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Jogging
justification, ‘too.

“Currently; -

adequate.

‘Let’s. ‘begin by dispelling
some. myths the, forest. in
“dustry. -has fabricated

* justify the headlong: cutting.

of every tree in sight.

One of the favorites is that

.a certain stand-is mature,

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Correct me if rm wrong.

People have been horrified at the mess 5 left after
r since I can | remember, and with:

the.’ various
forest agencies are. claiming
one -acre. is.
. reforested, either naturally:
or by. planting, for. every
. three acres. logged.. I-doubt
“these figures very! much, but
even if they. ‘are true, . the
7 reforestation effort is far, far .
from...
Regeneration °
assured’ on” every -acre:.
- logged, and if ‘industry finds
. this.: economically unviable,
'-the “area should - ‘be ‘left
“untouched.

should. be-

Call display advertising

SEEDLINGS

Various

and will be destroyed by.

‘either bugs or disease, if left:

_unharvested. That, is ‘true

-only in cases: of much over--

; ‘mature timber.

a

THREE AGES ::

A. tree is. not unlike “a

,person, ‘in ‘that. it passes
through a growing stage —
adolescence: then it
becomes mature — adult —
when there is ‘no longer any ©
growth, and. the tree con-
.centrates. on perpetuating -
‘itself . by” producing ‘seed.

This period may last-for as
many as fifty years, :but just
to: be conservative (with :a

small “C”) let’s say twenty-:_
five years. So during that

. period the tree is not adding
but it . is

any increment,,

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~~

HUGH | WEATHERBY

‘perfectly
prime. .

healthy, at it’s

Then: comes old age —
‘senility — and the tree starts
_ to go downhill; the top drops
its foliage — called-a Spike
“top -— the seed output
decreases,
. becomes generally, scrubby.
Then it becomes victim to
insect and disease, just as

does man in his old age, and

should be harvested. 7

‘During the forty years I

. have been: connected with

the forest industry, I’ve

. heard many cutting methods
- touted: clear cutting, patch

Jogging; selective cutting;

Clear cutting - .with seed trees
‘left in strategic positions, .
Strip -legging, and several
.Others’ which escape my

- The immediate planting is
vital because many tree
species are not tolerant to
shade, notably Douglas fir.
If the trash cover — alder,
brambles, maple, hemlock

and cedar — is allowed time
to grow and create shade,

and the tree

Broadcast

times, but the small rodents |
devour the seeds. before: they =

have a chance to:germinate,
Birds: carry, a. féw' seeds to
» other sites, their: digestive. a

-. system being such: that the
. cellulous-coated.. seeds’ pass.

through intact; rodents chew: .

theseeds. 2 ,

Seeds were. imbedded. in

pellets’ and dropped, but

none of these methods was

successful. So the only sure
way of securing adequate
regeneration is by planting 2-
year-old seedlings. And

~ immediately after logging. -

The commercial section of '

the forest’ industry is in the
‘business of making money;
profit is their prime concern,
and ‘anything that requires
unprofitable expenditures is
regarded with disfavour. The
government segments, both
federal and provincial, are
always handicapped by a
shortage of funds; their
budget is never adequate to
‘either to practise and en-
courage good silvaculture,
or undertake forest fire
prevention

memory. The most Service has a fire to fight,
. Satisfactory. seems to be they are given a blank

clear cutting,. with -im- cheque; the ounce of
mediate planting. . prevention is never for-
. thcoming.

So we are right to be
shocked and horrified at the
‘stripped and ravaged
hillsides we observe. Public
relations never has, and will
not now, take the place of
sound forest practice.

“methods | of
Feforestation have . -been.
‘tried, with varying degrees |
Of | success. |
seeding has been tried many .

; the valuable Douglas. fir will 1
“ not regenerate. -

\

; measures.”
Ironically, once the Forest

Popular panda dies

“IF HE'S WRONG

- British Columbia's. forests are the | business. of every
British Columbian. :

~The manner: in which we: harvest and utilize this -

: “precious matural. resource, and the steps we take to. -
‘assure a perpetual forest yield for generations to come, -
_.| -are‘of prime concem to every. man ‘woman and child i in

“ps the province. i 8

BY C. s forests ‘already provide, directly and indirectly.

| more than 50 cents. of every B.C. payroll dollar.‘In an
~ energy-hungry ‘world the: still untapped potential of the

forests. for: providing fuel as well as. their: traditional’
products --- together with the possibilities ‘offered. by

.. sophisticated wood product recycling techniques - -- can ..
raise that figure still higher. a :

‘Ina. very . Jiteral sense our trees represent a “eapteal”™
heritage in. which every B.Cz: citizén. has. a @ personal

‘dollars-and-cents. stake.

Few British Columbians understand the nature of. that.
stake better: than Hugh Weatherby | whose intimate
association -with the B.C. forest industry. stretches:back

- over 40 years -- as public relations officer with the B.C.

Forest Service, editor of B.C, :Lumberman, “western”
editor of Timber In Canada, press counsel for the B. Cc.
Lumber Manufacturers Association, — an Associate

- Member of the Canadian ‘Institute of Forestry: and’ the
author of numerous books on forestry.

«

"Like: many -other.- British © Columbians, ‘igh

| Weatherby is concerned about numerous aspects of the :

forest industry today, especially in regard to harvesting

practices and-the vital matter of forest regeneration. In _
the present series of exclusive articles. for the:North |

Shore News. he explains the reasons for his concerii and
suggests better ways. to conserve our woods for the
benefit of all’ British Columbians far into the future.

_.._Few_will quarrel with that basic proposition. But some _- |
oe particularly in the forest industry and the B.C. Forest: | {

Service -- may wish to challenge Hugh ‘Weatherby’ s
approach on points of detail. The: subject is s as as complex

- as itis vital.

their comments on, Hugh Weatherby's ideas; to add their
own input and also to correct him where they may feel,
he’s wrong. BY LETTER, PLEASE, not by phone,

During the next few weeks we hope to print as many.
points of view as possible. From a public debate like this
we are confident that valuable truths can emerge about
the future of our forest heritage. -- EDITOR.

vienna Nene

exeeete

For that reason we invite our readers to let us have -

TOKYO (UPI) - Lan Lan,
the 10-year-old panda
adored by millions of
Japanese children § and
symbolizing renewed
Chinese-Japanese ties, died
Tuesday. An autopsy
disclosed she was pregnant
with a pair of twins.

Lan ‘Lan’s death was
announced at, a tear-filled

- Adored by millions

conference, and
former Prime
Minister, Kakuci Tanaka,
sent condolences at the
death of “the idol of

Japanese children.”

The unborn twins would
have been the first pandas

news
Japan’s

born in captivity outside
China, Atusshi Komori,
chicf animal keeper at

Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, said.

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and ‘her male companion
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offspring. They mated June
4, 1977 and again in: the
spring of this year.

Lan Lan,
collapsed in her air-
conditioned cage Friday
afternoon and went into a
coma.

groaning,

Sunday 38,000 children,
crying openly, went to Lan
Lan’s cage.

“Poor Lan Lan, don’t die,”
they prayed. .

Veterinarians from Tokyo
University and animal
keepers worked around the
clock to try, to save Lan Lan,

“Lan Lan’s belly was
swollen and not moving at
all since around midnight
and she took a last big breath

“and that was the end,” said
animal keeper Komori,
wiping away tears, his voice
trembling, in announcing the
death caused by acute
kidney malfunction § and
urine poisoning.

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