Gerry Martin elected to chair
the Forest Alliance of B.C.

A LOCAL businessman
has been elected to chair a
province-wide timber indu-
stry lobby group.

Gerry Martin, owner of
Northern Drugs, will lead
the Forest Alliance of
British Columbia board
after being voted in June
26.

“After six years with
the Alliance the position
as chair came as a shock,”
said Martin,

But now that the shock
has passed, Martin is
ready to put his plans for
the Alliance in action.

“The first thing is to get
the board to build bridges
between the community
and the [timber] industry,”
said Martin. “We have to

make sure that the com-
munity knows what's going
on.”

He goes on to say that
the best policy the Al-
liance could adopt is one
of balance between itself
and environmental groups
that raise concerns over
logging practices.

“"In this neck of the
woods the timber industry
is our life blood, but we
still need to: advocate .a
message of sustainabilily
and balance,” he said.

Five new people were
elected to the board which
numbers 30. representatives
from various businesses
and occupations around
the province.

The Alliance was cre-

ated in the last decade as
a caunterbalance to the
growing number of envir-
onmental groups who not
only criticized logging
practices, but - worked -to
organize boycotts of B.C.
wood products.

Its founding chair was
former WA president Jack
Munro who retired from
the board this June, paving
the way for Marlin’ 5 elec:
tion,

Martin is a past presi-
dent of the Terrace and
District Chamber of Com-
merce and has been recog-
nized provincially for his
chamber of commerce in-
volvement.

He also sits on a pro-
vince-wide land claims

trealy advisory group.

Gerry Martin

details.

Terrace and Area Child Care

needs of the community, and will work

closely with the Ministry of Social Development and

Economic Security in implementing publicly funded

child care. The current focus is on school-age child
care (before and after school care).

The next meeting is Monday, July 17th. Please

call Coco at 638-1113 or Darlene at 638-1863 for

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 12, 2000 - A9

Planning Committee
invites participation from parents and
other interested community members.

The committee plans for the child care

Few forest
fires so far

WHILE THE non-summer weather we’ve been getting
may be frustrating for outdoor enthusiasts, it’s good news
for the people who fight forest fires in the northwest.

Al McDonald of Terrace’s Northwest Fire Attack
Base says that this year has been quieter than normal for
fires so far.

“(With the recent weather] the potential for fires to
grow large is low,” he said. “There’s less people in the
woods, and its not as dry.”

So far this year there’s been three known fires in the
Terrace zone, which encompasses the entire Kalum For-
est District from the Kitlope Lake area in the south to
north of Stewart.

On July 3, firefighters were dispatched to Terrace
Mountain after reports of smoke.

“It happened early in the evening, it looked to some
people like the -whole mountain was on fire,” McDonald
said. “There was lots of concern.”

The fire turned out to be quite smail, about the size of
a small living room, and was easily extinguished by a
four-person crew. The fire was likely caused by partying
kids.

The forest fire danger rating throughout most of the
northwest has been pegged at low or moderate, with just
a few pockets of high risk in the far northwest.

McDonald says that most human-caused fires occur in
spring or early summer when people don’t take extra
care and assume that the ground is still damp.

The entire northwest region from south of Kitimat to
the Yukon border, and the coast to about Fraser Lake
has had 35 forest fires reported so far this year, with 29
of them caused by hunian: activity ‘anid: just’ Sik by light Poets o-
hing.

“Ail it takes is a week of dry weather and a spark,
and we could have a a major fire on our hands,” McDo-
nald said.

Although no water bombers are stationed at the Ter-
race fire control base, McDonald added that an initial
attack crew could be dispatched to anywhere in the
northwest either by road or helicopter within an hour and
a half depending on the remoteness of the fire.

There are also warden officers patrolling the region,
including one in the Nass Valley.

So far, no fire bans have been placed, but the centre
reminds campers to keep an eye on their fires until they
are fully extinguished.

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