Forest

Ministry
lands in.

northwest

TERRACE — The
depleted. forests sur-
rounding the Terrace
area may be in for a
long-overdue __silvicul-
tural boost as a result of
Premier Bill. Vander
Zalm’s cabinet revision.
Omineca MLA Jack
Kempf, Minister of
Lands, Parks and Hous-
ing under the Bennett
government, has been
appointed Minister of
Forests and Lands.

by Michael Kelly

_ Speaking to the
Review by telephone
from Victoria, Kempf
sounded as though he
had just won the political
equivalent of the- Irish
Sweepstakes. “I’ve been
looking longingly at this
portfolio for many
years,” he said. “I’m
just an old logger
anyway - if you look at
it, I’ve got quite a
background. Sixteen
years, doing everything
from setting chokes to
management,”’

Kempf stated that the
appointment took him
by surprise and said that
he has not had time to
develop a detailed agen-
da or specific policies for
the ministry. He char-
acterized his present in-
tentions as being ‘‘a wish
list of priorities’’. The
list includes forging a
stratezy to protect the
B.C. forest industry
against the potentially
devastating effects of im-
port duty restrictions to
the U.S. market; more
effective reforestation
practices; minimizing
wastage in logging and

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production; giving small
operators in the forest
economy parity of op-
portunity with the larger
forest companies; and a
review of the stumpage
system. Mixing meta-
phors with enthusiastic
abandon, Kempf said,
“After I’ve had a chance
to get familiarized, I’m
going to jump in with
both feet and get a first-
hand grip on things.”

_ Several studies by in-
dustry,. government and
independent advisory
groups have pointed out
setious problems in

B.C.’s‘reforestation pro-

grams.: An information
report released in March
1986 by the Forest
Economics and Policy
Analysis Project at UBC
computes the total
unrestocked forest lands
in the province at well
over 1.5 million hectares.
continued on page 2

First wedding ever
celebrated at Heritage Park

At her recent marriage in Terrace's Heritage Park, lovely
bride, Carol Lynn Barson (Gullett} signs her name in the
registry. Story and pictures, page 18.

Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, B.C.

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Rhonda Fedderson of Thornhill pulls trees out of con-
tainer as part of a day’s work at the Thornhill nursery. See

story page 16.

Ski hill gear

TERRACE — The
taxpayer-owned assets of
the defunct Kitsum-
kalum Mountain skiing
operation will be put up
for sale by tender within
the next two weeks. At
the August 16 meeting of

Terrace Child Development Centre staff and pa

Robinson (second from right),
discuss present areas of concern an

CDC forges new link with Health Ministry

a research offic

rents of children who receive care at the centre met recently with Sylvia
er from the Ministry of Health. The all-day meeting was convened to
d define future objectives for the centre. Ses story page 3.

put on block

the Kitimat-Stikine
Regional District board a
motion was passed with-
out discussion to sell the
lodge and slope equip-
ment by sealed bid.

Items to be sold in-
clude the T-bar, chairlift
and rope tows with drive
and towers, grooming
machinery, maintenance
shop equipment, the
lodge and everything in
it, and all goods in the
rental shop. Bids will be
accepted on portions or
blocks of the facility as
well as tenders on the en-
tire package.

Regional district ad-
ministration personnel
were instructed to place
advertisements in the na-
tional edition of the
Globe and Mail news-
paper, a western Canada
ski magazine, and the
Terrace and Kitimat
local newspapers. Dead-
line for offers will be
September 30.

Tenders will be as-
sessed by the regional
district board during
their regular meeting in
October.

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Outside
Date Hi Lo Prec.
Aug. 11 23 16 «8.2mm
Aug. 12 21 15 nil
Aug. 13 24 15 tr
Aug. 14 19«O«28 nll
Aug. 16 2 5 nil

Aug. 16 2 6 tr
Aug. 17 18 #1) «1.0mm

Forecast: Raln to
showers, cloudy, show-
ers, mainly cloudy with
occasional showers.

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