4a A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 13, 2005 _ Kitsumkalum forestry company ~ first to get stewardship plan OK © By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN THE KITSUMKALUM band has become the first First Nation group to have its Forest Stewardship. Plan approved by ‘the Provincial forest ministry. Kalum: Ventures, a forestry compa- “say: wholly owned by the Kitsumkalum oe “ . band, got the approval July 7. The company is one of just a hand- » ful of forestry operators in the province that have been. given approval for a stewardship plan since the implemen- “tation of the Forest and Range Prac-: ~ tices Act which replaced the old Forest ” Practices Code. ‘The five-year plan outlines how the» company plans to work in the woods, explains registered professional for- ester Rick Brouwer; | “It provides the required strategies ; and results that’ you follow to ensure ' that you are consistent with the gov- ernment’s — the public’s — ~ objectives i in the area,” he said. _Brouwer’s forestry consulting: firm, Northwest Timberlands developed the document for Kalum Ventures. ~ — ' “The importance is. that they are ing to make things work up here,” says” Brouwer, adding with little logging action in the area in recent years, ‘the company’s commitment to making a -go of the business is critical. * Kalum Ventures interim CEO Lyle Bolton is very pleased about the recent approval. Also the company’s forest operations manager, Bolton assumed the CEO duties after Ron Bartlett’s de- parture in April. “T think it just shows that Kalum ' Ventures is for real,” he said about the approval. “We have our forest steward- ship plan now — I think it just shows that we mean business.” Bolton adds the plan is Kitsum- - kalum’s blueprint for showing “how “proactive and it shows ‘People are try- . - Housing sales continue to rise _ By DUSTIN QUEZADA © ~ ‘TERRACE MIRRORED. most of the. _ northwest through June with continued - increases in housing sales compared to . last’ year... Second quarter results for 2005 ‘ show Terrace trailing only Prince Ru- - pert as the hottest real estate market i in _ this part of the.province. « » Local realtor John Evans ‘says the ~ market is: experiencing a snowball ef- ‘fect. . “A lot ‘of people that perhaps have been looking (to buy). are becoming - ‘moreactive,” says the Re/Max. owner and manager. “People. that had. found _ . security in renting are now more com- . fortable buying.” - From front © eo "Spor splex fi fund still _ Once again, the city will most likely _ have to consider further design chang- es in order to get a better guote on the job.. ory “Rishi Howws the éonistitiétion ‘in: " dusty 4s'réally’ competitive and i in'or= « der: ‘for us to get this bid to’ this point, : the pencils were already pretty sharp,” says Schulz. “They .might change something on ‘the’ design where they can save some money, but whether we could come . down on our price based on the: current design I don’t know.” . The $8.56-million price tag doesn’t r we are going to be good stewards of the land.” The plans are, a requirement un- der the new results-based Forest and Range Practices Act. And it is getting high marks from some area foresters. Brouwer says the, new regulations ‘are less prescriptive and allow foresters to focus on. getting things done rather than laying out in detail how it they . - will be done. “We're getting away from this pre- . Evans also says that buyers are trad- ing up because. they realize that mar- kets turn’ quickly — and Terrace remains inexpensive compared t to other areas in - _ the province... « '. According to statistics from the B. C. Northern Real Estate Board, there were 169 properties sold here from January to June’30, 2005 with an average price “of $118,439. — This year’s figures show a jump of 43 per cent over the first half of 2004, when 118 properties changed hands. ‘And with the increase in sales, “comes a spike in value, says Evans. 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The company is'looking at cutting . 100,000 cubic metres in each of its first two years of operation, Bolton says. The company has a cutting permit for its two licerices which allows for a combined cut of up to 400,000 cubic © metres over the next five years. . Right now Kalum Ventures is selling its logs to the local West Fraser Skeena © Sawmills. But Bolton says the compa- . “ny is exploring all its options and has entered into talks with officials from the Terrace Lumber Company about the possibility of working together. “I think the bottom line is that we are a business and wherever we can get - fair market value for our fibre we wil] sell it,” Bolton says. sales since 2002, says the’ realtor. ' Evans cites ‘the re-opening of the Terrace Lumber Company, the .an- ~ nouncement of the container port ex- pansion in Prince Rupert and_ lower interest rates as’ factors in. the- local market’s reversal. . “I have a much better feeling about the market,” he says. “It feels like it will continue.” - Prince Rupert saw a. whopping 65 per cent increase in its 2005 figures, while Kitimat saw the only drop — 11 . per cent — in the northwest: over its _ 2004 property sales. ~ . 320 properties of all types on the real estate multiple listings service. “The Wayne Watson Construction price is good for 30 days, so we have a 30-day window to develop other fi- ancing options,” says Milnthorp, who adds ‘he’is looking into some possible .. few ‘green grants the city may be eli- gible for. ‘If the project does indeed end up. exceeding the city’s planned budget by millions, Milnthorp says the responsi- bility for the shortfall won’t fall to the - sportsplex fundraising committee. “It’s unrealistic to expect the fund- raising committee to makeup the dif- ference,” he says. 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