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NEW REQUIREMENTS of the Forest Practices Code may be eating into the profits of the big companies. ' But the code is also translat- ing into a lot more work and jobs for local consultants, + Just ask Pat Bolin, Terrace branch manager for McElhan- ney Consulting Services Ltd., where business has ballooned dramatically from a year ago, * The amount of business the consulting service does has more than doubled and per- haps as much as tripled from a year earlicr, says Bolin. {We've essentially doubled our slaff in Terrace -— from _ approximately six last year to - 12 or 15 this year,’’ Bolin said... And they’ve added different . types. of service to their forestry consulting. mix. -*"We’ve included a bunch of different disciplines,’’ he said, ‘Habitat biology, forestry " technicians. - We've really diversified in terms of the type of services ~ we offer.”’ ; ’ * Bolin said the increase is at- tributable entirely to the boom in forestry consulting work, ~-That’s partly a result of in- creased overall forestry ac- ‘tivity — which has been driven by rising prices for pulp and lumber — and to a large extent by the Forest Practices ‘Code.

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BUSINESS IS booming for companies hired to deal with the pro- vince's new Forest Practices Code, Ryan Back and Doris Savoie work for McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. which has doubled its work force and tripled Its business owing to the new way of managing the province's forests.

a lot more significant role of professional engineers to be involved in proper forestry planning in accordance with the code,”’ Bolin explained.

Previously, he said, forestry design and engineering work consisted of simply designing bridges and roads.

“‘Now we have to design bridges and roads within the parameters of the Forest Prac-

The job also means a lot of work with the company that holds the timber rights, and government agencies,

It’s often up to consultants to try to forge workable solutions

‘between the licensee, and the

ministries of forests and en- vironment, he said,

It probably costs forest com- panies about 20 to 30 per cent more now to log a given area

“All of a sudden now there’s a lot more significant role of professional engineers to be involved in proper forestry planning in accordance with the code.’

tices Code recognizing the im- portance of habitat tection.””

The new requirements mean a higher level of habitat im- pact research, and, many more

. Projects now. require that type of research, ‘

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because of the code, Bolin said.

Other consulting firms in Terrace are also feeling the boom, he added.

Bolin said there are about eight firms in’ town that do forestry consulting work.

Bear Cresh Contracting Ltd

3752 Highway 16 East, Terrace, B.C V8G 471

Phone 635-3407 Fax 635-6919

Weetnané Crading Lt.

3752 Highway 16 East, Terrace, B.C. V8G 471

Phone 635-3407 Fax 635-6919

NORTHERN MOTOR INN LTD.

3086 Highway 16 East, Terrace, B.C. V8G 3N5

Phone 635-6375 Fax 635-6129

2387 Thornhill Street Terrace, B.C.

Phone 635-3407 or 638-8404

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Phone 635-6334 Fax 635-4353

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