26, 1990 oes 2,000 str September FRIENDS of Cypress sentative Paul Hundal growth stand at risk. repre- ...old- Classifieds 986-6222 Office, Editorial 985-2131 WEST Vancouver Ald. Pat Boname ...concerned people understood petition. Anti-Cypress course group delivers petition THE POLITICAL heat to save a stand of old-growth forest located in an area slated for a new West Vancouver golf course was turned up Monday when a 2,000-name pelition calling for a referendum on the proposed Cypress Ridge Golf Course was handed over to West Vancouver District Council. Council received the petition from Friends of Cypress repre- sentative Paul Hundal. But following a motion by Ald. Pat Boname, council instructed that deputy menrager Doug Allan examine it along with other cor- respondence, including petitions supporting the golf course, to prepare for a more comprehensive assessment by council. “Tam concerned that the peo- ple who signed the petition understood exactly what they were signing,’’ said Boname. She wondered if those who signed knew that what the petition had termed ‘‘a privately run golf course,’"*’ would also provide a certain amount of public play. But Hundal said the Friends of Cypress believe a privately- Operated golf course will endanger the old-growth (trees over 251 years old) forest. According to Hundal, the 22- acre parcel of old trees that the developer has set aside and coun- cil has designated as park is insuf- ficient to withstand the threat of blowdowns and dieback, “The stand (of old growth) is bigger than what is going to be saved. Even that is going to be put atrisk,** said Hundal. He produced a statement and map fram Mike Wareing, a pro- fessional forester associated with the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. The forester deter- mined that the large block of old growth in the northern corner of the site covers 77.138 acres. The block is encroached upon 3 Sa ae et ale By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer complete (of the 27 total by fou: fairways and number) proposed portions of others. There are also three other smaller stands of old growth elsewhere on the golf course site. ‘But this area (the large block) is not only old growth but significantly denser old growth than adjacent areas,’ Hundal said. He referred to a letter from UBC forestry professor Hamish Kimmins, who described the area as ‘‘wet subzone old-growth’? in the montane Coastal Western Hemlock Zone. ‘*The proximity of both subalpine old-growth and montane old-growth, plus their accessibili- ty, make the site unusually suluable for my teaching,’ wrote Kimmins in a letter to council. He felt the site would increase in value as Vancouver grows and the need for public environmental education activities increases. “Yes there are similar types of forest along Hollyburn Ridge, bat Sam not personally aware of any patches of equivalent stature,” said Kimmins, who also was skep- tical that local suils could support the grass planted for the golf course, But municipal) manager Terry Lester called Hundal to task for disputing council's claims that the See Ridge Pave & a cacteesapea ne “COMPLETE WEEK'S TV LISTINGS: 32 WEDNESDAY Behind the scenes with Dorothy Jenkins North Shore Now: 17 Display Advestising 980-0511 Distribution 986-1337 52 pages NEWS photo Neil Lucente Blues rout Cascades TWO FRASER Valley Cascades players wrestle with the soccer ball in a game Sunday against the Capilano College Blues women’s team. But for the Cascades it was a futile effort. The visiting team to the North Shore received an 11-0 pasting by the Blues squad. In men’s soccer action on Sunday, Cap shut out Cariboo College 3-0. See story, page 13. aeRO “DR. RUTH: 38: