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page 6, July 14, 1976 - North Shore News

A wide-ranging = study
which would lead to co-

ordination and_ effective
management of the North
Shore mountain areas of the
Lower Mainland has been
endorsed by the Greater
Vancouver Regional District
(GVRD) park committee.

Major use of the mountain
areas is for public recreation
but because there are so
many government agencies
involved there are conflicts
over. use and in some
instances park developments
are being hindered or block-
ed.

The proposed study would
take in the mountain areas
above North and West

*“Wilderness Survival’’ a
booklet produced jointly by
two B.C. government dep-
artments has proved to be so
popular that a second print-
ing has been ordered:

The pocketbook is aimed at
campers, hikers, skiers,
hunters and others who go
into wilkderness areas. It
describes everything from
the type of equipment
carried,, to how to send
signals if a person is lost.
One section is devoted to
edible piants for those who
might become lost. The
introduction deals with sur-
vival psychology.

The first printing of 50,000
has been distributed and a
second printing of 50,000 has

to stud

Vancouver as well as areas
further up the Fraser Valley,
east of Indian Arm.

The GVRD park committee
recommended that the Prov-
incial Government’s Envir-
onment and Land Use

- Committee be requested to

lead and co-ordinate the
study. Among the agencies
that could be involved in the
study are the B.C. Forest
Service, B.C. Department of
Recreation and Conserva-
tion, B.C. Lands Branch,
B.C. Department of Mines,
B.C. Water Resources Ser-
vices, B.C. Hydro, UBC’s
Department of Forestry, the
GVRD, the Dewdney-Alou-
ette Regional District and the
Municipality of Mission.

been ordered through the
Queen’s Prinier.

Officials in the Information
Division, British Columbia
Forest Service, and the
Outdoor Recreation Branch,
Department of Recreation
and Travel Industry prepared
the booklet, according to an
announcement by the two
minister concerned—Hon.
Tom Waterland and Hon..
Grace McCarthy.

‘**The book clearly meets a
real need,”” said Mr. Waterl-
land. ‘‘We’re going to make
it available through. our two
departments, enabling the
public to safely enjoy their
wilderness experience.’’

Letters continued

continued from page 4 —

But, Mr. Alexander,
please take note, that the
Neighbourhood _ Planning

Association was the first
citizen group that made its
feelings known on the Park
Royal South expansion, while
the niné ratepayer and
citizen groups that hollered
at city hall were © still

scratching their heads last

year.
Ron Sostad, President

Neighborhood Planning
Assn.

7

Need wading
pools

This year the North Van-
couver summer parks prog-

Mona

sponsors Kirby's Klip

senior lacrosse

per

Klipper T-shirts available now

rams and wading pools are
not in operation. This dec-
ision was apparently made
by the Reeration Commission
two months ago due to
budget cutbacks. I believe
this is false economy as there
will be increased vandalism
in the parks which will then
have to be rectified.

The younger children ben-
efit greatly from these
programs each summer and
look forward to them. They
have a sense of security
playing in a supervised play
area and when mothers with

. toddlers are in the parks by

the pools.

Many of these mothers
with toddlers are unable to
get to or afford more

sophisticated recreation pro- |

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The objective of the study

_ would be ‘‘to examine the

Situation in the North Shore

mountain area and to pro-. {

pose means by which activity
and land use conflicts might
be eliminated or reduced,
barriers to proper develop-
ment removed and the
multi-purpose potential of
the whole area optimized.”’

While the proposal has
been endorsed by the GVRD
park committee it has not yet
gone to the regional board
for consideration. Support
for. the study from the.
Dewdney-Alouette and
Fraser-Cheam regional dis-
tricts is being sought before

it is sent on to the GVRD !

Board.

Mrs. McCarthy said ‘‘Wil-
derness Survival’’ is part of
the government’s new inter-
departmental approach to
improve wilderness safety.
**Staff from my department,
the forest service, and
several other departments
are preparing -safety stan-
dards for groups active in
wilderness recreation,’’ she
said. ‘‘With the increasing
public interest in the out-

doors, we are increasing our

efforts to assure the safety of.
B.C. residents and visitors.’’

‘Wilderness Survival’’ is
available free of charge from
any office of the B.C. Forest
Service, or from the Outdoor
Recreation Branch, Depart-
ment of Recreation and

Travel Industry, Victoria, |

B.C.

grams and will now have, no
place to go where they can ,

enjoy the companionship of
other young mothers and
their children enjoy the
informal atmosphere of the
pool.

The Myrtle Park pool was

resurfaced only last summer.
Why was the taxpayer's
money spent on this if the
pool was then to remain

empty? Had the public been.

aware ofthese decisions,
maybe some form of volun-
teer rota ‘coiild have been
organized to at least keep
some of the pools open as has
I believe been done at some
Burnaby pools.

Cecilia A.M. McLaren
North Vancouver

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