Tree planter

NATIONAL FOREST Week brought a scouting movement
army out to Ferry Island for a tree planting day. Beaver
Michael Hicks was well equipped with a shovel to best
prepare the ground for his seedlings,

Old growth
has impacts

TERRACE -- Decisions to
preserve the province's old
prowth forests must take social
and economic impacts inlo ac-
count.

That was one of the most fre-
quently heard statements. during
ihe provincial government's Old
Growth Strategy latest series of
public meetings.

In a report summarizing public
comments to its draft policy doc-
ument, the group noted worries
about the potential loss of forest
industry jobs and the cffect on
communities dependent on that
industry,

However, others cautioned a
socio-economic assessment
should look beyond the short
ferm and recognize good forest
management practices could pro-
vide permancnt jobs in the long
run.

There were also suggestions
new forestry jobs could be creat-
ed by increased management of
second growth areas,

For example, ending the use of
herbicides and instead manually
clearing undergrowth which com-
peted with young trees would be
one step in that direction.

Other areas raised were:

* the apparent lack of co-
ordination between the various
provincial bodies studying land
use issues;

* nalive people were not part of
the old growth process;

* the importance of balancing

the needs of urban and rural resi-
dents;

* the tap heavy representation
of industry and the forests minis-
try on the task force; and

* ihe predominant role of the
forests ministry in the process
given its perceived historica] bias
in favour of the woods industry.

Reactions to the task force’s in-
dication it would take three years
to fully implement any old
growth policy were wide-ranging.

While some argued for more
rapid action, others like Terrace’s
Glenn Grieve argued the whole
process should be "terminated un-
lil after an inventory is done and
the painful process of drastically
reducing the rate of harvest has
begun."

Many also wondered how the
Various government agencies in-
volved in such would be able to
follow through on any new
Strategy at current staffing levels.

If the money needed to provide
extra bodies was not forthcoming
from the province, some wamed,
any policy was doomed to failure
before it began.

These Jatest public comments
will be incorporated into the task
force’s final recommendations
which will then be forwarded to
the provincial government’s
Committee on Resources and the
Environment and the cabinet.

A cabinet decision could come
down as early as this month,

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Smelter
hopes
grow

TERRACE - A company that. --:
wants to build a $400 million ::
copper smelter in Kitimat could ©:
be close to striking a financing. :
deal with several Japanese com-

paniés, TEBE Pn ‘.
Representatives" ° PRM;
Resources of - ‘Vancouver,

Sumitomo Metal Mining of Japan
and "two or three" other Asian
companies were in Kitimat two
weeks ago to discuss the project,
Kitimat mayor Rick Wozney said
Friday. .
He said PRM is close to arrang-
ing a consortium of Asian in-
vestors to bankroll studies that
(he company: will ced to pitch
the project to provincial officials.
"I’m not sure as to exactly
when they're going to make an
announcement,” Wozney said. "It
may take them anywhere from a
week to next. week to another.
month or whatever to come up
and say let’s go."
A recent Financial Times article
predicts an imminent announce-
ment on the smelter project
financlng, but Wozney said that _-
probably still depends on ap- ..
proval from the Asian investors. © ..
Wozney predicts the copper
smelter would mean major ¢co- .
nomic benefits. for Kitimat if. it
survives (he province’s environ-
mental ‘assessment and “goes -
ahead, oe
"I’m all for it -- Jet’s get it
going,” he said, noting the review
process will take time.
"It’s still going to be a fairly
long process," he predicted.’ "It
could still well be a nightmare bes
tween now and getting to an ac-
tual construction stage. But we |
can stick it out." noe
Wozney said he bas not heard
any official confirmation of a) |.
deal, adding that the Asian com- 9° 020 o>,
pany representatives still had too:
seek the support of their boards. -. °
The company’s preliminary.
studies suggest the project might .
process 150,000 tonnes a year,
creating up to 400 jobs. os
Wozney said the company is.”
looking at a site near the Alcan |.
smelter site in Kitimat. :

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