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in B.C. forever

By. George Edwards

British ‘Columbia is
about the same size (as ;

_ California, Oregon,..Wash-

ington, and a large chunk
of Idaho combined. . Some
366,000. square. miles.
into two mil-
lion people and you’ll. see
how much you get. But

wide . open. for
you.
But on the brighter side,
in .two recent. speeches,
the’ Minister of Lands,
Forests and Water Re-
Hon. Ray Wil-
liston, who’ speaks for the:
Government of B.C... on
forest policy and Hon. Ken
Kiernan,. who. speaks. for

oe Hon. Ray Williston -
~ “lands for the public.”

“recreation _ and --conserva-

tion, suddenly took on 1 each
roles. es
Said Mr. Williston, while
the Legislature was: still
in session:

"recent years British

.. Columbia has done as much...

-or more than any province
in Canada to protect Crown
lands for: public benefit.
It is true that in.earlier
days land’ was disposed of
which should not have been

“alienated. However, de- -

velopment of many of the
parks and. campsites. that.
we enjoy. today has been
made. possible by fore-

sight in land administra-”

tion policies,

“There has been a tre- -
_mendous. demand for lake-

front and waterfront lands
and, with the common use
of aeroplanes, the lack of
road access is not the
deterrent to many of our
beauty spots that it used
to. be. To. prevent future
governments having to buy

‘Management of
game a science

Wildlife management has
made tremendous strides
during the past decade. It
has attained recognition as
a specialized science re-
quiring trained personnel
for the administration of
sound policies. But there’s
a thorn in the side ofevery
trained bhiclogist wherever
he may be, and only time
and education will remove
it.

This source of agitation,
aggravation, suspicion and
dissention is that peculiar
breed of homo Sapiens —
the sportsman. He’s4 self.
styled expert on all hunting
matters, and his sole quali.
fication is ownership of a
hunting license.

The sportsman’s chief
compiaint is that the wild-
life biologist doesn’t know
the score. The hunter’s
most common mistake is
failure to realize that he,
like the biologist, can be
wrong. His error, however,
ig apt to have more serious
results than that of the
biologist.

Buck laws build up deer
herds but thev can create
more serious problems in
the process; after the laws
have served their purpose
thev are difficult to erase
from the books,

. able. consideration

~harvest cycle

- countries

access

hack lands desireable for
public recreational needs,
a. policy has been. estab-
lished whereby no applica-
tion. for lakefront or water-
front land is given favours.
until
a careful field examination
of the whole
waterfront area has been

. made.
“By. granting leagehold
- tenure to lakefront and

waterfront. lands

ing such property by sale,
control for future public
benefit is being retained in
the Crown. .The policy. now
in. effect will protect re-
creational lands.’"°

Earlier this year, Mr,
Kiernan addressed a log-
gers’ convention:

* “About. one-half of Bri-
tish Columbia. is destined
to provide our forest crop
forever on a- sustained-
yield «basis. Another - 30
percent of the province is
described as rocky . or

barren. °

“The forest crop has a
of from 30
to 100 years.

~ “The concept that the

“public. has the right © of.

access to. what. are funda-
mentally public lands. en-

- compassed in the half of

the province. under sus-
tained-yield . management
is: traditional.“and:.: well

_ established. .-British .Col-.
~“umbians, like. most’ Cana-
-dians,.. have long. . been -.
‘relatively free to..wander
at- : will--throughout: the
‘vastness of their land.
Indeed, people in- -other..

* recognize. this
Canadian

freedom asa
peculiarity.

Hon. W: K. Kiernan
“oublic has the right.’’
“Any philosophy that
would exclude the public
from sustained ~ yield
lands, which includes some
of the most attractive areas
of the province, cannot
be accepted.

“The principle that
rights are balanced by
responsibilities must be
heeded here. If we ~~ the
public -~ have the right of

access to sustained-yield
lands, we must. accept the
responsibilities that go
with that right. In places,
at times, for certain rea-
sons, it can mean restric-
tions, usually temporary,
of that right to those who
seek access for the pur-
pose of recreation. We can
think of several situations
which might bring about
such denial: the fire hazard
is one: the fouling of an
area by accident, careless-
ness, or vandalism, creat.
ing danger to both people
and the forest; the threat.
ened security of logging
company equipment and
facilities is another; and
the safety requirements at
logging operations.

“Let the stated policy
be this: except where the
safety of the public or the
forests materially is
threatened, the public has
a right of access to sus«
tained vield lands,
stricted only by reasonable
safeguards.”

adjacent ©

rather.
than permanently. alienat-.

res,

- SEPTEMBER: 10,

1969.

Prized - British Columbia Trophy is the:-.Caribou. Not: only does this big game species call for high

“ country. safaris,

but -he also can be among the most succulent on the table. Experts advise: never shoot

a fast running animal or you'll get tough meat. But if it’s just a room-sized hatrack you are after, you

couldn’t do much better than head for: northwestern ‘B.C, and Caribou country, — B. iC, Government Photo.

BC's school for big game guides.
- gets two- -government approvals _

- He’s just a little tougher

- than. sun-baked ‘steer. hide.
His blue. denims, -broad-":

brimmed. hat .and. deeply-"
-tanned face are the trade

“marks of a profession that

is conducted in the remote
wilderness * of mountain,

forest and stream: There’s :
“hardly a. situation that oc-
curs in the bush that -he
can’t. whip ‘single-handed |
and armed. with nothing.
‘more than’ a-pen knife and

a neckerchief. This is the
image. of. the big. game
guide, and for the most

“part it’s not too inaccurate. °
‘But can you imagine him

going to school,. sitting in
a classroom, taking notes"
and graduating with.a cer-
tificate? Well, that’s what’s

happening in British -Col-
“cumbia. and it’s. part of a.
4. scheme to. provide sports-
-men. with a standard of

service..second to none.

Most of..the woods and
nature can be learned only
by experience in that great
classroom where the open
skies are the only ceiling.
But there is much. more
required. of: today’s-guide

“and outfitter than simply
being able to. survive in

the wilderness, find the
haunts of fish and game,

put together colorful colo-~

quial phrases and exist on
a diet of beans, bacon and

Kamloops mill

wins award share

Kamloops Pulp & Paper
Co. Ltd. program for com.
batting water pollution has
contributed to its parent
company being named.1968
special Gold Medal Grand
Award winner In the United
States.

The award was presented
to Weyerhaeuser Company,
Tacoma, Washington, by the
Sports Foundation Inc. “in
recognition of outstanding
achievement in the fight
against water pollution’.

The Sports Foundation
cited Kamloops Pulp & Pa-
per, which uses secondary
treatment on its waste dis-
charges to help protect a
thriving salmon fishery.

Game regulations
now available

British Columbia’s
1949-70 Game Regulations
are off the press and
available at most govern«
ment offices, sporting
goods dealers ot Fish and
Wildlife Branch offices. No
major changes, but severai
Minor ones. Check closely
if you are a goat hunter.

bannock.

-and’ resourceful .-as

men. have walked. on the

moon . and’ events. half-a~
world away are watched.
as they. happen, the guide.
of the present is having to.
cater to a..clientele that.

live in a up~to-the-min-

ute world .and.who require: :
. different-services than did
the old-time trophy. hunter

who was almost: as tough
~ the
guide himself. So, keeping
in step with the rest of the
world ..and’ its changes,

The course is maintained
through a co-operative ef-
fort of. the Department of
Manpower and Immigration

“In an era when:

~ed.-the
should: be followed inor- -

sucha course and suggest-
_ curriculum that

der to provide.a-maximum

benefit:to the. industry and_

to. the ‘market it serves.

Canada Manpower, through _
education |
funds, hae supplied the fin-
ancial support needed: and -

federal. -.adult

“the provincial Department

.. guiding .has gone. to school...

of the ‘Canadian. Govern-"-

ment, the Department of:
Education of the. govern-
ment of British Columbia

and a Training Committee -

from: the. Western Guides

and Outfitters Association, -
the guiding.

representing. ‘
industry . of the Province.

The guiding industry has

Q declared the necessity: for

of. Education
training facilities available

at the Prince George Vow .

cational School.

At present there aré two
per year. being: _

courses...

scheduled, each. being. of

two hundred and fifty hours |

duration... Under a normal
school schedule, this would
entail ten weeks of instruc~
tion, but when the. guides

go to. school they absorb °

this
weeks.
And: what do these. men-
of ~the-mountains ‘learn
when they go to school?
They learn first aid (St;

~ instruction in six

. ‘John’ s Certificate), swim-.

ming (Red Cross Certifi-
cate) and water safety rules

has made-

‘and: regulations. They 2 care:
taught “public.” relations,
basic ‘psychology and em-
ployer~employ.ee-client
relationships. Federal and’.

- Provincial laws pertaining

to fish and game as well
as land-use and labor laws
come ‘within. the scope of. .

the course. Use:and maine -

tenance of radio -- tele-

phones, search - and - res-
cue techniques and ‘co-op--.

eration, health and sanita~—
tion, food catering, bus-
iness administration, pho-
tography and. Canada Cus-__
toms - regulations are all
covered and these are only
some of the subjects that a.
guide learns*at the Prince
George Vocational School.
Don’t be too surprised
or skeptical when that griz-
led guide proudly displays
his: class picture and. his
certificate of graduation on.

the log wall of his hunting

camp... He has.“been to’.
school, ‘and he’s ready to-
make your outdoor vacation -
more satisfying and pleas- :
urable because of it.

national wildlife pictute?

Wildlife research. and management. As-a branchof the”
"Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Developmen
“it is entrusted with federal responsibilities:for. wildlife

- the national welfare and economy,.

- for the management and protection’ of migratory: birds
. The Canadian Wildlife Service administers the Migratory -
- Birds .Convention Act..and.Regulations.for. the federa

“ments co-operate:.in, all. matters concerning migra r

also. co-operates with administrative agencies. whe n

ornithologists, *

os birds for ‘breeding ‘and for: resting: during migrati

: Bc “Wildlife Feleration |

ly aware that changes have

“activity,

-highways and--other devel-.
“scape.

- former: numbers~

“sible by“:road.:

“under changing’.

Federal wildlife service
tends: nation's: ‘migrants ©

How does the Canadian Wildlife Service fit into the

The Canadian Wildlife Service. carries- “out bot

a renewable resource of ever-increasing importance to.

*-- Each prevince has cantrol over the natural resourc
within -its  boundaries,- including wildlife. “However;
because Canada signed ‘the Migratory Birds Treaty with
the United States in 1916, there isa federal responsibility:

government. In practice, federal. and provincial govern

birds.’ The: Canadian Wildlife Service studies migratory
birds throughout Canada.and conducts scientific research.
into other wildlife problems in the Northwest Territories;
‘the... Yukon Territory,. and- Canada’s ‘National. Parks;

-wildlife management programs indicated by res
are instituted. .
> The Wildlife Service ‘staff includes’ mamma ogists,
limnologists, pathologists, a~ pesticide
investigator, and a biometrician.: The head office is in
Ottawa and ‘there ‘are regional offices in Edmonton and.
Ottawa. Smaller: offices are-located:at:Northwest.: Terri
‘tories, Yukon Territory, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoo
Winnipeg, Ontario, Quebec, and New ‘Brunswick, -Noya,
Scotia and Newfoundland.
The Service administers 94 migratory bird sancti r
ies throughout ‘Canada, ‘It is ‘now: participating with: the
provinces in a major program ofpreserving, by purcha e:
and long-term lease, wetlands ‘necessary. to. migratory.

Safeguarding wildlife

is ‘sportsmen’ s aim

By. Geoff” ‘Warden &

"British Columbia. offers: aa
some‘ of the .finest hunting a
in the. world, but. willit.:.
always be 50? Hunters who -

have been forced: to ‘move .;
‘farther... afield -.to..-‘tind...

-hunting” opportunity - com-:
parable to what: they used”.
to enjoy almost in. their:
“own backyards are certain.

taken. place in’ the «.

“past 7: :
twenty years, ?: Or'simply mo

Industrial. = 3.°
water: impound- a tittle farther.

“ment, sprawling housing, ..
opments have transformed Le
British Columbia’ s Jand-
-geasons | as. .
‘Bighorn sheep have. been gees
‘reduced to. a fraction. of - develop 8?

through © :
‘competition on their winter ~ wr le °
range. Mountain goat have - hunt. ag things.

deserted: some ‘of. “their. cai

former. haunts now acces- for: granted. :
Pheasant -
‘populations have declined:
~ agricul. TS
_practices:and the ~

‘turai

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Local 208

Hon. W. K. Kiernan, Minister