~ Redsan

by Tod Strachan

The planning is done, and the
next step in the Redsand Lake
Demonstration Forest is to develop
it into a learning center. i

Redsand Lake, 26 kilometers

north of Terrace, is described as a.

first-class recreational site, and the

‘demonstration forest is designed to -

take best advantage of that fact.
According to professional forester
Fred Newhouse, who drew up the
final plan, the development is
Suported by the South Morseby
Forest Enhancement Fund and will
introduce the public, school groups
and forestry educators and industry
to the forest and the values it can
deliver. Newhouse says the
initial development will center on

Terrace city council has approved
the purchase of a new Patchmaster
at a cost of $86,256. A Patch-
master is a specialized piece of
equipment that applies a hot patch
to potholes, creating repairs far

‘more durable than the traditional

cold patch method used in Terrace
inthe past.
The city rented a Patchmaster for

-the last two summers on a trail

basis and has determined from this
€xperience that the machine is both
effective and efficient. The trial
period proved that purchasing their
own machine is far more economi-
cal than renting on a regular basis.

Before deciding on the purchase
of a new machine, council con-
sidered a used Patchmaster at a
cost of $75,000 but decided that

Aircraft

damaged,
_Albertan

arrested

A 22-year-old resident of Ed-
monton was arrested at the Ter-
race-Kilimat airport Saturday after
an incident in which a Bristol
Freighter aircraft owned by Trans-
Provincial Airlines was damaged.

Police were called to the scene
by airport security when they

detained the man for driving on

the runway without permission of
the air traffic control personnel.
They reported observing the man
in the area of the damaged aircraft
as well. An aircraft engineer for
TPA, Arnold Peters, told the
Terrace Review the man had
gained access to the cockpit and
knocked out one of the plexiglass
windows and ripped the pilot’s
seat with a knife.

Terrace RCMP Cpl. Gary Moritz
estimated the damage at about
$3,500. The man was charged
unier the Aeronautics Act for
driving on the runaway and under
the Criminal Code with mischief to
private property.

Credit missed
In a story on page B13 of the

Feb. 14 Terrace Review we failed

to give credit to Stewart photo-
grapher Mike Boissonneault for a
picture of the Alaska state ferry
M/V Aurora. Our apologies.

a campsite with an Introduction
Trail and an Operations Trail. The
Introduction Trail will help visitors
understand and appreciate the

inter-related complexities of a

natural forest and the effects of

‘natural and man-made change,

while the Operations Trail will
demonstrate the effect of plantation
spacing and stocking contro! on
wood size and quality.

This will be followed by the
designation of operational forests
which demonstrate harvesting
systems such as single tree select-
ion, clear cutting, and plantation
management systems like juvenile
spacing, fertilization and rehabilit-
ation. .

In the period between 1995 and
1999 there will be more trail deve-

Patchmaster purchase pending

the cost of maintenance and repairs
out-weighed the additional cost of
a new machine. "It just makes
good sense to purchase new as
opposed to an older model that in
a very short time would cost us in
maintenance dollars," said ‘alder-
man Ruth Hallock.

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In time, says Newhouse, various
logging systems will be shown and
over several decades a sequence of
age structures will be developed to

show how annual cutting is.

affected. by the area and age of
stands within a forest. Also, the
results of a variety of silviculture

treatment methods will be visible.

to demonstrate their differences.
But don’t expect to head. out for
a tour tomorrow. lan Bowie, for-
estry operations manager for the
Kalum Forest District, explains
that the demonstration forest is a
long-term project that will see
annual improvements. You can
expect to walk a well-developed,
signed Introduction Trail next
spring, though, and stop at a kiosk
full of forestry information.
Bowie says work is.scheduled to
begin almost immediately with
trail layout and clearing and bro-
chure development. Most of the
work will be done by workers
from the Terrace Correctional
Centre with contracts being let

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_Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 2, 1990 AX

d forest to become a classroom | |
| opment. Specifically, “the Look only i
Out Trail, Wetland Trail, Nelson -
River’ Delta Trail and the Exotic

only if there is more than they can
be expected to handle. For the
corrections center, this means a
modest revenue from limited clear-
ing as well as training in equip-
ment such as power saws, trail and
bridge ‘building, and forestry prac-

tices like site preparation and

planting.

In the long term, the demonstra-
tion forest will provide a progress-
ive view of forest management
from clear-cut to harvest but this
will take considerable time. With
corrections. workers clear-cutting
approximately one-half hectare a
year, it will be about 70 years
before the first clear-cut will dem-
onstrate what can happen on a
well-managed site.

Another possibility that could
happen a little sooner is the dem-
onstration of integrated manage-

ment practices. Bowie says this -

isn’t included in the plan yet but
they will be working with federal
fisheries and fish and wildlife
personne! in order to develop the
concept. According to Bowie, the

Redsand area holds great fisheries
potential and is a very active bea-
ver habitat

-Regiorial district director Les
Watmough says the development

plan has changed little since itwas
first introduced last fall.and there
are a few things he would like to

see done that aren't in Newhouse’s
plan. He says some of the best

pine mushroom sites in the area.

are at Redsand Lake, but while
these sites are identified in the plan
they aren’t protected. Also, Wat-
‘mough says he would like to see a
bridge across the Kalum River
‘Narrows to increase accessibilty to
the forest; but that’s not included
either.
According to Bowie, though, a
bridge across the Kalum is really
feasible under the present funding
framework. The idea calls for a
suspension bridge somewhere
between 100 and 200 feet long.
While he agrees it would add
significantly to the accessibility of
the area it will be several years
before the idea is even considered.

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