A10-Wednesday, May 21, 1980 - North Shore News ” ee inquiring reporter Pe by Ellsworth Dickson There is a fierce legal battle looming on the horizon with regards to the possible open pit copper mine on Gambier Island in Howe Sound. Many of the residents oppose the development of this 280 million ton ore body, but many others say we need the 300 jobs the mine will create. This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks: ‘Should mining operations be allowed in Howe Sound?”’ John Vanee North Vancouver I think the mine should go ahead. We need the minerals and the jobs. You can’t stop industrial development to save a few trees. Paul Polano The Hague, Holland Even though jobs wiil be created, I have seen what open pit mining does to the land and I hope the mine does not go ahead. The impact of the mine on the island will be terrible. Chuck Binns North Vancouver I think Howe Sound should be preserved as a recreational area. Its natural beauty should be protected for future generations. We have many resources in other parts of the province. We don’t want another mess like Bntanmia Beach Julius Javor North Vancouver If the mine creates hundreds of yobs and does not damage the en vironment, if should go ahead Since the mine 1s very close to Vancouver there should be very strict regulabions to protect the ccology Terry Miranda North Vancouver Chink we should heep Howe Sound toon reercational purposes | Think an open pil copper mine would Wdestroy Crambier Ishand Schools cost cutting eyed The consolidation of schools is the best way to keep school costs down in the North Vancouver school district, according to a report tabled at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. The report was prepared by the long-term cost reductions Committee and outhned ways in which per- pupil cost increases could be controlled in North Van- couver. The report noted that “a large number of fixed costs tend to limit the capability of the District to reduce costs proportional to enrolment decrease.” But several ways of keeping costs down were outlined. “Probably no area holds as much potential for per-pupil cost reduction ... as does the More reforestation The current reforestation crisis in British Columbia re- quires a firm long-term fun- ding commitment by govern- ment in the interest of all Bntish Columbians. That was the main thrust of a re- cent presentation made to the provincial government by a delegation from the Forest Land Use _ Liaison Committee of British Colum- bia (FLULC). This committee is com- prised of organizations with a wide range of interests and memberships — the B.C. Wildlife Federation, Federa- tion of B.C. Naturalists, SPEC, Sierra Club, @utdoor Recreation Council of B.C., International Woodworkers of Amenca, the Council of Forest Industnes of B.C., the Steelhead Society of B.C., the Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C., and Western Guides and Outfit- ters. This group of environmen- talists, industnalists, recrea- uionists and umionists jointly pressed its case before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Development, stressing the need for a firm program to bring the forest land base back to a fully pro- ductive condition. The delegates identified thaf government investments in reforestation on crown- owned forest land = will enhance the province's wildlife, recreation, and tourist industries as well as the forest industry. Employ- ment in all these sectors will be increased at the same time that the environment itself is improved. The FLULC members estimate that the total cost of reforesting some 2,000,000 acres of backlog areas will be in excess of $300 milhon over a proposed ten-year penod. These are areas which were denuded in the past by fires, logging, insects or diseases, but which were not adequately restocked at that time. While recognizing that there have been some positive steps taken in recent years by the government, the delegates stated that the level of commitment is still far too low. Nursery and other aspects of a major reforestation pro- gram expansion need several years to bring them from the approval stage to full opera- tion, so a long-term funding program is vital. Planning tends to be inefficient and ineffectual when left to an- nua] votes of the Legislature for short-time funding ap- provals. The FLULC group called for funding from both the provincial and _ federal governments, but also called for the province to proceed alone if necessary. consolidation of schools,” cooperation with other the report says. districts, salary costs and “North Vancouver, in service reductions were also closing two secondary listed as ways of keeping per- schools and one elementary school in recent years, has probably taken the most dramatic action of any B.C. District in this regard.” But the report notes “no further school closures are anticipated at this time.” The disposal of property, energy conservation, pupil cost increases down. The report noted that in 1979 North Vancouver school district had the lowest per-pupil increase in costs in the Greater Vancouver area. The board voted to accept the repart and penodically. funds sought review it Later’s Weed-All Unsightly Weeds? Remove all broad-leaved weeds from your lawn with Later’s Weed-All. 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