Forest service changes A& - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 19, 1994 Four better than one THE KALUM forest district is being divided up —- sort of. As part of a major overhaul of the way the forest service opera- tes, the district intends to divide ts operations into four zones, said district manager Brian Downle, They will be the Kitimal, Skeena, Bell-Irving and Small Business. The Skeena zone will cover the area around Terrace while the Bell-Irving takes in the Nass and north, he explained. Under the plan, each zone would have its own team of staff including an operations manager and forester. The zones will also be further divided into two sub- zones. Downie said the new format had emerged from an eight-month re-examination of the forest ser- vice’s organization, One question mark over the plan was staffing levels, he pointed out. One proposal is to move staff from the branch and regional levels into individual districts, By having a team iooking after a specific area, Downie sug- gested, there would be better con- tinuity from planning. through culting to silvicultural work. For example, its members would become very familiar with particular watersheds. By being involved in all aspects of the cut- ting and replanting of that area, Se : Brian Downie One question mark over the plan was is levels. One proposal is to move staff from the branch and regional levels into individ- uai districts. , they would have a clearer idea of “how it all fits together,”’ As a result, he anticipated more job satisfuction and ‘‘a sense of ownership”? for staff. And the public would likely find the new system more to their liking because there would be a specific team clearly linked to their particular area, he added. 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From an industry poiat of view, the boundaries meant zone staff would be dealing with a single company in the main — West Fraser in the Kitimat and Skeena Cellulose in the Skeena — result- ing in better communications be- tween companies and the forest service. Although Downie expected Kalum staff numbers to increase, exact head counts would not be known before next month, At that time the district would also find out whether it was going to get the specialists it felt it nceded. Once that word came through, the district would know to what extent it could implement the pro- posed zone system. Training would be another major component in ensuring suc- cess. Downie emphasized the need for consistent application of regulations and the Forest Prac- tices Code from zone to zone, Training would also be needed to ensure team members in- creased their knowledge of aspects of forestry cutside their specialized area. 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