Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 11, 1984, p. 16

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Wednesday July Forest management under negotiation Balhnafad and drawnout negotiations re underway aimed at transferring management of the Region acres of forest area to the Halloa Region Conferva Uon Authority HRCA over increasing vandalism and conflicting use on regional and tlon authority properties as weD as the management debt for agree forests prompted council earlier this year to have staff explore the possibility of transferring management responsibility Planning director Rash Mohammed told council recently that negotiations with the Ministry of Natural Resources are under way involving planning finance legal and property management staff tie hopes to prepare another progress report for council hi the fall At stake are I acres of forested land fully onethird of which sits adjacent to the Hilton Falls Conservation Area northwest of urban Milton Of the region wide total 152 acres la in Hills and the rest in Mohammed advised council that the ministry has managed the agreement forests since I960 in an arrangement struck with the former County of Halton The arrangement stands until March 31 According to the agreement Halton annually assessed for the money spent by the ministry on management with any profits stemming from cutting and thinning operations deducted accordingly The final management debt will be settled when the agreement expires unless the forests are transferred to provincial ownership Total accumulated management costs as of March 31 1384 are about an acre Management expenditures have dropped in recent Mohammed reported so that in 1902 the spent Various reasons for the decline were given including the use of prisoners from area cor reel tonal facilities to provide costfree management staff anticipate several benefits from taking on responsibility for the forests Mohammed noted including site control form management and user policies and more operational efficiency Negotiations for the transfer opened in tale then waited for completion of the HRCAs Master Plan last year The Authority watershed plan now being circulated among affected agencies is also needed for a decision on the transfer Adding to the delay is the need for several provincial pol initiatives to be finalized which Mohammed warned could take a number of years The two agreement forests in Halton Hills comprise acres on the southwest part of Lot Concession 1 owned by the ministry since and acres on part of the west half of Lot ConcessonB owned since Agricultural museum a place of interest Smith Three carloads of women from the WI had a pleasant outing on Wednesday when they went the Agricultural Museum near lion There were so many things of in I crest to see Something of special interest on display until the end of August is the Bicentennial Quilt Contest There are over 175 entries all beautiful each one worthy of a prize In the morning after arriving members boarded the tract or pulled wagon and were taken for a tour over the grounds and were told by the student guide where the rferent buildings are situated At noon members stopped at the Women Institute Hall and had a lunch In the afternoon vc went to the buildings that interested us Left for home shortly after three clock Rev Bandy Is on holidays On Sunday the church service was conducted by Rev Ann Ross She hod an inspiring message for those attending She will also be the guest preacher this Sunday Sunday School Is closed for July and August Billie McEnery his wife Cheryl and two children from Alberta were recent visitors in the village There was a successful yard sale at the Connors over the weekend I lit YOUTH Canada I giving 200 to the Mat Youth Employment Project in land Southern Africa The project provides cultural training for unemployed youths in commercial vegetable production The is at Sparks Street Ottawa flhjflt cmd limited SAT 9 THURS FR 9 6 MAIN S GEORGET But Simmy Dnb A MruHnnt popcorn fa fatbM the Chateau Restaurant SI Georgetown In front of the Georgetown Motor Inn 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