THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of the Powell River
Regional District request that the B.C. provincial overnment
immediately establish a Royal Commission or Commission of Inquiry
to undertake the following tasks:

1.

Conduct a full investigation of the forest inventory, forest
tenures, and the sustainability of the current annual
allowable cut for all crown and privately owned forested land
in B.C.;

Investigate means to protect all forest uses, including
domestic watersheds, fish and wildlife, tourism, hunting and
trapping, wilderness, old growth forests, and native
concerns;

Conduct a thorough examination of current silvicultural
practices, wood utilization and export practices and
recommend appropriate improvements needed to achieve
sustainable, wholistic forestry;

Investigate ways_ to protect future jobs for loggers and mill

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Recommend means available to B.C.’s forest industry to
minimize detrimental effects of global warming; and

Recommend means to effectively deal with conflict resolution
and fully incorporate local decision making input in resource
management.

The above motion is self explanatory. Our Board urges your Council
to express its support of this issue by endorsing this motion or a
similar motion and forwarding it to the Premier and the Minister of
Forests. We would appreciate a copy of any action you might take on
the matter.

Sincerely yours,

LEZ

Don Silvester
Chairman

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