Just one taker here on plan by gov't to offload rec sites THE PROVINCE’s call for local groups to take over forest recreation sites and trails has been met with near total silence in this area. ‘Just one group submit- ted an application by the Dec. 18 deadline, says for- est service recreation technician Cart Johansen. The .Kitsumkalum band wants to take aver mainte- nance and operation of the Red Sand Lake recreation site. But the lack of other ta- kers. in the Kalum Forest District means an uncer- tain future for places like Exstew recreation site or popular trails up Sleeping Beauty Mountain or Thornhili Mountain, Johansen said it’s unii- kely the other sites and trails here would be viable business opportunities for commercial operators — theoretically the next step in the government’s strat- egy to hand off recreation sites. That could leave the sites in a “user-main- tained” limbo that some groups say will mean a gradual deterioration of the facilities and trails. “IE we follow the script the next thing is they would be left as user maintained and we'll see what happens,” Johansen MAINTENANCE OF area provincial trail systems in the area, such as Maroon Mountain shown here, and forest recreation sites places their future in some doubt because only one group wants to take over the job from the province. said. The new policy indi- cates sites and trails left user-maintained will ulti- mately be deactivated if they become a danger -to users. The Terrace Hiking Club was one group that said it wouldn’t sign up to take over local trails, ci- ting Victoria’s demand they take on annual insur- ance costs and all liability Other groups, including the local snowmobile club, had expressed interest but no concrete proposals emerged. “The feedback I got was that the liability was the show stopper,” Johan- sen said. Hiking club reps said they may well carry out some maintenance as they choose. on an basis with or wilhout the informal — Maintaining and in some cases upgrading the 41 rec sites and trails in this district cost the pro- _vinee around $36,000 last year. The decision to offload the vast majority of rec sites and trails around B.C. is supposed to save $5 million a year, one part of the province-wide drive ta cut ‘costs and balance the “budget by 2005. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - A13 Andy Burton, MP for Skeena will be holding a EPILEPSY « EPILEPSY-+ EPILEPSY Epilepsy is at neuro- logical disorder that causes @) SeCIZUTES, BT | BC EPILEPSY . INFO LINE, ... (1-806-374-5377) 1-BG6-EPILEPSY Town Hall Meeting with guest speaker Rob Merrifield, MP and Official Opposition Health Critic It will be held at the Best Western Terrace Inn at 7:00 p.M. on Monday, January 20, 2003 For more inforn ration, contact (250) 635-160] | great beds. Perfect. 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