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Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Vol.57 56Issue Issue 40 Vol. 45
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PHOTO BY PAT MORROW Local residents recently joined CANFOR professional foresters and biologists on a field trip along Horsethief Creek to learn more about current forest harvesting practices and the company's development plans in the region. Members of the Public Advisory Group for the Invermere Timber Supply Area, Wildsight and other interested individuals looked at recently logged areas, as well as examples of older cut-blocks that had retained wildlife tree patches or other tree cover to help maintain wildlife habitat.
Deer cull, new centre favoured in referendum STEVE HUBRECHT steve@invermerevalleyecho.com
Invermere residents made clear their majority support for a new community centre and for culling deer as a means to control the urban deer population, according to unofficial results in last weekend's referendum on both topics.
Asked whether or not they support the district borrowing up to $5.6 million to fund a new community centre, 749 residents voted yes and 245 voted no. Asked if they support a deer cull as a tool for urban deer management, 729 voted yes and 259 voted no. Invermere mayor Gerry Taft said he was somewhat surprised by the large margin with which Invermere residents voted in support of the deer cull, since there was so much controversy over the issue.
VJ (Butch) Bishop Owner/Operator 4846 Holland Creek Ridge Rd. Invermere, BC V0A 1K0
“It was hard to tell what the real feeling of residents was, so it's great to know. It helps inform council,” he said. “Some of the people opposed (to the deer cull) will not be happy and probably won't give up, but I hope this removes some of the controversy and outside attention. Hopefully it means people in Invermere have decided and that's the end of the story.” CONTINUES TO PAGE A3
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