& - Wednesday, November 27, 1991 - North Shore News

Howe Sound healing discussed at meeting}

THE FIFTH and final public meeting on the state and
future of the Howe Sound watershed took place Saturday
evening at West Vancouver’s Sentinel Secondary School,

concluding a day-long Howe Sound

information fair

featuring displays by students and scientists.

The evening panel, consisting of
representatives from Fisheries and
Oceans Canada, the Geologica!
Survey of Canaca, Ministry of
Forests, and the Western Canada
Wilderness Committee, voiced
their specific concerns to the larg-
est crowd attending the five public
meetings.

After a_ brief ‘‘geographical
tour’? of the Howe Sound water-
shed, the six-member panel
outlined the five major concerns
developed from a Bowen Island
weekend workshop gathering of
75 specialized scientists in Oc-
tober.

The five areas are:

ecffluent from Britannia
Mines;

@ pulp mill effluent disposal
practices;

@ the decline in Howe Sound
salmon stock;

@ forestry techniques,

@and the Squamish River
estuary.

Bob Turner, a research scientist
with the Geological Survey of
Canada and mediator for the
meeting, restated that the mandate
for the workshop was not {o set
policy, but to begin an informa-
tion data base for the watershed
and make it available to govern-
ment, environmental watchdogs,
and the general public.

“What we ultimately set out to

By Andrew McCredie
Contributing Writer

do was promote the gathering and
application of watershed informa-
tion, with a summary volume to
be published in the new year,”
Turner stated.

Environment Canada
proposing a State of the En-
vironment report for Howe
Sound, which is scheduled to be
published next year.

The dominant concerns of those
attending the meeting dealt not so
much with the current state of the
sound, but with which parties are
responsible for establishing policy
in the areas of fishing, forestry,
mining, and general development.

All members of the panel
agreed that establishing such
responsibilities would be the first
step in starting to heal the sound.

Environmental author Guy
Dauncy said, *‘What is needed is a
unified principle on the watershed,
with a complete re-organization of
boundaries and administration
principles. The Howe Sound needs
a single watershed authority with
a clear master plan and statement
of goals.’*

When asked what the public can
do to effect change in the sound,
Dauncy responded, ‘‘The first step

is also

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis

B.C. MINISTRY of Forests informat!.n officer Nancy Argyle discusses Howe Sound environmental : - ‘

issues with Sentinel Grade 8 student Matthew Jackson.

The prevailing message of the
night was that the public must
stay involved in the pracess.

locai level identifying what they
want to protect, then implement
measures to protect it.’”

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regional round-table discussion,
comprised of local people at the

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