Renewal bucks doled

‘Money to restore |

salmon streams

PROVINCIAL fisheries minister
Dennis Streifel announced Thursday
that $500,000 will be spent to restore
salmon-giowing streams in the
Skeena and Kitsumkalum watersheds.

The money represents the largest”

portion of a total $1.6 million to be

spent in the Skeena, Nass, Bulkley,
and Morice watersheds in the next
three years, :

~The “money will be  orgaiized
through ‘Terrace and Kitimat Partners

for Salmonids: (TKPS) — a nine

member. community association
organized: in part by Community Fe-
tures: and the Kitsumkalum baad
council,

The money is scheduled to go to 15
local projects including log pond
habitat restoration study and design

‘for the ‘Kitsumkalum ‘watershed bar-

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boundary,
Other projects include a spawning

ground survey related to beaver dams

Terrace-Kitsumkalum

‘and ‘sédiment deposits in the Lakelse

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river. and tributaries, The Northwest
Watershed Enhancement Society will
conduct the survey which will include

FISHERIES MINISTER Dennis Streifel with Community Futures book-

keeper Jacelyn Galloway at the Kitsumkalum on Thursday.

Almost a quarter of the money
($110,000) will go to the TKPS for a
juvenile coho survey on 27 focal
creeks and rivers. The survey will
employ 6 full-time and 10 pari-time
staff,

During his speech, Streifel com-
mended BC Hydro’s announcement
Wednesday to give $7 million to Sal-
mon Restoration projects.

He said $5 million of that money
would go to Fisheries Renewal B.C.
while the other $2 million will head to
renewal projects along hydro sites.

He also challenged the - federal
government and other corporations to
join Fisheries Renewal B.C.

“Fish are too important to the cn-
vironment, culture and economy of
B.C, for them nat to,’’ he said.

part of the Copper River.

Fish manual plan progresses

_ A LOCAL man is on the verge of being able to distribute

his methods of stream and fish habitat rchabililation.
Alois Schillinger is on track to receive $15,000 from the

‘provincial Fisheries Renewal B.C. agency to publish a

manual on his procedures.

Using natural vegetation and by constructing in-water
habitat, Schillinger has conducted several successful tests
in the area.

“It’s the food chain that’s important. To encourage that
for fish is the key to this success,’’ he said last week.

Schillinger says his methods are very cost efficient com-
pared to artificial means.

And they also provide jobs for those doing the work and
jobs thereafter in the recreational fishing industry.

“This technology leads to job creation,’’ said Schil-
linger.

His methods have been tested in streams and also in
ponds created by abandoned gravel pits,

‘‘My methods do not contain chemicals of any kind, ei-
ther substances considered harmful to the environment or
any living creatures in freshwater sources after implemen-
tation,”’ said Schillinger.

He adds that his méethods don’t require constant upkeep
and don’t affect water quality.

If all goes well, Schillinger expects the manual to take
three months to produce. °

“After that it will be available to anybody who wants

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