Why has it taken so long for these governmental agencies and processes to figure this out? I also hope this is not at all related to the proposed N.G.pipeline. This project can not go through B.C., plain and simple, not worth the risk, for any amount of the almighty dollar.

It already has been figured out. The municipal districts are way behind because they don’t regulate resource development.

Never mind minimizing the impacts……… lets talk about how northern communities can retain a fair share of the wealth that will be created by all this development.

Isn’t it about time we had some serios discussions around how provincial revenues are allocated across this province?

This is an NGO without any clout trying to bring some issues to those willing to listen and participate.

The RNA is made up of a Board which goes far beyond municipalities. The mayor just happens to be the chair at the moment. However, while most have some reasonable level of expertise of activity on the ground, there are few with any meaningful influence and even fewer with any authority of what happens on the ground. I would say Mayor and Chief Frederick are the only two with any level of authority.

Here is the current Board:
•Mayor Stephanie Killam – Mayor – District of Mackenzie, Mackenzie, BC
•Chief Dominic Frederick – Chief – Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, Prince George, BC
•Dr. ’Lyn Anglin – President and CEO – Geoscience BC, Vancouver, BC
•John DeGrace – Prince George Exploration Group, Prince George, BC
•Gavin Dirom – CEO – Association for Mineral Exploration BC, Vancouver, BC
•Dan M. Jepsen – CEO + Chair – C3 Alliance Corporation, Vancouver, BC
•Dr. Kathy Lewis – University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC
•Dr. Bill McGill – President – Prince George Chamber of Commerce, Prince George, BC
•Debora Munoz – Prince George, BC
•Ross Peck – Wildlife, Resources, & Land Use Consultant, Hudson Hope, BC
•Greg Rawling – Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Prince George, BC
•Chris Ritchie – Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Prince George, BC
•Doug Routledge – Council of Forest Industries, Prince George, BC
•Sherry Sian – Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Calgary, AB
•Kathie Swift – FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Kelowna, BC
http://www.resourcesnorth.org/rna/361/board+of+directors

There are 15 Directors which is two more than the Canadian National Railway Board. In my opinion, it is far too large to be effective. It has about 3 or 4 staff and little money to hire contractors to do any research work. The original McGregor Model Forest, which is the association the RNA grew out of, had 8 Directors, 5 of whom had authority to make on the ground decisions for the TFL30 they were using to conduct applied research which was at the forefront for the day and is used as a decision making tool in area based planning these days.