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TERRACE — The Tatshenshini River is becoming a wilderness threatened by ils own papularity, anew study warns,

The river is the focus of an in- ternational environmenial campaign aimed at stopping a gianl copper mine proposed for the area by Geddes Resources,

The Tat, as it has become known, is located in the extreme northwest corner of B.C., acces- sible by road only from the Yukon.

The study - carried out for the tourism ministry by SFU master’s student Ethan Askey and profes- sor Peter Williams — examines recreational use of the 200- kilometre Tatshenshini-Alsck river system.

Recreational use of the river is up 200 per cent since 1989, ac- cording to the study’s findings.

More than 1,000 people visited the area last summer and 75 per cent of them were part of organized rafting tours that gener- aled an estimated $1.3 million in direct revenues,

The study also surveyed visitors and rafting operators to find out if the increased use is destroying the wilderness valucs that make the area se popular.

The most common complaints were of trampled vegetation,

volunteer, Jake Drooger,.

ATMA SINGH MANHAS is one of the many volunteers help-

‘ing out with the Terrace Churches Food Bank, The January distrinution was held last week, In the background is another

campfire scars, disruption of wildlife, human waste and litter, ©

Increased encounters with other river users was also seen by some

_ Visitors aS detracting from their “wilderness experience’

*fAny recreational use of the river will have some impact,’’ Askey noted. ‘‘The challenge is to decide what is an acceplable impact, and to whom,’’

Move, or else

TERRACE — If vehicles parked on the road right-of-way cause problems © for. snow . clearing crews, they will be towed away,

That warning comes ‘from city *

engineering. director. Stew Christensen. | Q.

‘It's not legal to park on the road right-of-way,”’ he explained, adding the city had taken out ad- verlisements advising the public of the winter-long regulation.

He also pointed out *‘right-of- way’’ means anywhere between ‘the property line on one side of the street to the property line on the other. a,

In. other words, Christensen said, vehicles parked off the street

but on ihe grass verge were slili

_ on the right-of-way.

Prohibiting parking on the verge was‘necessary because that was where. graders pushed the snow, he added.

_- Allhough in years past as many ‘as 30 cars had bec. towed in a single-day, Christensen said the

~ city had only had-to tow a few so

far this year. Although the cily: ties to warn peaple to move their vehicle be-

_fore-calling up the tow truck, he - said it. depended. on tbe circum-

stances. | Ji, for example, a vehicle was

“found parked in the downtown

core during the night, it’s unlikely

"the owner would gel any waming.

Hospice meeting

TERRACE -~ Eleven. board

~ “menrbers are to be elected and an

executive determined at the Jan. 26 annual general meeting of the Terrace Hospice Sociely. :

The aim of the sociely is to pro-— . vide support to terminally ill per-

sons and their-families al home or in the hospital. -* > _It is.intended as 2 separate funic-

tion. from palliative care ‘at the

hospilal, While both activities support

_ terminally ill people, said society —

representative Anne Ansom, the hospice group provides: volunteers. lo support the dying

aud those experiencing the gricv- -

ing process.:

The volunteers do not replace 7 ‘professional care, she sald. - * The annual general nieeling will also give information on society. affairs. A volunteer training ses-~

sion is auticipated this year. ’ The mecting takes. place Jau. 26

‘in the Mills Memorial Hospital 7 education: room’ at -'7:30- Patt

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River valley threatened

Better management of the area is the key 10 maintaining ils high wilderness values, Askey said,

The answer is to not solely limit use, he said, but to also effective- ly manage ‘the type, timing and distribution of use,

*'For example, there is a.risk that increased use by people who do nat subscribe to a common set of wilderness values and who are not conscientious about how they behave will hann the unique so- cial and environmental features of this river system,”’ he said.

“We're in the enviable position of having a recreational river still associated with high wilderness values,” says Askey. ‘We can either manage it by default and risk the consequences, or set up a formal management plan to ensure its sustainable use for gen- erations fo come.”

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