Kitimat-Stikine Regional Dis-
trict director Les Watmough said
last month that the Kitlope
watershed should be logged in a
way that will set an example for
‘good management practices for

decades to come. In response to
that comment, the board has -

received a letter from Ministry
of Forests Skeena regional man-
ager Larry Pedersen suggesting
that is exactly what might hap-
pen... if the government decides
to allow logging in the valley.

The Kitlope, south of Kitimat
on the Douglas Channel, has
come to international promi-
nence recently after being ident-
ified by EcoTrust as the last
unlogged temperate rain forest
watershed on the west coast of
North America.

The ministry, in fact, "com-
mends" West Fraser Timber,
who holds the cutting rights to
the Kitlope through their Tree
Farm Licence #41, for their
studies in the Kitlope watershed

to date. At the head of the list
are geomorphology (the study of
the ecarth’s surface as it relates
the geology below) and
hydrology (an examination of
water movement on and below
the surface of the earth) for both
the Kitlope and Tsaytis rivers.

_ There are studies on the ero-
sion. potential of the Kitlope
River flood plain. There has
been an investigation into the
utilization of the lower Kitlope
by eulachon in relation to in-

Loading zone changes draw
complaints from merchants

Terrace city council’s Planning
and Public Works Committee
will take a look, but there’s no
promise anything will be done.

In the not-too-distant past,’

Shopper’s Drug Mart had a
loading zone at their back door,
‘which happens to face onto
Emerson St. But a while ago the
city changed the west side of
Emerson between Lakelse and
Greig to a "No Parking" zone,
with the exception of a bus stop,
and for Shopper’s that meant no
loading zone.

' Since that time, Shopper's
pharmacist-owner Dominic Kelly
tells city council in a letter,
"..several of our supplicrs have
had their drivers ticketed, and
now refuse to deliver goods to
us at that point on the street."
Kelly points out that this has

been disruptive to his business.

and others in the Terrace Shop-
ping Centre because commercial
trucks park near the parking lot
entrance to the store and impede
customer traffic as they carry
merchandise into the store.

"The bus stop that operates
near our receiving door is the
obvious reason the *No Parking’
zone was established," writes
Kelly. "However, it seems from
a rough estimation of the space
between the Mall parking lot
entrance and the corner of Greig
and Emerson there is ample
room for both our loading zone
and the city’s bus stop."

Council may respond to
Kelly’s plea at their Dec. 9
meeting.

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Regional district ponders role in Kitlope planning

river log handling. There has
been a hydroacoustic survey of
the lower Kitlope in relation to
log dumping, storage and tow-
ing. An assessment has been

done of environmental issues

pertinent to a "total chance"

development plan. And there has
been some bear habitat unit
mapping and an assessment of
the effects the proposed harvest-
ing plan may have on bear habi-
tat.

The suggestion of in-river log
handling, log dumping, storage
and towing caught Watmough’s
attention because it would mean
driving logs down the river and
storing logs at the mouth of the
Kitlope.

- "They say they have planned
for some time to dump logs, and
that’s not my concept of a better
plan," says Watmough. "This is
totally unacceptable." Kitimat
director Ray Brady points out
that this is a contentious issue in
many circles, but the forest
company has suggested they
need to use the river because
they can’t build a road. .

But as the Kitlope debate wan-
ders towards its conclusion,
there is a more difficult problem
for the regional board to deal
with. The Kitamaat Band Coun-
cil has been trying to get their

_name added to the Kitlope mail-
ing list for more than a year and

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the regional board : has been
trying to help. The Kitlope, after
all, is in the regional board’s
back yard, so to speak. But
irying to forward copies of let-
ters to the Kitamaat Band leaves
the board in a bit of a public
relations dilemma. Is it right to
forward someone else’s mail?
The following discussion took
place at the board’s monthly
meeting in November:
Brady: "I have. a. problem
sending out copies of other
peopie’s mail."
Jack Talstra: "They can come
here and look at it anytime."
Brady: "I agree. But we
should write the ministry and
ask them to send copies to the
band council. I think it’s com-
mon courtesy."
. Watmough: "We could write
the band council ourselves and
tell them what was in the letter."
Talstra: "We could write the
ministry and confirm receipt of
their letter and send the band
council a copy."

Pete Weeber: "Maybe we

‘could send them an anonymous

copy of the letter."

Brady: "I would like to make
a motion that we write the Min-
istry of Forests and request them
to send a copy to the Kitamaat
Band Council."

Talstra: "Should we copy that

request to the band council?"

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