Coleman Warming to Private Land Clean Up Issue?

Monday, December 18, 2006 03:58 AM

A little over a week ago, Provincial Minister of Forest and Range Rich Coleman, indicated there was no way the private property owners would get financial help to clear their land of mountain pine beetle dead trees.

He may be warming up to change that stand.

Late last week, he took part in a radio program in the lower mainland during which he hinted the idea of emergency funding may be visited. No promises.

The Mayor of Kamloops , Terry Lake, spoke with Federal Natural Resource Minister Gary Lunn late last week. Lake has been quoted as saying he has a glimmer of optimism that there will be some sort of funding for private property owners. He plans to talk with the Federal Minister again early in the New Year.

Meantime, here in Prince George, Mayor Colin Kinsley will make a report to Council tonight, outlining all of the contact and efforts that have been made to not only educate the federal government on the Mountain Pine Beetle crisis, but to get the government to offer some assistance.

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Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 03:58 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Runner46 on December 18 2006 9:24 AM

Where do we line up for the cheque? I have a bill for just over $1000 to remove ten trees from my backyard just over a year ago.

Posted by: owl on December 18 2006 11:58 AM

If someone would invent a delimber that could be attached to the tree stem at the bottom and would self propell its way up the tree as it cut off the limbs, then shoot a cable anchor and cable into the top portion and cut 10 or 12 foot sections of the stem on its way down, it would be a much quicker, safer, and less expensive proposition.

In fact, with mulching the branches to be used as mulch on your property, or as biomass in a cogen plant, and the rest going to a mill or also being chipped, your cost may be nil.

Let's look for a grant from the Northern Trust to develop the machine and use the trees on private lands in Prince George as part of the pilot project.

;-)

Posted by: Runner46 on December 18 2006 5:37 PM

Good idea, but all the trees are done. Maybe our blue eyed cousins in Alberta could take a run at the project.