Al 4 - The Terrace Sténdard, Wednesday, June 14, 2000

Two companies bail from logging ban talks —

THE TWO companies with the largest coastal logging operations close to Terrace have dropped out of caali- tion talks with environ- mental groups.

Interfor, which accounts for about-a third of central and north coast logging, has joined West Fraser on the sidelines, apting lo use other means to try to re- solve environmental dis- putes. ~

Only Weyerhaeuser, Fletcher Challenge, West- erm Forest Products and Canfor now remain in talks with Greenpeace, the Sier- ra Club and the Coastal Rainforest Coalition.

West Fraser is in the midst of selling its North Coast forest licence and says ils main tree farm li- cence in this area will be guided by the decisions of the Kalum Land and re- source Management Plan. ° {t pulled out of the green-

Sale hear

A PUBLIC hearing over West Fraser’s plan to seil its north coast licence has been set for June 20th in . Prince Rupert.

The sale nceds the ap- proval of the forest mini- Ster.

West Fraser has been using some of the wood — from the licence to feed its custom cutting North Coast Timber mill in Prince Rupert. The licence to log was granted on the basis the wood go to that mill,

West Fraser wants that condition severed in a new licence that would apply to its new owner. West.

industry coastal forest talks in May.

Interfor chief forester Rie Slaco said the compa-

ny decided to leave the

‘talks and go it alone be-

cause ils interests diverged from those of other compa- nies,

“| think we shared a common goal and -a com- mon problem,” he said. “Bul the fact we were dif-

ferent businesses with dif-

ferent ‘constraints to our businesses meant we nee- ded to respond. differently to the issues.”

Interfor “became con- cerned that its contractors and other partners and ulti- mately the public were not adequately represented, he said,

“We're dealing with the public’s resource,” Slaco said. “The decisions really have to be in the best in- terests af the people. To not have the people in-

ing soon

Fraser will keep ownership of the mill.

li’s asking for a clause in a new licence so that wood be offered first to a processing facility in the Prince Rupert area before attempts are made to sell it elsewhere.

That appears to be part of the strategy of West Fraser to distance itself from coastal logging and so avoid any problems with environmental groups.

The company has

bailed out of talks with en- °

vironmental groups to- wards an 18-month logging moratorium in pristine coastal valleys.

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Interfor will continue to be part of the Central Coast LRMP talks, he said, and is urging the startup of a similar’ land- use process -in the north coast forest district.

The company hopes to continue to work closely with environmental groups, and expects to maintain its apreement to not log pris- tine new areas; such as the lower Ecstall River and Khtada Lake areas south- west of Terrace.

Slaco said the company *

is trying to maintain jobs by shifting logging opera- lions into other areas.

Interfor’s Terrace-based North Coast operations dir- ectly employs 135 workers in its logging and forestry operations.

Most of its wood is pro- cessed at sawmills in the Squamish and Lower Mainland area, although some wood is traded with other forest companies, in- cluding Skeena Cellulose.

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PUBLIC MEETING

Proposal to transfer Forest Licence A16820, fram West Fraser Mills Ltd., to Triumph Timber Ltd,

A public meeting will be held to recelve comments on the proposed transfer of Forest Licance A16820 in the North

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Coast timber supply area. This proposed transfer requires

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Date: June 20, 2000 Time; 7:30 10:00 pm Location: Crest Motor Hotel, Prince Rupert

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