A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 7, 2001 There are way to ensure forest economy future | Dear Sir: If a forester is trained by governinent-based educa- tors, surrounded by the mis- takes of past policies (and the difficult status quo), and paid by an industry compa- ny president, then he’s liable to hold a bit of a bias. This is certainly not always the case. Ultimately though, it is the ecologists, and the forest itself, who ate the true ac- countants in this system; and policy reform toward re- duced impact forestry is the only positive solution to the declining industry. It is not my intention to slam a person’s choice of oc- cupation. There is, however, a basic underlying theme in the tree farm story - that we humans can somehow do a better job through forest management initiatives, then the Earth can do through natural cycles of regeneration that have been on going since the dawn of time. No team of the best geneticists, foresters, ecologists, micro-biologists, and botanists, would be arrogant ¢n- ough to tell you that they have figured out the intricate inter-relationships of the ancient forests. They might conclude that there is a quality to the intricacy that is beyond the scope of human knowing. Another theme in this story is that the new crop is somehow mature at 70-100 years, and that the bio-mass and nutrients are intact. These are clearly very young forests, when you consider the life expectancy of the trees that they are replacing which in may cases is well over 1,000 years, and can be as much as 2,500 in this region. When | write of simplified forests, 1 do so because some species can not take the short rotation clear-cut approach. One example of this is in the fungal-root inter- Daycares EE ene CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag relationship of. pine-hem- lock-spruce forests. The new crop, if it has all its fungal partners, will be in a trans- ition from the orange Chan- trelle species to Pine mush- room species. Age-specific species are a quality that all forests have, and thus it is one factor that limits the complexity of the tree farms, if this management system is propaga- ted. When speaking of extracting millions of logging truck loads per year, nutrient and bio-mass depletion is a matter of simple math. Constant subtraction, (except for seedlings) will always put you in a deficit; even in silvi- culture. Although there have been many improvements ta the forest management in recent years, like reintroducing fungal partners to the seedling’ s sall plug, and installing fake snags in clear-cuts to mimic natural post burn sites, these are, at best, cures to the most obvious symptoms. We need to look at alternatives that take into account many more variables that make up forests, and econo- mies. There is a saying in the beginning of Herb Ham- mond’s book Seeing the Forest Among the Trees, “We do not sustain the forest; the forest sustains us.” In a conversation with Don Bruce, secretary of the Skeena Community Timber Trust he suggested | read a book called Toxch Wood: B.C, Forests ai the Crossraads. There is an underlying theme in this book; it is re- building the industry through tenure reform, ecological assessment, and reduced impact forestry. They provide models that could facilitate a relatively smooth econo- mic transition so that there will be a future forest econ- omy in places like Terrace, Rob Mercerean, Terrace, B.C. . SUNDAY. WEDNESDAY MONDAY. 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MONITORS AISLE CONCESSION 4410 Legion, Terrace 635-2411 do take hygenic measures Dear Sir: We write in response to the story “Dozens of bugs spread by poor hygiene” in the Feb. 21 Terrace Stan- dard. This article quoted Doug Quibell as saying “daycare centres can also become a haven for organ- isms” and “daycares are huge potential sources of dissemination.” - Weare sure Mr. Quibell « was using daycare centres ‘aS an example but as early childhood educators work- ing in the field for many years, we would like to Share with Standard read- ers some information that Mr. Quibell should be aware of. Licensed daycare centres are regulated by the Community Care Faci- lities Branch and are re- quired to have a licence to operate. Staff are trained in promoting health and hy- giene in child care set- tings. Staff and children wash hands after toileting or . diapering, nose-wiping and before meals, snack or food preparation. Diapering change tables are disinfected after each — use and tables before - and after eating. Children in diapers are changed when required © and at ‘scheduled times throughout the day, with proper diaper disposal. Toys that are put in the - children’s mouth are re- moved or disinfected im- . mediately and all shelves at the children’s level, mats, toys etc. are disin- fected weekly or more if. required. These precautions ‘are: to ensure the health and well being of children and staff. We feel that many ~ other community facilities could also become poten-— tial sources of dissemina- tion and that in singling . out daycares you do us a. great disservice. Mary MeNiece, Saroj Sharma, Barb Steinbrenner, Caron Goodall, Terry Walker, Johan- na Payjack, ' and Sharon Hoefling, ~ ‘Ferrace B.C. 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