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AFTEK years of battling with the Greater
Vancouver Regional District (GYVRD) over the

management of regional watersheds, environ-
mentalists have come out smiling.

The GVRD board voted unanimously ata meeting Wednesday to
inform the province that a “significant amendment of replacement of
the Amending Indensure Agreement” was required.

The Amending Indenture Agreement, signed in!
to the 1923 Watershed Leasing Agreement berween the G
province.

It was conceived in the belief that selective logging, or “forest man-
agement” helped preserve water quality.

“That belief” said GVRD communications officer Bill Morrell ina
starement issued shortly after Wednesday’s meeting, “was proven to be
inconsistent with the latest scientific evidence and with current public
views.

Although there has been ae active logging in the watersheds since
199}, the Amending Indenture requires GVRD staff to produce an
annual forest management plan to the provinee, and in theory allows for
the continuation of logging for profit.

Environmentalist activists like Paul Hundal of SPEC (Seciety for
Promotion of Environmental Protection) have campaigned vigorously
for the removal of the Amending Indenture.

The result of Wednesday's vote has teft Hundal in a mood for cele-
bration. “The public interest i» prevailing for the first time,” he said.
“The beard is no longer going to jeopardize water quality for the sake
ofa handful of loggers who want jobs cutting down trees.

“The provinee sill has to agree (to the GVRD quest},” said
Hundal, “and we'll have to follow through and make sure it's made law

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman candidates seeking municipal seats in North Vancouver City
age Page five features coverage of the incumbent city council’s voting
Sa crifice reme mbered ‘ord on some of the community’s k sues. Look tg page 10 for cov-
erage of a city all-candidates meeting.
HUNDREDS of people braved the wet, cold weather on Thursday to pay tribute to war dead dur- On page 21, tind whar you'll need to know to attend some of the
ing a Remembrance Day ceremony held at the cenotaph at Victoria Park in North Vancouver City. remaining all-candidates meetings feading up to election day, Nov. 20.

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