TERRACE — Ther’ll be fewer and: fewer foresiry jobs here ‘as the years go by, says a provincial study. . >. The 55- “page. ‘study. looked at three scenarios ‘based on yearly logging amounts ‘ins the Kaium..- North area and came. ‘up with the ~ same job loss conclusion’ each time. ‘ It also said there'll, be a an 2 effect. _ - socio-economic study’: examine on the regional economy. as it ad- justs to fewer jobs. -: Entitled Socio-Economic As- sessment of Timber. Suipply- Op- tions for the Northern, Portion of the Kalum Timber. Supply Area, the report:is a companion.docu- ment to the Kalum North Timber Supply Review, 3. ees), That review, Feleased ‘in “mid March, said-the amount ‘of log- ging going on exceeds by thice times the amount of timber teach- - ing malurity’soit can‘be cut. Annual culs .of 1.25 million ‘oresitry Job los cubic feet a year ‘should ‘be . reduced to just under 400,000 cubic feet to what is called a sustainable level of logging, the review. said: ~ .- The. review. algo : made recom" mendations’ on how: to-reduce the growing rates. . _ The» three. ‘scenarios’. in, the each réecommendation’and. trans- late them into job losses. - Information ‘outlined and com- ments of interested parties will be used by the chief forester in deciding how much ‘wood should be cut in the North Kalum. North: Kalu. is defined as the area taking in the Bell Irving and Upper Nass sectors. reaching down south to:Meziadin’Junction and to the forth of the Nass Val. ley. The ‘three loging: scenarios are: “amount of: Jogging’ over:the next . ‘century to equalize cutting and i) No change in. logging amounts forthe next 10° years, then a reduction of” 9,5 per cent: per ‘decade: until: (the + cut: - Teaches” 385,000 |... cubic’: metres (sustainable cut) a century ' “from: now. a : 2) No change in't the’ cur-" _ tent cut-for.20. years, then: - a reduction-of 10 per cent” : Sper decade \-until’: ‘the ~- target. harvest level is feached. pee 3) Immediately. stag logging by 20-percent fol- >: lowed 40° years. later by further “10 per. ent, cul. each decade, (+t. The report oredicts ‘the ‘irsi op- tion will: mean ‘that: while direct forest jobs will i increase.from 501 man years to 543 over the first 20 years, by year 60 they will have dropped to just 382. The decline in direct and in- direct jobs would -be from.723 to 550 .and: direct/indirect income would be.siashed: from $25 mil- lion to less’ than‘$19-million. ~The pleture’s little different un- der ‘option two: with . equivalent figures 60 years from now. being 398, 573 and $19.7 million,” .. However, ing logging for that first 20 years would mean ‘‘a major wood. ; shortfall. (reaching an annual log-' ging level Less than 200,000. cubic metres) somewhere between 140- - 130 years from now. The - final option: presents the . brightest picture in the long term but. the “harshest Immediate ef fects. - Cutting, logging by 20 per cent immediately would see100_ direct: Cont'd Page A AQ” ofhe----report ~ack- . nowledges holding off‘on reduc- © pr edic ed _ TERRACE — Foresters, like those in any other profession, _ speak a ianguage often not un- ** derstood by other people. : Thal’s why the forest service _.ds: preparing a plain language . version of timber supply fig- ., ures and logging options for * the-Kalum North area. ~The timber figures: and log- ging options are contained’ in two separate Teporis — onc released this spring and one released just last week. _. Information: in” the _feports ‘and comments. from people in the area will be used by the ‘Chief forester to decide how Easy to read wood. reports coming out many trees should be cut in the Kalum North. — Those. who wish to read the formal reports have until Aug. 31 top reply, Or they can wait until the plain language — discussion. paper comes out in the ‘fall, says’ forest~ service manager: Brian Downie. “It will be widely distributed | throughout the communities,” he said. Copies of the formal studies are available at the district forest service office here. Questions can be addressed to Downie. Just hangin’ around - THE. LAZY, HAZY days of summer are here once again, “and what better way to tke ad- vantage. of them than by going to the local playground to hang out (or upside-down). Above, Lindsay Weltman: celebrates her summer holidays by. getting into the swing of tings: at the. Uplands adventure © Playground ona cloudless afternoon. + They € “ollligs it ‘the bes : Spring beats A in 15, years. “And: it’s Vveryone outto the river.’ : ~ COMMUNITY BL __ money for the projects a. Library board sending out expansion tenders TERRACE — Tenders are final- ly going out for the library expan- sion project. But there’s still no guarantee the addition will go ahead. - That’s because the library board : and the city will wait to first see what kind of estimates’ come: back, council’s library board Tep- resentative said last week. Some kind of cost estimate is important because the library’ board may not have cnough “Tt was unanimous” that we can’t sil around anymore and dis- . cuss prices without being sure what a tender price. might be,”’ said conncil. “representative Alderman Danny Sheridan. The prospect of .not- having . cnongh money first arose last. year. Although city and area axe. payers have approved borrowing $1.235 million,“ an - expected $600,000 lottery (grant © was shelved when government shelved the program. The borrowing and grant were based on an approximate cost.of $1.7 million. Since then the library hoard ms trimmed (he project and” lender request fits the new design The key to (he new design is the. $70,000... the. provincial. . deletion of a finished basement. All that is wanted is an unfinished one, But the. main floor size, 10,000 Square feet, is the same as the _,original proposal. Anformation from the library “board’s’: archilect, Soutar and As-.: sociates, indicates the building cost at $1,15 million, site work at $30,000, security system at $15,000, shelving al $35,000 and built-ins such as work stations at cost. $150,000 for a total _ projected cost of $1.45 million. There is also provision in the tender documents for a 12-foot , wide strip running the length of © the building at an anticipated cost Of $75,000, making for a final . cost of $1. 525 million. ‘Complete drawings for inter- ested contractors will be ready Aug, 2, and tenders are to be retumed by Aug. 19, “The size (of the building) was . discussed and the feeling was not to reduce the size in the tenders,”’ “said Sheridan. . *That’s nol to say ii the tenders are high, we can’t sit down and e — change them,”’ he added, **The consensus is to build the _ building to size and maybe look, But big bucks await the lucky Steelhead rt TERRACE — Early steelhead returns look dismal so far. — But habitat biologist Bob Hooton says It’s much too carly to tell forcertain, He estimates around 850 steci- head had cluded) commercial boais and tntered the. Skeena River as of July 18. 0 “'That’s ‘down. from’ the neatly 2,200 steelhead in the river. by that date last year. _ And over the fast 10. years, the average number of steelhead that. had entered’ tie river by July 18 is - 3,500. for another two weeks it’s. very alarming,’ says Hooton.” But he noted the first returns . petition ish. . the “JE-the. same > pattern prevails -Tee-time thriller : e The junior golf com- at the Skeena Valley golf” club. pro-. vided: an amazing fin- SPORTS + C1 that come in often have little bearing on the final steelhead return. The peak season can be cx- tremely strong.and make up for. weak early season returns. And for those who do catch a ‘prized steclhead, there’s a finan- ~ _Cial reward this year, It’s a nifty $1,000'on the part of federal. Department of Fisheries «and. Oceans, ‘North - Coast Advisory Board, Northern Native ‘Fishing Corporation and - provincial environment ministry. It’s part of. the second year of . the commercial fishery’s attempt to save sleelhead caught in com-- mercial nets before they reach the river. Ins | at carrols and built-ins and so on later on,’’ said Sheridan. Included as_part of this project is a new roof for the existing, but leaky, structure. Sheridan said that if the expan- sion does not go ahead this year; some repair work will be done on the roof, tc ee The. possibility. of — getting ‘provincial assistance for the pro- ject hinges on a replacement to sier ie Dif uae pe aigoeges mnths, nowscancelled.GQ.. B.C..1ot- The unfinished basément would © lery program. There’s been no word yet on what kind of projects. will qualify for ‘the community. grants pro- gram ot what level: of assistance there wilibe, © Any money for ‘the! community grants will come out of general revenue and won’t be tied to Iot- tery income, | The government has set aside $32 million for. its. community grants program in-this year’s budget but two-thirds of that Is to finish off commitments made un- der GO B.C, In 1990,:$53.2 million Was allo- cated for GO B.C,, failing to $33.4 million the next year. when . the government decided to cancel the program and shift the meney : elsewhere, a The idea of the program is com- mercial fishermen keep those fish in on-board holding tanks pend- ing their transportation to a spe- cial barge. The fish are held there until the commercial ‘fishing opening is over, then tagged and released to make” their way inlo and up: the river. But this time; those steelhead , will be worth four figure fish. The $1,000 cash prize will be | divided .between the commercial fisherman who tags and releases a steelhead in July or August and the upstream angler who catches that same one during the sicel- head season in the fall.