Fund. threatening fish-bearing legations. That body issued a report last week claiming nearly half of new logging platis propose cutting trees on unstable or potentially unstable slopes, The report warns cutting on unstable slopes. has -a - high. risk -of -landslides,- streams tp and down the coast. The independent Forest Practices Board has been asked to carry oul a wide- ranging review to answer the graup’s al- Board execulive director Mike Wyeth said special investigalors are drawing up Code watchdogs probe coast for bad logging THE NORTHWEST will be part of a wide-ranging investigation of forest prac- tices in the wake of allegations of poor logging by the Sierra Legal Defence praceed to tices Code. rivers and to 9:30. a list of recent cutblocks with streams in them across the entire coast, and will then cusure compliance with the Forest Prac- The investigation’s findings are ex- pected to be made public by November. Members of the public will have a chance to question the Forest Practices Board on its policies at a board meeting June 25 in Terrace, It’s at the Coast Inn of [- the West east conference room from 7:30 The: board handles public complaints about forest practices that are specific violations of the Forest Practices Code. Right now, plaint about road building practices in the Kalum Forest District. randomly sample them to they’re dealing with a com- SKEENA BROADCASTERS Strike nears at station WORKERS AT Skeena Broadcasters could be on strike or locked oul in as little as two weeks. Barring intervention from the federai labour minister, either side could take unilateral action after thal point. “Ym not very op- timistic,”’ said Art Sim- monds, spokesperson for the Communications, Energy Paperworkers union, The union represents reporters, disc jockeys, copywriters, switchers and clerical staff. Skeena Broadcasters oper- ates-radio stalions in Ter- race, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Smithers. Negotiations between the union and the company broke: down a few weeks ago.. Union workers have been without an contract since last November. Before negotiations broke down the union had agreed saying, it couldn’t afford it. The one per cent deal is not as rich as deals that have been reached elsewhere, said Simmonds. He said Quesnel and Wil- liams Lake radio employees just settled an agreement which will see them get two per cent increases in each year of a two year deal. Company personnel direc- tor Sharon Taylor says those deals might sound higher, but Skeena Broadcasters workers were paid more, “Our salaries are cousid- erably higher,’’ she said. “For comparable = size markets they are higher.”’ Simmonds disagreed, claiming workers in Ques- nel and Williams Lake make more than their Terrace and Kitimat counterparts. Simmonds said he recog- nizes the company is under ‘financial pressures, which led it to lay off some em- Skeena Broadcasters. ‘But that didn’t seem to be good enough.” Now he says his primary concem is tor the welfare of the union menibers, and they were holding firm to their wage demands, Get a good thing going. Yoursell. Shoring a Heallhier, Futura! wD woth parntiPaman CUTS TO Forest Renewal’s silviculture budget won't necessarily mean big job losses in Terrace and the Nass Valley, according to FRBC’s regional director Alan Parkinson, Forest Renewal had originally approved in prin- ciple $12.2 million towards Enhanced Forestry —(in- cremental silviculture —“in- cluding spacing and prun- ing) projects in the Kalum The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 18, 1997 - A11 Forest Renewal loosens grip on watershed money Forest District. That amount has since been reduced to $9.6 mil- lian. “We received word from the Board of Directors in Jate March that there would be a reduction because of the expansion of other Forest Renewal programs,” Parkinson says. With less money to divvy up, the forests ministry — which handles the funds — had to cut some programs. *We had to look al priorities,’ says Bob Wil- son of the Forest Service, ‘Pruning is one of the most expensive things we do and has the least impact. So if we had to cut something it would start there,” That meant fewer silvicul- ture contracts “would be available from companies like Skeena Cellulose, wha ‘ saw their FRBC enhanced forestry funding reduced by $551,000 something company officials said would result in 90 jobs lost. But Parkinson now says Skeena Cellulose will be al- lawed to transfer some $300,000 in surplus money originally destined — for walershed restoration to sil- Viculture projects. A Small Mistake Could COST YOU PLENTY. With Graduation nearing be sure and find out just what transportation options there are Grad night. Remember: Drinking & Driving ~ can cost you your life. IF YOU DRINK, DON’T DRIVE toa company offer of a one- year deal which would cx- pire this November, and a ployees earlier this year. “We recognize that the economy in Kilimat and ole per cent increase Statt- Terrace has taken some ing in September, __ knocks,’”. he said. And he The two sides had a verbal?’ pointed out® ‘that’ the ‘union’ agreement, according fo agreed to delay any wage Simmonds, then the compa- increases till Sept, 1, the ny withdrew the offer, start of a new fiscal year for 4 ANNOUNCEMENT Keenleyside Insurance is pleased to welcome Kiera Polzin and Grace Pedro to their team. of professionals. supported by Forest Renewal BC, and Nisga’a workers in the Nass Valley became skilled at building trails, bridges and boardwalks for a new 18,000 hectare park, the first to be managed jointly by a First Nation and BC Parks. Sustaining Communilies Forest Renewal! BC has invested in mere than 100 projects to support community economic and transi- tion planning. More than $22 mil- Last year, Forest Renewal BC more than doubled its annual invest- mentin projects, and that means a jot of work. Nearly 2,500 projects received funding from Forest Renewal BC in 1997-98, The benefits of that work will be paying British Columbians back—with interest—for generations to come. Land and Environment In our land-based programs— Province Wide Project Inveslments 400 millon 300 million 85/97 94/95 "95/96 CIRACE PEDRO KIERA POLZIN including enhanced forestry, lion went towards helping Pr 8 for. 2 prs. experience as ati Oyrs. experience as an watershed restoration and More than 10,000 kilometres of est communities at the local level in Jastirance Broker Insurance Broker resource inventory—Forest streams and roads were improved 1996-97, Renewal BC invested more to restore watersheds. 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