THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

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March 1, 1992 44 pages

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Environmentalists angry, TWA happy after GVRD board approves continued logging

ENVIRONMENTAL groups and some Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) board members are angry that the union representing B.C. loggers had the last word be- fore the GVRD voted Friday to allow logging to continue in the Capilano, Seymour and Coquitlam watersheds.

The GVRD board voted on a Feb. 20 recommendation from its water committee to allow water- shed logging to continue in- definitely, subject to ongoing ecological reviews.

The water committee recom- mended continued watershed logg-

By Chery! Ziola Contributing Writer

ing rather than instituting a foge- ing moratorium after hearing a submission from [WA-Canada (international Woodworkers of

America), which represents thou- sands of loggers in B.C. and Canada.

The water committee had amended its earlier recommenda- tion that suggested the current logging contract for local water- sheds be continued only until the contract expired in December 1992.

At that time, an extensive ecological review would have been done to determine the future of watershed logging.

Vancouver Ald. Lib Davies,

one of the GVRD directors who voted against indefinite watershed logging, said the GVRD has done an about-face after hearing from the 1WA.

Other board members voting against allowing watershed logging to continue indefinitely included Vancouver Ald. Harry Rankin, West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager and Delta Mayor Beth Johnson.

“T feel that the board has done a real reversal,"’ Davies said. “The original recommendaticn ... made it quite clear that we would continue with the logging contract for this year and only under cer- tain limited conditions ... and that it would end presumably in 1992.

“The board could have review- ed the situation and decided based on the ecological inventory of the watersheds what would then hap- pen. I was satisfied with that.

“It really makes me mad that, based on a delegation from the IWA, they change their whole position.’

Meanwhile, IWA-Canada presidet Jack Munro, who at- tended Friday’s meeting, said he was satisfied with the board’s decision.

“We're pleased. We support continuing reviews. That’s good. As far as our members are con- cerned, it certainly adds some stability to their future.’*

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