.. Thad intended to devote
this weeks column to a
discussion .on releasing
fish and why: it is
becoming increasinl
Imore: _ popular

anglers in both B.C. and
“the Northwest States. As
it turn out, our M.L.A for

Skeena, , Cyril Shelford, in
his weekly Victoria
report on Jan.20, struck a
eenitive cord in yours

af follow
of omen he ma

number

cation various
ee ab, vari
Government : Depart-
‘ments in environmental

‘Reimplied that ‘Pressure .

rite which I assume
udes Envionmental

anizations, actually
have a say in the decision

making.

He made reference that
#ecisons on small simple
are made very quickly fa
are made ver
the U.S, as coppiced toa

long drawn out process in

-Mr. Shelford complains
that too many atudles are
conducted * en-
vironmental ingues ‘ef-
fecting . industrial

development and em-"

ployment and increasing
costs to industry, And he
is concerned that
pressure groups are
Weenenng _..onn

Soren ermneats bility te

ae “ot ‘en- ‘to
~ Lat regan (in fact. man

‘teat te
eation of authority
‘by. a variety of depar'-
ment. If thourough en
vironmental, assessments -
are-going to be reviewed
before decisions are
poing to be made, then it

necessary to get input

the various
Departments who are
responsible - for figh, .
we ture, “ait, ir "h

, air, human
health, ete. ;

“Unfortunatly; checks

and balances, are needed
in; the area of. en-:
vironmental. control :
beeause it is such a
complex field. To
generalize, as so: many
people are- ‘doing: these
sg is ‘wrong. :

tis a mistaken belief |
‘ that a 5 ile government
agency is capable of
making 'the ultimate
decision, for expaml! 8, On

g the ' develop-
ment. at an Oil port at
FKitima GC:
Pollution control Branch
has wide ranges powers- "
in..a sense, it is. the
ultimate authority in a
number of areas on eh-
vironmental control. In
the. opinon,- of many.

dupli

‘Rivers

e require

“are used in , Oregon).

Studies on

Shores

people this. ‘Provineiat a"
Government Branch has ©

often abused its authority
by over-riding legitimate
environmen

concern
in fact it is often referred

“Provincial
‘Licensing

to as the
Pollution
Branch.”

If sound meaningful
decisions are going to be
made on environmental
issues. input for all.
resource agencies that
could be effected must be

provided.

Prt say that. ‘pressure

ups’ make decisions in

¢ environmental field is

: not true, Asa matter of .

fact, in most instances

the concerns of en- §

vironmental pressure -
Sroups | mua
influence’ upon

the: ultimate decisions |

being made. My ex-
with» -

tal
nizations is that the
moments of frustration at
losing another round far
outnumber the few. times
that we have seriously
affected a final decision.
£o toot believe itis ue
the environmental .
decisions take- longer: to

rake in Canada than the
US. “It may be true for
small, ‘simple decigions-.
although I doubt it, as
‘thereis a greater maze of
Government Fish and

near
prehensive meaningful

"|. ahead. It all

ly have By

‘en-

. Kitimat and Edmonton.

Kitimat Pipeline has had
some preliminary
assessment work done by
environmental con-
‘guitants,while Fish -and
Wildlife Agencies in B.C.

. have not undertaken any

studies

‘On the other side of the
fence, that fact is that not
enough  ‘com-

studi
or’. to

ies are ever done
most major.
evelopments going
depends on
whose ox is being gored.
my people, ive mete
many le, give me
npression that he

water, air and the
protection and preser:
vation of and
wildlife. as- long as thé
maintenance of these
resources does not slow
down economic and in-
dustrial growth

Wednesday’ ‘night at the Terrace arena |

eves in having clean

I do agree that pressure Commerce,
ups must not become Loggers

gro isos iaticn, and is in a sense discouraging less conflict would exist.

so so_ power that they
out Governments

will and ability to govern.
Unfortunately _ many

and present
rovincial and Federal
Governments have been
unwilling to listen to the
people. Pressure groups
most intances are
ty poop out of frustration
ple who are fed up

with the way govern-
ments are con cling the
peoples affairs. Ob-
viously a. balance must
exist . wherby Govern-
ments listen through
various forms to whay
the general public as to
say; ultimatly, they must
make the final decision.
But to go back to the
dark ages and express
ourselves only through

the ballot box is aé

weakening of our
Democratic system. If
pressure are are to be

organizations
cach as Chamber of

Northwest

all our Unions; aS well as
the Steelhead 'Soceity of

B.C., S.P.E.K. the B.c.
Wildife Federation, and
many, Many more would
all be effected. No group
or organization has
“Hallowed’: place in our
Society. -

Democracies are the
most complicated and
finest form of

Government. in ~ the
world, For them to work
properly a maximum

ortunity must be
ven to the people to
participate in their
nection. . all~have
responsibility ‘o see that
the system does not break
down and it is
politicians to provide
reasonable and sensible
guidelines for people to
‘ollow.

For Mr. Shelford,whom
I believe is a--very
democratic thinking
person, to suggest that
Governments should. not
listen to pressure groups:

up to the.

THE

the freedom of people to

express themselves to
Governments.

While it often is true
that full public = in-
volvement, studies

‘commissions, ete, do slow

Industrial

development and effect
short term economic gain
and employment,. the
long term results usually
provides fora much more
stable economy , 4
cleaner environment and
happier people. If our

political process was. not

Subject. to
polorization of beliefs and
short term political gain, -
we would not see the
prolifiration of pressure

groups.
were to actively en-
courage Preater long
term in all fields of en-
deavour with fair and
equa! consideration for’
the environment a much

down

goal each for J. Miller and §. James. Scoring for

McEwan Motors vs The Terrace Juveniles in an the Juveniles was §. Dodd with a Hat Trick, M.

Exhibition game. Game ended in a 7-7 tie.

ie

wildlife agencies . -for'-

example “Washington -
and Oregon than in Bc:

. And L do Imow™ through

ersonal involvement
at much more stringent
to tae Forest 1 are ap-

e Forest Industry ot
2!

With r a
projects, 5. regulations
are far more stringent.
‘For example, Oil: Port.
applicadons such as the
posed at Long
Beach, raters tong fas
are
rr the effect this
Port could: have on: alr.
“quality.

It is "mandatory: ‘to do.

very ~~ extensive en-:
vironmental “impact.
studies . : before a

-plications are settoly.
considered.

Not so tnCariads' or.

iitimat Pipl ad,
ma .
has had do some:
studies related to the
Marine aspect of tieir-

proposal under authority”
of the Termpal.’ com-

ollution ‘studies have
been undertaken nor are
they necessary. As ‘well,
no environmental impact
study has been. made.on:
the effect that ‘the -oil
will have on fish,.

ppaite ‘and the en-—

vironment, “between

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The word aphrodisiac
comes from Aphrodite,
the beautiful Greek:
goddess of love.

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In Greek: ‘mythology,
Phoebe was the goddess
of the moon and Phoebis |

the god of the 3 sun.

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Hill scoring 2 and S. Smyth ai and G. Inkster each

Scoring by McEwan Motors gave a hat trick for. getting. one.
eColl, R. Lewis scored 2 and there was one’

~ Reds lose to Rupert

"Terrace 6 Heds suffered
a 9-3 defeat at Wednesday.

, game a alnst
acpi

Bu nt
Re re goin

+ brat
. a was ited

Figure
‘Skater —

ny Saab, 20, * ot
am, B.C.,
‘past his arch-

rival Brieis Pockar, 10, of
the ‘senior

ulsory. --
‘event at the Ca:
fern i Se ‘skating
champion
‘Szabo "finished. second
to to Fodkar -in the ‘Westerti
Canada: sectionals, and

with: Vern: Taylor,

along
i, of Toronto; the pair’ is

considered the. cream of.
the men’s crop. ._ -
‘In the senior wornen' 8
Heather eames 18,
on strengthened
on her claim to,
the women’s: title by--
winning handily:
“The. . seniors’. --com-
petition. continues Friday’
with ‘compulsory free:
‘and conclude . Saturday —
with the free skating. -
ery.
Don Mills, Ont... finished
third in the men’s eres
with : Taylor endin
» exenth in in «te fi id ‘a
g) . ;
owever, . "Taylor's
forte is free’ skating, and *:
he’ ig os Saar tomoveup —

com tition ’
a _ conte ae .

Beacom, 17, of |

off. .
At 4:20 into the third
period, Guy Farkvam of |

5 te eds ,,,and, “Andrew,
“Kings: the two went at it again.

aks: son

“of .,the :

tarted fighting out on the

gl
ice and were called into

the penalty box.
Once. thee however,

Terrace manager. Red
L’Estrange pulled the

team off. the ice and.
headed hoié'« :. for”
Terrace, Nt

such a_

If government

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