A 20- “person crew from Klohn Leonoff Consulting of Richmond was scheduled to start going over the ground in the Iskut River val- ley this week where an industrial road is to be built to service min- ing operations in the Stikine Arch area, popularly known as the Golden Triangle. Klohn Leonoff won an $850,000 contract to do the detailed en- ginecring and — environmental Studies for the road, conceived as a 92-kilometre single lane surface access from Highway 37 near Bob Quinn Lake into the rugged area where the Iskut River crosses the Alaska border. The company was one of four firms that bid on the tender. Tom Greene, a spokesperson for the engineering branch of the provincial Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, said last week that the cost of the Studies will be split evenly among the three proponents who are form- Terrace Review — Wed nesday, August 29, 1990 A5 -Iskut resource road engineering studies start ing a corporation to build the road: the B.C. government, Cominco, and Prime Resources. The contract for the studies, however, is between Klohn Leo- noff and the government because the terms establishing the resource road corporation still aren’t fixed. Greene said, “We're still working Doubts cast on future of hatchery If there is any support for the continued operation of the Pine Lake fish hatchery it’s apparently not going to be found with Terrace " city council. A copy of a letter from the First _ Nations of the Skeena to Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Tom Siddon and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Bernard Valcourt was on Monday night’s council agenda, for information only, and as such was reccived along with five other letters of miscellaneous interest. In the ‘etter, Skeena Fisheries Commission administrator Nancy James explains: "On July 4th, 1990, a letter was hand-delivered _ to Cliff Bolton, Chief Councillor of Kitsumkalum Band, advising Sewer funding suspect B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs Lyall Hanson has told the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District that funding for two sewer con- ‘struction projects in Thornhill has been approved, but Les Wat- mough, the director for that area, hasn’t accepted the proposal. According to Hanson, 4 grant of $1.03 million represents 25 percent of the horseshoe area system and another for $2.06 million will cover 50 percent of the Queensway system. Watmough told the regional board, however, that he’s not prepared to accept that level of funding. He explains that the level of funding approved by Victoria means every Thornhilt householder on the new system would have to pay around $1,000 every year for a connection to the new service, but under the province’s old fund- ing system it would only cost about $500 to $600 per year. “That’s what we really want and need," Watmough said. "This is pretty steep." Watmough told the board he — believes the government can do betier on their share of the cost, and he plans to discuss funding levels and sources of additional funding with Skeena MLA Dave Parker. "It becomes a matter of funding and what the people can afford," said Watmough. The cur- rent offer from the government is good for iwo years. If the regional district decides to proceed with the project, final claims would have to be submitted before the end of April, 1992, hatever you wear e clean with care. EDNESDAY IS DIRTY SHIRT DAY Men's or Ladies’ cotton blend dress or business shirts expertly laundered. “ Only drive-thru In town » Best, most reliable and cleanest service »~ Drop off point at Thornhill Public Market Richards Cleaners 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. — Monday to Friday. 6:90 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Saturday KIDDIE CORNER FROM THE POST OFFICE him that funding for the hatchery was to be terminated on July 31st. The money saved was to be re-directed into cooperative fisheries management projects and into chinook enhancement on the Fraser River’. In other words, an operation of cight years standing was terminated by government at four weeks notice! This is not reasonable by any standard behaviour.” The Kitsumkalum Band joined the Salmonid Enhancement Pro- gtam with the support of the De- partment of Fisheries and Oceans in 1982.. This opened the way for a Canada Manpower Local Em- ployment Assistance Program to train Steve Roberts as the project manager. Roberts selected two . $ites for salmon hatchery which were monitored through the winter of 1983 and into the summer of 1984, Pine Lake, near the Kalum River 15 kilometres north of the Skeena, was selected as the most suitable site, and in the fall of 1984 a pilot project began. During 1984, 23,000 chinook and 20,000 coho were incubated and construction of a permanent hatch- ery began in late 1985. The project took a year to complete with em- ployment assistance from Canada Manpower and engineering support from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Since that time, Roberts has run an efficient salmon enhancement program in full cooperation with and funding from the federal government. According to James, "We have a Band which has shown resource and determination to assist in rebuilding salmon stocks, there is a fully-functional, well equipped hatchery, there is a trained and dedicated manager and staff who are willing io work on enhancing endangered stocks, in particular Skeena coho which are in a very depleted state. This would seem to be a model of cooperation between Indians and the federal govern- ment, an ideal situation. Instead, what happens?" . oe SUMMER through a number of scenarios. It will be established under the Com- panies Act, but we’re still working on the share structure and some. other things." Greene said the ministry is con- sulting the Attorney General and will be asking for suggestions from the advisory committee formed to provide public comment on the road. Klohn Leonoff’s work under the contract will include surveying, soil testing in the vicinity of the right-of-way, water quality analy- sis, evaluation of fisheries in local streams and rivers, and exami-— nation of heritage and archaeologi- cal values on the route. They are expected to complete the field work during October and have a final report ready by the end of November. The crews will work out of the Bob Quinn and Bronson Creek airstrips at either end of the pro- posed route, using Smithers as a support base. Greene said the project proposal is also being reviewed by the federal ministries of environment and fisheries and Oceans. He is not sure at this point if the project will be subjected to a full exami- nation under the federal Environ- mental Review Process. The most work that could be done this year, he said, if any, is some clearing on the right-of-way. 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