PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Friday, August 12, 1977

OF 125,000-STRONG CARIBOU HERD. oe.

Fire cuts through migration path |

WHITEHORSE, Yukon
(CP) — Mark’ Holfman,
spokesman for the Yukon
game branch, said today it

was not know what effect, if
any, the fire 40 miles east of
Old Crow would have on the
annual migration of the

GUNSHOT WOUND _
Killer whale

_ fights

-VICTORIA (CP) — An
orphan killer whale calf,
thought to be suffering from
a gunshot wound, arrived
here today for special
treatment but marine
biologists said the odds are
only one in a hundred It will

ve.

The 18-month-old female
calf was swimming weakly
in the Oak Bay Beach Ho
salt-water pool, surrounded
ata Reb hada
org: 'y
Sealand of the Pacific Ltd.

land manager Angus
Matthews aid. the whale
‘was apparently shot by a
high-powered rifle several
weeks ago,

After the wounding, she
either became lost or was
abandoned by her whale pod
octal grouping), Matthews

said. .
Sealand received
mission ‘Tuesday from
Fisheries Minister Romeo
LeBlanc to capture the
whale and try to save its life.
But officials say the sea-
cing mammal is so weak
om a combination of the
bullet wound, skin diseases
and subsequent injuries that
the odds against living are
not favorable.

Sealand offictals said that
just after the calf arrived at
the pool this morning it sank
to the bottom .of the pool.
When it was evident it was
not coming back up, the

to live.

team jumped into the pool
and held her.
The calf started
breathing again but it was a
full 20 minutes before it

could lie in the water

without sinking,

The whale is 10 feet long,
very thin and weak, Sealand
officials said. When. it
swims, its dorsal fin does
not submerge as it should in
the normal vigorous. killer
whale swim pattern,
they said.

@ medical team has
covered the whale with
lanoline to stop skin
infection’ and have also

ven it vitamins and some

Olficials also planned to
give the sick killer whale
anti-biotics and steroids. .

“We have played our last
card," Matthews said, The
reat is up to her. She is a
very brave creature. She
has come so far but all we
can do now is hope.”

The whale was first
sighted in Menzies Bay.
about 145 miles northwest of
here on the east coast of
Vancouver Island.

' The whale was loaded into

asling and covered with wet

blankets during the trip
re,

SITE ONE DAM a
_ Miffed unionists
refusing to work

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C.
(CP) — Work. at British
Columbia Hydro's Site One
dam on the Peace River in
northeastern B.C. today was
gtinding to a halt as

members o% the Inter- da

national Rock and Tunnel
Workers Union defied a
Labor Relations Board
cease-and-desist order.
About 160 union members
waiked off the job Tuesday
morning after claiming that
members of the
International Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners
w re doing work the Rock
and Tunnel workers should

be doing.

Chris Boatman
construction manager at
Site One, said today that
Hydro obtained a ceaseand-
desist order from the labor
board Wednesday and the
executive of the Rock and
Tunnel Workers said the
men would return to work,

Boatman said the union
members decided to remain
off the job, ignore the labor
board order and defy a no-
strike provision covering all
employees at the Site One

m1. .

The dispute prevented
about 100 other workers

‘from proceeding with their

jobs today, and Boatman
said construction at the dam
could be completely shut
down by Monday if the sit-
uation is prolonged.

He said Hydro has
scheduled a sheeting
between the two unions for
next Tuesday in Vancouver
to try and settle the
problem.

Boatman would not ay if
Hydro was considerin
other legal action to get the
men back to work.

The dam, which is about
per cent complete, is 50

es southwest of here,

MUFFLED BLAST

Porcupine River cariboo
herd

Hoffman said in an
Interview that the fire is not
being viewed with alarm at
its present stage but it could
develop into a very serious
situation.

The fire,. burning in
patches within a 100 square
mile area between Betty
Creek and the Driftwood
River, was being fought by
27 men and a helicopter
today. .

Hoffman said the area
covered by the fire is not
part of the Porcupine herd’s

aditional feeding grounds

annual

but is part of
ation path.
2 migration south from

_dor3s‘or less. | |

the Arctic coast begins
within a month,. but

Hoffman said caribou are -

unpredictable and it could
hp as early as two

Wile said that the caribou
herd, numbering about
125,000 and the largest in
North America, could
migrate around the fire if it

‘was still burning and there

is no Way of predicting what

they would do if the fire is

by that: time.

‘We've been studyin
them four or five years a

take a lot more

edict those

said, ‘I would guess off the
record that they wouldn't
travel through the burned

where
‘firefighting effort’ was

» Hoffman.

area but then Tgain it might
not affect then at all, .
“The fire is burning in

_ patches .and ‘may leave

en areas behind

enough
enough feed.’

to allow

Hoffman described the.

area as basically
tundra and scrub spruce.
Bid Braden, a forestry
information officer, said the

firé on the Driftwood River:

side, closest to Old Crow
was being held in control
most. of the

concentrated. -
He said that although the

fire was firat Aug.
4 high costa of fire-fighting

and the remoteness.of the
fire delayed government
action to halt fire.

hell of a lot of- money,” he
said. “‘And second, they
(fires) . often happen in
remote areas * here is
no human activity,”

The fire is in a designated
low-priority area and was
believed to have been

part of the fire area
includes the Porcupine

'a migration route. . |

Action was taken after
forestry officials viewed the
area

extreme |
- Braden said th ’
. the hot, dry weather
end soon,

conditions.

Abbotsford, Agassiz, Ahousat, Aiyansh, Aldergrove, Alert Bay, Alexis Creek,

Bear Lake,

Armstrong, Ashcroft, Aspen Park, Avola, Balfour, Bamfield, Barriere,
Beaver Cove, Beaverdell, Bella Bella, Bella, Codla, Black Point, .
Blue River, Boston Bar, Boswell, Bouchie Lake, Bowen Island,

Bowser, Brackendale, Bridge Lake, Britannia Beach, Burns Lake, -
o-.' "| “Cache Creek, Campbell River, Canal Flats, Castlegar,
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a Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Creston, Cumberland, Dallas,
. Dawson Creek, Decker Lake, Donald, Dragon Lake, Duncan,
_~ _ Duncan Lake, Dunster, East Pine, Elkiord, Elko, Enderby,

Fairmont, Falkland, Fauquier, Femie, Field, Flatrock, Forest —

Grove, Fort Fraser, Fort St. James,

ort St. John, Francois.

Lake, Fraser Lake, Fruitvale, Fulford Harbour, Gabriola

~- Island
- Golden,

Ganges, Genelle, Gibsons, G
old River, Grand For

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, Granisie, Grasmere, .

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Haney, Hansard, Hartway, Hazelton, Hedley

Hendrix

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Midway, Mission, Montney, Moyie, Nakusp, Nanaimo, Nanoose

" "Kor one thing it coats a”

yesday, noticing -

e was ne

: SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — If the heat has you feeling

d high temperatures have made the water of
ton so warm that fish are dying as a.

state Fisheries Department reported

oo .

is

( nt where fish can't. liver’ the
"PSalmon and ether larg fish which

on and er generally stay in

ta died

. Water near the shore, officials said

‘Thousands of smelt were found dead Wednesday

morning on the lake. That aflernoon the temperature

at Seattle-Tacoma International t rose to 35
degrees, eclipsing the old mark of 94 f .
"10, set in 1971. a or Aug
In addition it was the 12th straight day the.
temperature at the airport has 2
{ying another record, and the sixth day in a row over

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PRECEDED BLAZE

VICTORIA (CP) — Fire investigators confirmed
Thursday that a muffled explosion immediately
preceeded the spectacular waterfront warehouse fire
Monday which caused $3 million damage.

Officials said this, coupled with the fact that a night
watchman passed the Ogden Point warehouse
Do. moments before the fire broke out, has increased the
: likelihood that arson was to blame. .

, 2 oe Victoria fire chief. Eric Simmons explained that |
such explosions are often caused by smouldering
materials that eventually reach the “proper
vaporization” and explode into a flash fire.

“But the night watchman had been in the area 10
minutes earlier," Simmons said, adding that no
smoke had been spotted.

When asked if materials could have been
smouldering without leaving enough smolie for the
watchman to see, Simmons replied: ‘That's
possible.”

He said there was no definite proof an arsonist was
- i. involved and “there's a lot more investigating to do

a a yet,” .

An investigator from the provincial tire marshall's
office in Vancouver has been investigating the fire
since early Wednesday.

_ Farther clues to the cause of the fire may come from
a roll of color film shot by a part-time professional
photographer from Modesto, Callf.

Simmons said the man, who asked to remain
anonymous, approached him on the dock the night of
the fre and told him he and his son had been near the
warehouse when they heard an explosion. The man
promised to send Simmons a set of prints.

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