Reward given or arsonist ‘cath reward provided my,” Parker said, tect arson, fa Ministry of Foress_ "The Minister noted that In the Pentcion forest fiarson program is a man convicted in 1986 distrct—one of 46 dis- given fo an indivi. of aon in a Chicotin triets in the province— for information lead- forest fire, which cost suspected arson fires ac- hy {0 an arson convie- $250,000 10 bring under counted for 20 pereent of the in a 1987 Okanagan control, was sentenced to the 132 fre arts re- Test ire. fone year in jal porte in 1987 Tris the first time a rovinceswide, arson pvard has been drawn fires cost $7 milion ar fom the program, which nally to suppress far launched in 1988 10 Anyone having into fonbat a high percent mation about arson inthe ie of ilegally-set forest forests should contact the fre nearest” RCMP detach- ment. Information lead ing work with the British Columbia Forest Service, ‘burned almost alfa eet” tare of Bush. and forest ‘and. Sost $1,200 in fre- Cirenily, arson is sus- edn 63 percent of tng to an aren nd con. Fe 2at0 ice"sars the MEMNECONEBeLOEE BEE Vion wil be eonsdered frovince averages an ™1NBU for a cash reward of up to at During the past year, $5,000, Teeny of he “Thereward follows sen- the Forest Service” has informers is kept conf Jecing of a former Pen stepped-up efforts to de- dential fon resdent to. three Yasin prison. The man, sckecce Continued fair the Ciminal Code * Bie being ound guy of funding for peng fre Senter isin he Olsens epee or = trout hatchery “The three-year_prison Jem handed down June B.C. Hydro will conti- ment opportunites on 3, 1988, i the harshed_ nue to fund. the Peace Willson Lake is now Seience io date in British Canyon ‘Trout Hatchery underway. Iimay prove & Columbia for arson invol- on ‘Dinosaur Lake this hatchery “on thi lake Ying forest fires. Year, while exploring would be more. benef- he cout has recog- more cost-effective means cial to. both reservoirs, ried the seriousness of of compensation inthe since many fish caught in ths kind of crime by Peace River region Dinosaur’ Lake originate isuing“progresively An evaluation prepared in Wilson Lake, honest jail "sentences," by Hydro and the opera- "The Dinosaur Lake hat fad Forests Minister Dave tors of the hatchery, the chery opened in 1981 a8 ker. Ministry of Environment, part of a pilot study (0 ‘Anyone contemplat- shows only 28 percent of Gerermine the success of & ing arson should now be hatchery-raised trout are un-ofrver stocking pr fare that itis Being met being. taken. b§ sporls gram. Results show many wih increasingly severe fishermen. "This means trout move out of the re Plsisment which reflets cach fish caught has cost servoir through the. dam fhe costs it imposes on about $100 t0 produce. and into the Peace River ficicty and the econo: "A study of enhance- Oy average, 620 fish are caught inthe reservoir ‘ach year and 65S fish ae Support is Seca Sear, rout reared in the ann Ree ay peters Pilcsupporitoetablsh of carer euction op- (& is Univery to serve the portunity. “Fullyqual- ae, ah hal of Be. fed “Univers dees as Meanwhile the Applied rture development of ScenceTechnologiss and ihe north” says Sadler. | WHATS INA. Awe must aot sete for | WETLAND? anything Tess than a full, University inthe north to | teanseamteeate, serve the north.” eee Sadler plans to present | utttraursotena he an the an he Society feasibility stdy...backed by the sup, port peition..10 the Vie foria government Cabinet this umn "As of August 5, there were 60 support petitions Teccived from Chetwynd, Mur- five from Hudson's Hope, Sadler, Q.C.” says, 269 from Tumbler Ridge femust not accept any and 38" from. Dawson compromise that f0u"- Creek, ‘August 16,1988, Wook Record 21 Weekly Record 242-4789 ] ibler edge Weekly Re NEWS Makes the difference + YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER features news and pictures of people and. Cvants you care about + YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER has advertising — commercial Information Dhar can save you shopping ime and Gollan right In your ares + YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER provides 2 forum for your views in letters + YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Js involved as an active business Inthe Vaal Commercial fabne of your community 4+ YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER makes it easier to be a go0d citizen by Teeping you informe! READ AND ADVERTISE IN YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER OEE (604) 242-4769 SUBSCRIBE!! The Weekly Record (of Town: $21.00 per v0 United Stotes $90.00 per yeor or 1500 Tumbler Ridge, 86 VOR B00.