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September 28, 2005 the Valley Voice September 28, 2005 The Valley Voice Volume 14, Number 19 September 28, 2005 Delivered to every home between Edgewood, Kaslo & South Slocan. Published bi-weekly. “Your independently-owned regional community newspaper serving the Arrow Lakes, Slocan & North Kootenay Lake Valleys.” Most schools in the area participated in the Silver Anniversary Terry Fox Run on September 16. Here, Lucerne students are off and running. With pine beetle comes changes to landscape and forest industry by Jan McMurray because they have to shift to cutting DeCourcy says that Arrow-Boundary and Parks legislation limits the options. encourage people to reduce the risk of The pine beetle situation in the more pine and less of other species is trying to avoid an AAC uplift in order “Harvesting is the tool we usually wildfire, with our main concern being Arrow-Boundary and Kootenay Lake where possible. to have a timber supply for the future. choose, but within parks, it is more human safety.” Forest Districts is much better than it is “We’re trying to get as many of our “We’re not contemplating an uplift complicated,” said Dale Anderson, The federal government has in other areas of the province. However, operations into currently infested areas at this time. With our mixed stands and Stewardship Officer, Kootenay Lake recently announced assistance of $100 that is not a very heartening statement, or red attack areas, so they have to drop lower percentage of pine, we can still district. “Road building has such a big million to the Province, which has come seeing as how the epidemic is “the worst everything else. They are doing a pretty make it work and have a timber supply impact and there are issues of motorized up with a strategy to spend the money natural disaster ever to hit our forests,” good job, but are taking some time to in the future,” she said. “With some luck vs. non-motorized use.” over the next three years on mitigating according to the premier. get there,” said DeCourcy. and good strategy around harvesting, we Another issue is the increased risk the impacts of the beetle attack. In The ministry has just finished its In other areas of the province like won’t lose a lot of pine and we won’t of wildfire associated with pine beetle February, the Province budgeted $101 annual aerial survey to assess the Vanderhoof and Prince George, where have a lot of unsalvaged pine and we attacked forests. “The trees are well million over three years to reforest beetle infestation and the latest data will be the pine beetle infestation is much worse won’t have to increase the AAC.” adapted to fire prone ecosystems,” said kill area, support economic available soon. “And then the scramble because there is a much higher Kootenay Lake district faces Anderson, explaining that the cones diversification planning in affected begins,” said Christine Sacenieks, percentage of pine, the allowable annual another challenge because West Arm require heat, either fire or sunlight, to communities and to facilitate new Stewardship Forester, describing the cut (AAC) has been increased. Provincial Park is fairly badly infested release their seeds. “We are trying to strategies for using beetle wood. planning process the licensees are going to have to go through when the numbers Tourism funding may be invested in International Selkirk Loop come in. by Jan McMurray project from the federal government RDCK’s plan to promote the Canadian Commerce and decided to table the ISL Sacenieks of the Kootenay Lake At the most recent council ($120,000) and the Province ($40,000) side of the ISL. proposal until after the UBCM district and Tara DeCourcy of the Arrow meetings, local governments in our as long as local governments will New Denver council decided that convention, when it would no doubt be Boundary district indicated that this area discussed how they might use contribute $80,000. It is this $80,000 its priority was the paddlewheeler discussed in more detail. year’s data would show a lot more the provincial tourism funding now that the RDCK is trying to raise through project, in partnership with the Village Slocan council also decided to wait infestation than last year’s because it is available to them through the Union the UBCM tourism funding. of Slocan and Area H. However, it will on a decision regarding the ISL project. “growing exponentially” in the forests. of BC Municipalities — and The letter also points out that the contribute a portion to support the ISL, Councillor Gates, RDCK representative As of last year, DeCourcy says that discovered that there are at least two US government has allocated $40 provided other municipalities do the for Slocan, said he thought Slocan might about 8% of stands or 47,000 ha on the options for pooling the money toward million to the ISL, and indicates that the same. get some spin-off from the ISL, but Arrow side of the district were at risk regional projects. Canadian side may see some of that. Nakusp council was waiting for questioned if it was worth the amount and about 27% or 132,000 ha were at The allocation of the funds for The CAO from Creston had suitable proposals from the Chamber of asked for. risk on the Boundary side. each Village in the regional district another idea for the tourism funding and The Kootenay Lake district, is $15,000, and for the RDCK, it is wrote to all local governments in the Incomappleux Road update according to Sacenieks, had 11,000 ha about $91,000. regional district suggesting they all pool The Incomappleux River barricades being erected effective of red attack or dead trees last year. The RDCK has proposed that all the money together for regional Canyon Bridge, about six km September 28 at 6 pm. Engineering Although both Sacenieks and local governments in the region advertising and promotion. northeast of Beaton, has been closed assessments indicate the bridge is DeCourcy stressed that the situation in contribute a percentage of its funding And of course, some municipalities to all traffic effective immediately unsafe for vehicular traffic, and the other areas of the province was much to go towards promoting the have their own projects they would like and until further notice, due to public is advised to avoid using the more dire, DeCourcy said people should International Selkirk Loop (ISL) on to pursue. damage caused by a recent rockfall. crossing, as further rockfalls are be aware that “it is going to change the the Canadian side. The proposal is to At the RDCK meeting, the board The rock came down on possible. landscape” in our area. establish a Canadian office for the authorized $40,000 for the ISL project. September 10, the day after people The closure will remain in effect “We do need to be harvesting the ISL Tourism Society and hire a It also aknowledged that the UBCM who were protesting Pope & Talbot’s until the damage is repaired, which pine. It will be visible from the highway, Canadian Operations/Marketing originally made an error in the amount road building efforts in the Boyd is anticipated to happen in summer where we wouldn’t normally be doing Director. allocated to the regional district. Instead Creek area of the Incomappleux 2006. The road does not currently clearcutting,” she said. The letter from the RDCK to the of about $117,000, the figure was closer Valley were served with an access any active harvesting The main strategy that both districts local governments outlining the to $91,000. This will mean that the injunction and cleared the road. operations and will soon become are using to combat the problem is proposal says: “The inclusion of the RDCK will have to ask for a bit more In BC Supreme Court on impassable due to its elevation and salvage harvesting. DeCourcy said that Canadian portion (West Kootenays) of from each Village, so each Village September 15, the injunction was winter weather. a tree must be salvaged in 2-3 years once the ISL is the first expansion outside of council will have to re-visit the issue. cancelled and all further proceedings Incomappleux River Forest it is dead. After that, it has no economic the United States and, as a result, will Thus, the following are preliminary adjourned indefinitely because of the Service Road connects with value. receive unprecedented international decisions made by the village councils rockslide. Highway 31, about 76 km north of Logging companies are finding media exposure...” It also says that the in our area. Bridge closure notices have Nakusp, and 67 km south of themselves in a tough transition phase ISL has received commitments for the Kaslo council decided to support been posted at the site, with Revelstoke via the Galena Bay ferry. COUNTRY FURNITURE & HOME DECOR Looking for something out of the ordinary? Country Furniture & Home Decor, 476 Baker St. Nelson, Toll-Free 1-866-352-3665 2 NEWS The Valley Voice September 28, 2005 Morton’s Beach controversy continues by Penelope Dewar lots of stuff we see, like kids roaring “When we drove past the park last ARROW LAKES—Since the around on quads. It could be a good summer the mowed field [at the south 1960s the land locally known as training ground, if everyone paid end] was half full with campers, spilled Morton’s Beach has been involved attention.” over from the camp sites,” Tom Morton in controversy. This summer was no Parent considers that “you always reports. exception. get your renegades. At Halcyon [hot There has been some confusion ! Some summers, depending on springs] they put up a sign saying ‘no over whether the Parks Branch actually la weather and management of the trespassing’.
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