihe compa-

ny’s latest logging plans.

The plans for the area reaching
north to the Nass Valley outline
SCI’s proposed cutting plans to

. {he end of the century.

' -Having looked after a number
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"the years, Brouwer described this

latest as ‘‘one of the better ones
in terms of the questions asked.’’

The level of intéiest from
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Logging plans

Estimating only one in four who
stopped al the display signed the
visitors’ book, he pointed out
there were still 66 signatures at
the end of the session.

While Terrace residents ac-
counted for the majority,

_ Brouwer said people from the

Queen Charlottes to the Nass and
Smithers were among the sig-
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And even tourists from Vic-
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Brouwer explained a lot of
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Those suggestions would be in-
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Pointing to the spot on the map,
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Brouwer said the next step is to
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News In Brief

Strain injuries probed

THE GROWING problem of repetitive strain injuries and
ergonomics, the science of dealing with physical tasks, are the sub-
ject of two meetings here this month.

First up Sept. 14 is a Workers’ Compensation Board session be-
fore a panel struck to hear opinions on [ts planned ergonomics
regulations that’ll affect small and large businesses.

Those reguiations were the subject of a Terrace and District
Chamber of Commerce luncheon last weck at-which a Council of
Forest Industries representative warned of the costs of dealing with
the new regulations,

The Sept. 14 session is open to the public but these planning on
speaking to the panel should book time by calling the WCBE's
regulation review office in Richmond at-1-800-661--2112, toll-free.
This session takes place at the Inn of the West, beginning al 1 p.m.
and ending at 7 p.m.

The second session is sponsored by the Terrace Women’s
Resource Centre and takes place Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m, al the
centre. Margaret Dediluke will speak on repetitive strain injuries
and their consequences.

Jade City looking up
ONCE IT had a gas station, restaurant and souvenir-type store. But
when Cassiar closed and the people moved away, the fortunes of
Jade City, located on Hwy37 near the tum off to Cassiar, turned
downward, Although the store is still therc, lhe gas station and
restaurant closed. .

Now the fortunes of Jade City may change a Litile bil for the better
because the highways ministry wants to move the camp for the its
highways maintenance company there from Cassiar.

Going in this fall are concrete pads for four mobile homes, septic
and water systems, insiallation of a temporary generator and a foun-
dation for a bunkhouse.

The idea is that employees of Yellowhead Road and Bridge will
move to Jade City before winter hits. Eventually, maintenance
shops and a garage will also be located there.

Fish habitat threatened

PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION officers are warning private
Jandowners to not damage fish bearing streams running through
their property.

Officers say they have investigated several complaints and have
found the potential for Fisheries Act violations. In particular they’r1e
worried that some landowners have logged right up to the edges of
streams, bringing about the possibility of damage to stream beds
and increased siltation.

The Fisheries Act carries the possibility of fines of up to $300,000
and jail sentences,

Officers are also disturbed at increasing reports of backcountry
roads being littered with houschold garbage and other debris.

Those spotted doing so can have their vehicle licence plate num-
ber reported to the local environment ministry office or to the
regional one in Smithers. Violations carry a $2,000 maximum fine.

Geothermal project expands

THE ENERGY ministry has issued a new lease to Meager Creek
Development Corp., increasing its leaschold area for a proposed
geolhermal power project by nearly five times to almost 2,000ha.

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