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APPROVED gravel and”

sand mine on the north ‘coast

‘provides ‘cost advantages

‘competitors closer to its main |

_ Intended-market can’t touch,
" Says its project manager.

_, The’ ‘location, ° Swamp

Point on the Portland Canal,

’ is right at the water's edge.

‘making for efficient and

» Cheap transport by? freighter

‘down the coast to California,

~ «says Hans Smit of project
developer Ascot Resources .

of Vancouver.
“That’s our price . point,
right on. the water. It’s

cheaper Shipping than by
"truck from inland in Califor-
. nia,” he said. .

Ascot” wants to sell the
majority . of its aggregate *
product in. California but
will also ship some of. it by
barge down to the Lower
Mainland.

At full production, Ascot

estimates it will ship up to ... ..
, 3.3 million tonnes of aggre- . |

gate a year over a projected —
18-year period.

Smit anticipates a round-
trip by freighter to Califor-

hia will take 11 days. °
He describes the Swamp
' Point :aggregate, _ which » is

--half and half sand and grav

el, as high quality sure to en-
tice buyers.

Even at maximum capac-
‘ity, Swamp Point will meet:
just a tiny portion of the Cal-
ifornian demand.

“California. consumes

230 metric tonnes a year, and’

our maximum is 3.3 million, -
tonnes,” Smit noted..

Ascot : will either hire
freighters itself for the trip to
California or load ones hired
by. purchasers. .

Smit said a ~ standard-

| Greenville
Paving |
set to go

PAVING SHOULD ‘start
the middle of next month as
part of a project to improve
roads in Greenville,.one of

. the Nisga’a villages in the

Nass Valley.

Work is proceeding to
bring roads in an old section
of the village up to paving
standard and to touch up the.
roadbed in the newer portion

of the village, Greenville

chief councillor Willard

’ Martin said last week.

“Our people have long
expressed a desire to have
paved roads, so this year
we were able to allocate the
funds,” said Martin of the
work,

“We have so many pot-
holes on our roads now. Our

elders like to walk a lot and...

it’s been difficult for them to

- get around.” ~

Proper drainage that is
part of the work will aiso

make maintenance a lot easi- —

er and less expensive, Martin
added. And pavement will

allow heavier. trucks proper

access to the village’s dock
on the Nass River.

“One of the motiva-
tors is also tourism. We’ve

i been hearing from different,

groups involved in tourism
that pavement is. important,”
said Martin.

He estimated ‘the total

: value of the work at close to.

$2 million:

Terrace. Paving has the |
‘contract for the ashphalt and

some other work and that’s.
worth $635,000. .
Terrace Paving manager

pany will truck up. 3,300

‘metric tonnes of , , asphalt

from its Terrace base.

‘But aggregate and other
material it’ will need will
come from a pit close to
Greenville.

“All the paving will be
done to an engineered stan-
dard and it will greatly re-
duce maintenance,” Krause
added. .

size’ freighter will be able
to transport 70 000 tonnes a
trip.

- Ascot will need to o spend

upward of $28 million on

Swamp Point and could em-.,

ploy upward of 50 people.

Smit anticipates a'lot of fj

“the: employees will come
from nearby Stewart and
the Nisga’a village of Kin-
colith. :

“Our goal is to employ as
.many local people from the
region as possible,” he said.

“We're going to havea

“camp there. It’s 90 minutes.

from Kincolith, for instance,

on a good day by boat and ‘ff
“that’s just a little too far for.

comfortable commuting dis-
‘tance,”.Smit added.

Kincolith village officials
are also looking forward to-
‘spin off benefits such as ser-. -
vicing the site in addition to -

direct employment.

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TERRACESTANDARD &

The Terrace Standard, » Wednesday, September 6, 2008 - AQ

rr Road work —

‘THE HILLSIDE on the south side of the Nisga’ a Hwy leading from Hwy 16 up’
to the bench is on the receiving end of work which should stabilize teh slope’:
. in anticipation of repaving work to be completed soon. .

~~ ROD LINK PHOTO ~

Request for Proposals |
Fixed-Roof Accommodation
Opportunities —

BC Parks is seeking proposals for fixed-roof accommo-
dations in’12 parks. The RFPs are being offered in two
groups with the following six parks being. considered
in the second group. oo

> Silver Star (Sovereign Lake) - Okanagan Region

+ Myra Bellevue - Okanagan Region , ‘

» Nancy Greene — Kootenay Region
- Maxhamish Lake ~ Peace Region
* Foch-Giltoyees — Skeena Region —

-s Golden Ears - Lower Mainland

The provision of fixed-roof accommodation is based
on Ministry of Environment policy that guides the
“upgrade of existing park fixed-roof accommodations .
and the provision of new facilities to meet the needs
-Of park visitors, while ensuring that park Values are
protected. Proponents are encouraged to incor porate
“green technology" into their proposals. .

_ Successful proponents will be offered the opportunity,”
_toenter into an agreement with BC Parks for the right .
_ to design, finance, construct and operate new or _
existing fixed-roof accommodation facilities.

’. Further information on these Requests for
_ Proposals can be found on. the ministry website -
www.env.gov.be, ca/beparks/ oron BC Bid. The-
deadline for proposal is November 27, 2006. «

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teelhead season on the Morice
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somie pre-season tips for fishing

’ Steelhead.

‘Using adry fly pattern, Melrose

suggests fishing these flies with a

waking technique. The Objective: rivers, ‘drop by your local tackle

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. is to create.a “wake” behind the

fly for the steelhead to cue on. ~.
The trailing wake needs to be big

enough so that it can be seen by
the fish.

“In slow- moving,. clear. water a
smaller wake will work, but as the
-turbulence and turbidity increase,
the size of the wake needs to. be
larger in order to be seen by feed-
ing fish.

When fishing wet flies, Melrose
says the Kaufman Signal Light

is the most popular pattern. He.

suggests casting across the river,
about 3/4’s downstream, and let it
swing across.

‘Before heading out td fish this
wild river, remember that special
regulations apply to this fish-
ery. “In September, the waters
become classified, anda steel-
head tag is mandatory,” says
Melrose.

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he Morice River emerges
from the north end of Morice

-Lake, and runs for. more than:80

kilometres to the confluence of
the Bulkley River, near Houston.

Five species of salmon are known
to inhabit this system, including
chinook, pink, chum, sockeye,

coho and steelhead. The chinook -

salmon are the top producers in
this system, responsible for an
estimated 30% of the total Skeena
escapements of this species.

The Skeena River, in which the
Morice is included, is a high value
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.state of the Morice River today.

Overall the report describes the
Morice as having excellent habi--
tat, and that-the- preservation of:
this fish habitat i is critical for the
continued. health of the’ Morice
River. However, recent declines
in‘the return. of sockeye to the
Nanika tributary, and declines in -
the coho stock from the 1970’s
point to areas of concern.

‘Also, the Community Futures

Development Corporation Nadina ~
‘offers reports & maps on. the

Morice on their website. Visit
www.cfdcnadina.ca and click
through teir “Environment”
link to learn more.

RIVER ACCESS
om Terrace,
-head east along
Highway 16 to the town

of Houston. Turn right
(south) onto’ the Morice

(FSR), which winds along the 7
Morice.River for nearly its entire
length. , .

There are e several recreation sites -
located along the forestry road,

lease from

we

hibited.’ Any fish: empl

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_ current

and offer several locations to fish,
or put in a Pontoon boat. See
map for,general. location of .
recreation sites.

this map for naviga-
tional: purposes. This
map may ‘not reflect”
conditions.
Uncharted’ hazards |:
may exist. Base
Map ©Province |
of. British
Columbia.

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