O utdoors Cee ee eee ———————— TheReview Wednesday, March 7, 1990 — A17 \ = IT’S NOT just other countries’ forests that may be threatened. Closer to home, boreal forests like this one also need environmental consideration. MARY HAMPSON photo Le Terry Huberts, m.v.a. Saanich & the Islands 2388 Beacon Avenue Sidney, B.C. Phone 656-6061 Office Hours 8:30-4:30 Monday - Friday ecological look We hear many voices raised in opposition to the massive deforestation currently under way in the rainforests of Brazil and the documented devasta- tion of the previously extensive forests of Malaya. Such deforestation and its multiple, serious after- maths serve to point up the dangers of such short-range policies in the absence of adequate environmental impact studies. Immediate monctary gains are infitesimal when weighed against the disruption of ecosystems, the destruction of the ways of life of native peoples, the certain loss of invaluable habitat and species, the resulting pollution of soil, waters and air and the long-range effects upon diminishing habitable regions of Planet Earth. Much closer to home, it is time to bolster concems about some of our own practices and designs. Many individuals and organizations in Canada are expressing grave concem about the massive plans for pulp developments in the boreal forests of northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mani- toba and points farther east. Already, the Al-Pac Mill (Mitsubishi and Honsu multinationals), the largest pulp mill in the world, is very near completion on the Athabasca River in Alberta. An editorial in Nature Canada notes that emissions will contain dioxins, furans and some 300 other chlorinated compounds. While there is no agreement whatever that acceptable environ- mental impact studies have been completed in connection with this particular mill, no fewer than five other mills have been approved in Alberta. It is well to note that rivers in the northern Take a long-range, regions of these provinces involve very extensive and vulnerable drainage basins such as that of the mighty Mackenzie. : Thus potential impacts are far from regional; i-D-A>- aie they cross the boundaries into the Northwest Road 5 Zane 6. 9:00am-6:00pm Territories, exposing the vast region to the shores | Brentwood PH ARM AC 652-1821 of the Arctic Ocean. Native peoples live here, carrying on thcir traditional practices of hunting, Bn trapping and fishing. It should be mandatory that southem provinces bear full responsibility for the environmental and social impacts which they create for the regions downstream. The boreal forest provides home range for many indigenous species of plants and animals as well as breeding range for countless others. Should these forests be severely clear-cut, greatly reduced will be the breeding ranges of common loon, common mcrganser, goshawk, sharpshin, spruce grouse, uplands plover, solitary _sandpiper, greater and lesser yellowlegs, short= billed dowitcher, Bonaparte’s gull, hawk owl, great gray owl, boreal owl, pilcated and three-toed woodpeckers, boreal chickadees, as well as those of many sparrows, warblers, vireos, thrushes, flycatchers and grosbeaks. In addition, the boreal forest provides the major es habitat for moose, deer, marten, fisher, lynx, : ASK ABOUT: LE.5'x8’ R 380 3922 short-tailed weascl, timber wolf, wood bison, red 3 NEw ane as -E. 9X ug 8 a.m.-6pm Mon.-sat. sue vote Nye ee ae : ° Binding Reg. 40 (Hashna Court) voles, numerous other voles, wolverine, snowshoe e Repalrs N $ hare, black bear, beaver, several bats, chipmunks J ° Scotchguard = B27, OAKSSIREET and shrews. fee Grip Pad R)-WAY- A division of Fabricare Cleaning Services© 1990. *LOTTO CENTRE #FREE DELIVERY *10% OFF TUESDAYS #PHOTO FINISHING %PHOTO COPYING #HOME HEALTHCARE 4 PRODUCTS . RENTWOOD B LUG-A-RUG Save $$$ with our CASH’N’CARRY DISCOUNT and lug your rugs to our cleaning plant or present this ad for our FREE* Saturday pick-up and > delivery service. * Min. pick-up - charge $40.00 FREE ESTIMATES N NAS Aon a Eileen Graham of Rusts’ Jewellers has been providing customers with friendly, helpful and courteous service for 22 years. This month she was rewarded for this service by the Sidney Association of Merchants. Pre- senting her with a certificate of recognition and a corsage is Chris Dysart President of S.A.M. and Connie Rust owner of Rusts’ Jewellers. =. SIDNEY ASSOCIATION MERCHANTS RECYCLE TheReview SS Sidney Service Above Self “Let Charity Continue oe at your Peninsula Bingo 9842 3Rd SIDNEY, B.C. HE “BIG ONE'S 7 DAYS A WEEK SIDNEY DROP-IN BINGO FREE PARKING FREE PARKING (NO TICKETS) : JAMES fl WHITE E DRIVE F 4TH §& 3RD af SPARK NORTH OF JAMES WHITERD | fm)