18 Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 29, 1987

Parker clarifi

TERRACE — When asked to
comment on the Ministry of
Forests’ position on horse log-
ging in the Northwest, Forests
Minister Dave Parker replied,
“The Ministry’s position is
neutral.’’

He explained that it was the
Ministry's belief that the type of
operation an individual logger
used on any particular site
should be his own decision.

He said that it was up to the
individual to find a suitable log-
ging site, choose the most effi-
cient method of harvest, arrange
their own contract with the Dis-

trict Forest Manager 2nd then

operate in a manner which is
competitive in the free enterprise
system. However, he explained,
the logger must first understand
the local situation.

“In the Kalum timber supply
area we have a very high concen-
tration of over-mature and deca-
dent stands of timber, so we’re
trying to take those old stands
and replace them with managed
stands of better quality timber.’’

‘What we have to do first is
get rid of the most decadent (the
oldest) and work our way down
through the age classes.’’

‘Therefore, our cutting
priorities here are in the over
mature stands, and the silvicul-
ture technique is to clear cut,”’

Parker explained that the

Forest Service would be carrying
out juvenile spacing and weed-
ing as managed stands matured
but that would be several years
from now. And a few years after
that, about 30 years from now,
commercial thinning would be

possible. This would give the

logger.a broader choice iri selec-
ting the most suitable method of
harvest.
Commercial thinning is a
selective logging technique
where only certain trees are
harvested in order to leave an
area of well spaced timber. The
purpose is to produce trees of
superior quality by providing the
best possible growing condi-
tions, oo
Parker predicted the populari-
ty of horse logging would in-
crease once the older sites were
logged off and a proper system
of forest management was im-
plemented. .
“If you’re talking about log-
ging younger stands of trees
where selective logging would

_mean that remaining trees, or

the residual trees, increase their

growth, then you start using the |
growing site more efficiently.
Then selective logging by horses

is probably one of the best alter-

natives.”

‘‘However,’’ said Parker,
*‘the process for this timber sup-
ply area at the present time, is to

Tax reform = continued from page 17

marketing and distribution
system is used for taxable goods,
a narrow tax base, double or
cascading taxation in some
areas, an indirect tax.on ex-
ported items, and a convoluted
- and difficult reporting system.

Wilson has zeroed in on what
is called a multi-stage tax, which
would apply tax at a reduced
tate on a much larger spectrum
of goods and services, and
would tax them at every transfer
Stage from raw material to retail
purchase. At each transfer point
the corporate entity paying the
tax would in turn receive a credit
for the tax paid, resulting in the
aggregate tax cost being paid in
one cumulative shot at the con-
sumer level, .

. The credit system is perceived
to be a levelling influence be-
tween domestic and imported
goods, and it would also
eliminate multiple taxation by
providing credits at every tran-
saction level,

Wilson has proposed three op-
tions for implementing the tax: a
national sales tax, a federal-only
goods and services tax, or a
federal-only value-added tax. .

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The national sales tax would §
combine the proposed federal §
tax with existing provincial retail §
taxes into a single reporting and |

remittance system. The tax

would be calculated on in- §
dividual invoices, and specific :

exemptions would be possible.

A federal goods and services §
tax would be administered J
separate from provincial taxes, |
and it could be calculated from J

ledgers and accounts rather than

individual invoicing; the report- §
ing system would be simpler, but —
fewer exemptions would be

possible. “

The federal value-added tax :
would be calculated from in- §
dividual invoices but separately §

from provincial taxes.

Wilson’s stated fiscal objec- .

tive for the tax is to raise enough

money for the federal treasury |

to allow abolition of surtaxes on
personal and corporate income,
further reduce personal income

.tax for the middle-class, and |
provide higher sales tax credit to |

low and middle inome earners in

order to offset higher consumer §

costs anticipated from the sal

; Tax system. -

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es policy on horse lo

get rid of the over mature stands .

before they’re totally lost -to

decay and insects, and the treat-

ment needed is to clear cut. And
if you can’t afford to do it with

_horses, don’t do it with horses.”

Parker didn’t totaliy rule out
the horse logger in today’s in-
dustry however, |

‘*Thete are -places for

mechanical logging, there are
places for helicopter logging,
and there is definitley a place for
horse logging,”’ he said. “But
‘each has to be dealt with on it’s
own merits.’” a
He suggested woodlot opera-
tions as one possible alternative,
Woodlots were originally de-
signed to provide a small sus-
tained yield unit for farmers and

ranchers who had sections of.

land not suitable for any other
practical purpose. And although
a woodlot was only intended to

provide a supplementary income:

to the farmer, not a full time
job, it was generally ideally

suited to horse logging. -

Stream bank.’’

‘Another area where horses
would work well,” according to
Parker, ‘‘is the riparian strip
(the edge of a stream or lake)

The prescription here is to

remove the over-story but leave

the best trees to help protect the

‘These are often referred to
as machine-free zones, which
means that the falling has to be
very careful and directional so
you can yard the trees out with a

‘Machine. It’s difficult for the

machine operator, and - horses
would work very well in that
situation. I think there are op-
portunities there if a person were
to present his case properly to
the established licencees,””

In other words, instead of
going to all the expense of hav-
ing your own licences and
deposits, work with some

established licencee on ‘those
Sensitive areas and get “your
techniques down until you’re
satisfied that it’s a viable way of

gging

doing things before you go off —

on your own.‘

The decentralization of the
’ Forest Service which is currently
along rivers asnd water courses. -

taking place would allow the dis-
trict manager far greater author-
ity in designating specific sites
for a specific type of logging
said Parker. This would allow
better opportunities for the
horse logger today but, in the
final analysis, before it actually
became a viable method of
harvest in the Northwest, he
would have to wait for the man-
aged forests to mature. .

Police — cont. from page 4
pearing. in Terrace provincial

_ court at a later date,

“ * %

On Wednesday, July 22 Ter. _

Tace RCMP released the name.of
a 37-year-old man whose body
was found

Creek Road.
Clifford Sterling Tordiffe’s

body was found on July 14, .

1987.

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