Over The Edge Page 12 By Aaron Mahoney Prince George-On -Saturday March14, a small group from the NREM 306 class gath- ered to hear Dave Belford, former Prince George Community Forest Steering Committee member, talk about Prince George's pro- posed community forest. Belford stated that the com- munity forest could be a real- ity if enough people knew about it. He said that the visit to UNBC is one way to get the word out and get the pop- ulation at UNBC interested. "Right now, there are three pilot community forests that will be assigned to three communities in the province. If the provincial goverment sees that the people of Prince George are interested in community forestry, we will get a pilot community forest. This would be a big step towards a permanent com- munity forest." "There are a lot of advan- tages for Prince George starting a community forest. First, there would be commu- nity control, management of the greenbelts and forested areas in the city, local control of forest mangement agen- da, local control of harvested timber and the financial divi- dend would stay in the local economy." With funding from FRBC, the City of Prince George and seven local forest compa- nies, the Community Forest Project Steering Committee hired Cortex Consultants to do a feasibility study for a community forest. From the feasibility study, it became obvious that a major obstacle would be obtaining enough land to make the community forest sustain- able. Belford said that they are looking at proposed crown land locations. Cortex identified three of areas that surround the city where a community forest could likely operate: Cranbrook hill, Fyfe lake and Tabor mountain. Cranbrook hill was an area of interest to Belford because it would include Forests for the World and UNBC. Belford noted there is a management plan for Forest for the World but he was unaware that there was a plan for the UNBC endowement lands. With phase one of the com- munity forest process com- plete, Belford stated that they have run into a bit of a road block. "We made enquiries to FRBC and to the Ministry of Forests wondering what would be required: by a community for- est in terms of tenure. To get the funding to do the study FRBC referred to the MoF and asked what would be required. The ministry report- ed that since there are no community forest tenures, they were unable comment. Therefore no funding." But because of the downturn COMMUNITY Community forest questions raised at UNBC Community forests March 24, 1998 Dave Belford (Centre) points to a map of the proposed community forest areas around the City of Prince George. photo by Aaron Mahoney in the market Belford was less than optimist that the crown land could be secured. "Because of the fibre short- age there has been consider- able opposition from licences." said Belford. "The licencees do not want to see their land base get smaller.” Timberwolves Bring Home the Trophy By Nicole Larson The Timberwolves have tri- umphed again on the bas- ketball court, the Lady Timberwolves that is. After winning every regular sea- son game they played in the Prince George Women’s Basketball league, they went into the play-offs expecting to come out on top, and they met those expectations. With only one loss, to Canaccord, the Timberwolves did what everyone expected them to do on Wednesday March 11, won the final tournament, in a 58-47 victory. The game was not as lop sided as the final score sug- gests as the ‘Wolves only lead by 4 at the half. Despite the two turnovers created by Helen Lui, which resulted in easy lay-ups, half way through the first Canaccord made a valiant attempt at a come back. The ‘Wolves were looking tired and their passing suffered towards the end of the first half, but by the end of the break they were rested and ready to go, scoring the next six baskets in quick succession. After that there was no looking back, the ‘Wolves _ had turned up their level of play and Canaccord just did not have the same intensity. This tournament win is bit- ter-sweet for the Lady Timberwolves. They were excited about the victory, but this is their last year in the Prince George Women’s League. They are hoping to join a college or university league next year and hope- fully they will have success there as well. re Timberwolves celebrate their victory and Show off both the Prince George Women’s Basketball Champions trophy and The Prince George Women’s Basketball League Trophy Photo By Nicole Larson While fleeing from the Law, these are the people to avoid. See page 15 for further Security and Intelligence Information Foreign intelligence Domestic intelligence Signals intelligence Federal Law enforcements Canada United States - Central Intelligence Agency CSIS CSE RCMP FBI Federal Bureau of Invesitgation National Security Agency United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service (M16) Security Service (M15) Government Communication HQ Scotland Yard