revenue at risk From page 1 something thar’s important.” Agreed Coun. fanice Harris, “It’s the public whe are going to stand en guard.” Complicating the issue of future land desiguation is the question oof whether the Lower Sevmour Valley will ever need te be flooded: for future Greater Vancouver drinking water needs. Some sav the existing dam could be raised without the need for flooding the Lower Seymour, The GVRD park's) com- mittee attempted to take this into account by adopiing the following — district-council- endorsed motion: a that Seymour Demenstration Forest be des- ignated a regional park; Wa plan be developed for the transfer oof the Seymour Demonstration Forest to the Water District if, in future, it is determined by the GVRD board of directors that the park be used as an additionai water resource: @ the GVRD parks depart- ment refer to the warer com- mittee any initiative thar could impact on the future potential use cf the park asa reservoir. District. council, members are aware that their support ofa “no logging” position in the watershed has been a minority one in the past bur hope there might at least be support ofa “water preserve” designation. Carolan said such a desig- nation is used in the U.S. and might represent a reasonable compromise to some GYRD board members. He sees no logging raking place in awater preserve unless the area was to be flooded. Muri said she has been labelled = aaive by North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks for her support of a parks designation. Muri disagrees and) sug- gests is will be more chan North Shore residents who would rally to prevent log- ging. “T think he’s naive if he thinks people are going to let one log come out of there,” Muri told council, She said people are aware Whistler/Biackcomb.. and 795.3 present: - thar “water can be gor from anywhere, omeludir the Coutailaan watershed if nce essare but where che can Power Mamland residents have the wilderness? Why do we have to keep detending if dts ane of the ewels of the Lower Mainland and one of the reasons we live here. It should be pertectly obvious.” The move to designate the 5,000-hectare (PS, 838-acre} area of the Lower Seymour Valley below the Seymour Dam as park began in August 1997 when the Western Canada Wilderness Committee WCWC) recom: mended a change in lands lise, Much of the area has already been logged bur there are still stands of original old growth with trees 3000 feet high, according ota the WCWC. ut-block Jogging has been halted in the area since 1991 while an ecological sur. vey @f the watershed is com- pleted. (Some logging con- tinued in the watershed until 1994 when existing contracts expired.) The ecological report is expected some time this sum- mer. The WCWC wants wark- ing forests demonstrated in areas like Squamish that could support active logging, and the Sevineur Demonstration Forest — redesignated the Seymour Ancient Groves Regional Park. Director of Friends of the Watershed Will Koop said Lower Mainland taxpayers have paid $4 million between 1986 and 1998 for the Demonstration Forest. He was unable to say what the bill might have been had the area been a park but pointed out a 1994 GVRD | [ FACTORY FUTON Sal_:/-bpm Sunday 12-5 pm 984-4504 | ageess tod sate taste of stay report, Demoustration — Forest Furnre Manuaneimeat Options, stated that tving the area into existing CVRD parks “poten tially reduces redundaney and overall GYR costs.” The GVRD paves taves te North Vancouver Districe tor the demonstration forest: $330,000 list vear, accondiag to Mlavor Don Bell? Vhe district would proa bly tose that revenue if the demonstration forest is desat nated a park. Beeatse of that, Bell was the only member of council to oppose a parks “desizna tion,” altheugh he did say he supported parks use of the demonstration forest. 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