Daily Sitka Sentinel from Sitka, Alaska • Page 3

Bears, Wolves Likely to be Losers In Plan On the Kenai Sworn In ANCHORAGE (AP) Wolves and brown bears likely would be the losers if a Korean firm succeeds.in carving out an cattle ranch on the southern Kenai Peninsula, wildlife biologists say. "This experiment has been tried all over the place," said Rolf Peterson, an internationally recognized wolf expert in Houghton, Mich. "It's going to devastate wildlife, and it's just going to set up predators." Han-A Samick America Corp. wants to export 10,000 head of Alaska cattle annually, and state officials this week are expected to approve a land transfer clearing the way for the yenture. The state-owned, tract would be turned over to the University of Alaska.

The school in turn would lease the land to the corporation for 55 years. The plan has drawn fire from Homer residents who fear their picturesque seaside hamlet will be turned into a manure-strewn cow town. Homer officials also have threatened court action if the state does not take steps to preserve the Fritz Creek drainage as a possible water supply for Kachemak City and the city of Homer. The biologists say bears and wolves likely would disappear in the area, as they have in other areas of intensive ranching and farming. "The destruction of wildlife habitat to create farms or ranches is what largely led to the demise of most of your large predators in the Lower 48," said Ed Bailey, a U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service biologist in Homer. The last brown bear in Arizona, for instance, was killed in the 1920s by a government trapper at the behest of the cattle industry, Bailey said. "The same goes for the demise of the wolf in the Lower 48, and war continues with coyotes," he said. "We're gonna see it here. We're bound to get into predator control.

Any bears or anything else that happens to bother any calves or cattle down there, you know what's going to happen to them. They're going to get shot." Bailey said the problems that led to the destruction of the wildlife in the rest of the nation now are coming to Alaska. He said there already are increasing problems with bears and people as homesteads and developments increase. "You throw in the livestock, and there's just going to be more," he said. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game classifies the area in question as one of the three best wintering grounds for moose on the southern Kenai Peninsula.

"Our backs are to the wall in the southern Kenai on winter moose range," said a state game biologist. "This couldn't have happened in a worse place." The area supports healthy populations of moose, a pack of six to 10 wolves and a number of brown bears. "We have reservations (about the ranching) from a couple of standpoints," said Ted Spraker, a state Department of Fish and Game biologist. "We're concerned about the wolves, but we have more concern about the brown Bear already are preying on the limited amount of livestock in the area, he said, and those problems will increase if more cattle are imported. Eventually, the bears will get squeezed out, he said.

"We've got a lot of good examples Outside where they don't have any more brown bears," he said. "We're not recreating the wheel here." ANCHORAGE (AP) More than 600 people jammed into the Fourth Avenue Theatre to watch Mayor Tony Knowles take the oath of office Saturday and begin his second term. He said a major goal for his administration during the next three years would be to define "a new relationship with other Alaska cities and villages, both for our economic growth and to benefit those with whom we deal. "This new era will replace a history of isolation and senseless divisiveness fueled by opportunistic, political demagoguery designed to serve only those we pretend to lead." He said he also would continue to promote public safety, improve transportation and protect the city's neighborhoods. Group Wants to Build Hatchery at Whittier Alaska Commuters Told to Check Planes ANCHORAGE (AP) Alaska air carriers flying "Bandit" commuter airplanes were ordered.Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration to inspect their aircraft again for possible structural-weaknesses in the tail section, The FAA ordered the new inspections by all operators of the Embraer no Bandierante (Bandit) 19-passenger planes after the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into a fatal crash Dec.

6. Thirteeen people died in Florida when the tail section of a Provincetown- Boston Bandit fell off just after takeoff. More than 20 commuter airlines in the; United States Operate an estimated 130 of the Brazilian-built bandits, 20 percent of the planes have' been modified to strengthen the tail sections. Seven Bandits are operating in Alaska: Alaska -Aeornautical Industries of Anchorage has one, as does Harold's Air of Fairbanks. Arctic Circle Air.

of Fairbanks flies two. owns three, but the planes are not in service because the company is bankrupt. School Board To Meet Tuesday Sitka School District Board Directors will meet? p.m. Tuesday in the Maksoutoff Room of the Centennial Building. Items on the agenda include a social studies curriculum presentation by Mr.

Coon, budget revisions, the board resolution on a asbestos grant, discussion of the school calendar, a religious request for'building use, personnel reports on extra curricuiar contracts arid a request for leave of absence and a closed hearing on a student expulsion. Carr Service Reset ANCHORAGJE (AP) Memorial services scheduled this week in Anchorage for Teamster leader Jesse Carr have been rescheduled for Wednesday afternoon. Services had been set for Tuesday night but thei services will be held 3 p.m. at the Egan Civic and Convention Center. Carr died earlier this month.

The FAA ordered the Bandits grounded and inspected three days after the Florida crash. All Bandits operating in Alaska were inspected and put back in service, said Paul Steucke, FAA spokesman in Alaska. The. NTSB this week recommended that the planes be grounded again: so that tail sections could be strengthened after, the investigation confirmed that the elevator and horizontal stabilizer came off the plane in Florida. The FAA, however, stopped short of requiring operators to strengthen the tail section by installing braces inside the fuselage.

Steucke said that the previous inspections up: loose rivets'within thetail section, of Bandit "owned: by Harold's. The aircraft subsequently was modified, arid is not subject to additional inspections. Loose rivets were found along the horizontal stabilizer of the AAI plane, and that problem also was corrected' Steucke He said Arctic Circle Air notified the FAA it would inspect its planes by Sunday. ANCHORAGE (AP) The Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. wants to build a $9.3 million hatchery 20 miles southeast of Whittier.

But officials of the non-profit organization say fishermen will have to go along with a 2 percent tax on their catch revenues to ensure financing for the project. The fishermen now pay a voluntary assessment of 2 cents per fish. The state Department of Commerce and Economic Development has agreed to lend money for the Esther Hatchery, but requires a steady source of income as collateral, says corporate spokesman Brian Allee. The 2 percent levy would generate $450,000 a year, he said. "In return, we're going to double their income by 1995, "he said.

"We don't foresee any problems with the assessment," Allee said. Three other Alaska aquaculture groups already have mandatory fees, he said. But he admitted that voluntary contributions have plummeted from $700,000 a year to $114,000 last year: To supplement state funding, the corporation plans to sell surplus fish stocks. Revenue from those sales could reach $800,000 by 1995, Alice said. We believe the Esther Hatchery will create a more reliable annual salmon catch by reducing the dependency on natural returns by the fish," he said.

At the outset, the hatchery would produce 211 million pink salmon eggs, ill million chum eggs, 2.5 million king salmon eggs and 1 million coho eggs. If the hatchery is completed next year as envisioned, by 1995 more than two-thirds of the Prince William Soundy fishery will be hatchery stock, Allee said. Hatchery-bred fish already account for one-fifth the total harvest, he said. "Mother Nature is very fickle. If they (fishermen) have a stable supply of salmon, it's easier to plan on a financial basis," Alice said.

The 10-year-old corporation, the oldest of seven aquaculture groups operating in Alaska, already operates a hatchery at San Juan, 85 miles southwest of Cordova. It has produced an estimated 11 million fish and generated more than $10.9 million in revenues for commercial fishermen since 1977. Allee predicted the Esther hatchery would boost the income of the corporation's 850 seine and gillnet members by $20 million over the next decade. He said sport and subsistence fishermen also would benefit from the increased runs. Ballots on the mandatory assessment will be mailed out late this month and early next month.

Allee said fishermen expect to pay assessments anywhere from $500 to $5,000 a year, depending on their catches. IN PALMER: MuseumMust Move PALMER (AP) Officials at the Alaska Historical and Transportation Museum are facing the monumental Stevens Vows Senate To Watch Arms Talks By SCOTT M. BUSHNELL Associated Press Writer GROTON, Conn. (AP) The Senate intends to closely monitor the Soviet- U.S. arms talks now being planned in order to avoid another SALT II situation, the chairman of the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee says.

Republican Ted Stevens, speaking at Saturday's christening of'the Trident missile-firing submarine, Alaska, said, "If the Senate is to be on board when the arms control treaty docks after a long submerged voyage, the Senate must be on board as she sails." The SALT II document, signed in 1979 by Soviet and U.S. officials, never gained the approval of the Senate. Although it is not formally a treaty therefore, the United States has abided by its provisions. "As co-chairman of the Senate group of observers that will go to the Geneva talks, or wherever they are held, I will COLISEUM TWIN THEATRE Lincoln St SHOW TIMES: WeoTThurs 7:00 9:00 Matinee 3:00 out 4:30 FIRSTBORN TERI GARR PETER WELLER WING IN Dili! SHOW TIMES: 7:00 9:25 Matinee 3:00 out 5-22 DIANE KEATON 'THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL STARTS WEDNESDAY JAN. 23 Foiling in LOV Robert D6N1RO Merul STR66P STARTS WEDNESDAY JAN.

23 BEVERLY HILLS have an active interest in the direction of the negotiations that these talks will take. "I will do everything I can to ensure that the Senate and the nation are kept well informed on a timely basis of the process of the negotiations. The role of the observers, however, will not be to interfere with those negotiations." The 16-year veteran of the Senate also warned that his colleagues must respect the secrecy of the negotiations. The Senate, he said, "must demonstrate that we know how to deal with sensitive information in the national interest." Stevens also emphasized the United States must go to the bargaining table with a strong defense. He warned against cuts in the defense budget and said the peace has been maintained primarily through the development of such weapons as the Trident.

"The Alaska and her sister ships illustrate our commitment to deter the possibility of nuclear exchange," he said. About 1,400 people attended the launching ceremony at the Electric Boat shipyard where the Tridents are a a Stevens' i Catherine, christened the submarine with a bottte of champagne. The Alaska is the seventh of the a a i to be christened. task of moving their priceless bits of Alaska history to a new home. The Alaska State Fair has said it will not renew the museum's lease when it expires in 1987.

Museum director John Cooper said Fair officials and the museum have differed on future lease agreements and development. Cooper says the museum needs more space than it currently has at its 4.8- acre facility adjacent to the Alaska State Fairground. Cooper said the museum might need as much as 100 acres. He said it requires enough space to handle 300 transportation vehicles, a building, 34 pieces of railroad rolling stock, runway, picnic areas, roadways, paths and a parking lot. The collection includes items from the Alaska Yukon Historical Society, the Fireman's Historical Association in Anchorage and the Alaska Miners Association.

Items also are on loan from the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Air Force Museum and the Alaska Museum. The facility's efforts have won national recognition. For instance, volunteers are restoring a 1929 Cunninham Hall Cabin Bi-PIane the only one of its kind with a $60,000 grant from the National Park Service. The plane, listed in the National Historic Registry, was flown out of Nome by Cyril H.

Seeds. Cooper said the state should take a more active part in expanding the museum it leaves the fairgrounds. "Right now we are a state museum without portfolio," he said. "We have housed, preserved and interpreted everything here as though it was our own. We feel we have a big investment in preserving the history of transportation and industry here.

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Jack Fuller, D-Nome; Rep. Mike Davis, D-Fairbanks; Rep! Terry Martin, R-Anchorage; Rep. Marco Pignalberi, R-Anchorage. Judiciary: Rep. Mike Miller, D- Juneau, chairman; Rep.

Ketchikan, vice chairman; Rep. Max Gruenberg, D-Anchorage; Rep. Robin Taylor, R-Wrangell; Rep. Don Clocksin, D-Anchorage; Rep. Fritz Pettyjohn, R-Anchorage; Rep.

Randy Phillips, R-Eagle River. State Affairs: Rep. Katie Hurley, D-Wasilla, chairwoman; Rep. Mike Navarre, vice chairman; Rep. Bette Cato, D-Valdez; Rep.

H.A. 'Red' Boucher, D-Anchorage; Rep. Mike Miller, D-Juneau; Rep. Virginia Collins, R-Anchorage; Rep. Roger Jenkins, R-Anchorage.

Health, Education and Social Services: Rep. Niilo Koponen, D- Fairbanks, co-chairman; Rep. Max Gruenberg, D-Anchorage, cochairman; Rep. Robin Taylor, R- Wrangell, vice chairman; Rep. Katie Hurley, D-Wasilla; Rep.

David Thompson, R-Kodiak; Rep. Fritz Pettyjohn, R-Anchorage; Rep. Alyce Hanley, R-Anchorage. Resources: Rep. Adelheid Herrmann, D-Naknek, co-chairwoman; Rep.

Dick Shultz, R-Tok, co-chairman; Rep. Kay Wallis, D-Fort Yukon, vice chairman; Rep. John Sund, D- Ketchikan; Rep. David Thompson, R- Kodiak; Rep. Mike Miller, R-North Pole; Rep.

Bette Cato, D-Valdez; Rep. Drue Pearce, R-Anchorage; Rep. Roger Jenkins, R-Anchorage. Labor and Commerce: Rep. Mike Navarre, D-Kenai, chairman; Rep.

Mike Davis, D-Fairbanks, vice chairman; Rep. H.A. 'Red' Boucher, D- Anchorage; Rep. Niilo Koponen, D- Fairbanks; Rep. Drue Pearce, R- Anchorage; Rep.

Virginia Collins, R- Anchorage; Rep. Alyce Hanley, R- Anchorage. Community and Regional Affairs: Rep. Peter Goll, D-Haines, chairman; Rep. Kay Wallis, D-Fort Yukon, co- chairwoman; Rep.

Niilo Koponen, D- Fairbanks; Rep. Max Gruenberg, D- Anchorage; Rep. Randy Phillips, R- Eagle River; Rep. Walt Furnace, R- Anchorage; Rep. Andre Marrou, L- Homer.

Transportation: Rep. Bette Cato, D-Valdez, chairwoman; Rep. Mike Davis, D-Fairbanks, vice chairman; Rep. Dick Shultz, R-Tok; Rep. Adelheid Herrmann, D-Naknek; Rep.

Walt Furnace, R-Anchorage; Rep. Marco Pignalberi, R-Anchorage; Rep. Andre Marrou, L-Homer. Finance: Rep. Al Adams, D- Kotzebue, chairman; Rep.

John Ringstad, R-Fairbanks, co-chairman; Rep. Jim Duncan, D-Juneau; Rep. Ron Larson, D-Palmer; Rep. Mike Szymanski, D-Anchorage; Rep. Sam Gotten; D-Eagler River; Rep.

Steve Frank, R-Fairbanks; Rep. Johne Binkley, R-Bethel; Rep. Pat Pourchot, D-Anchorage; Rep. Steve Reiger, R- Anchorage; Rep. Rick Uehling, R- Anchorage.

Nominees Listed For Fish and Game Panel Nearly 100 Sitka area residents turned out Thursday to view two wildlife films and participate in nominations for five seats on the Sitka Fish and Game Advisory Committee. It was voted on to designate the 12 seats on the boards to different user groups with three seats, one open each year, to members at large. Seats designated were longliners, hand trollers, sportfishermeri, trappers, power trollers, seiners, processors, shellfishermen, guides, hunters, subsistence usere anp conserva tionisis election and their seats were: Dexter Kyle, incumbant, and Mike Mayo for the longlineseat; Ed Callen, incumbant and Sue Sturm for the hand troll seat; James Parker, incumbant, and Anne Lowe for trappers; J.im and Bruce Bachen for. hunters; and Incumbant Dave Pearson, Bachen and Virgil Henke for members-at-large. Resident adults who were in attendance at the meeting are eligible to cast ballots for these nominees at a meeting to be held 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at Blatchley Junior High. In other action, the committee proposed to eliminate the sealing requirement on marten, to clarify regulations prohibiting shooting game from a boat in Southeast, to restrict the recovery of game by helicopter for personal use to rescue situations only and to change the deer season in the Sitka area to Aug. to Nov. 30 with the anterless season Oct. 15 to Nov.

30. Most of the testimony on the deer regulations from the public opposed the changes. Therefore, the committee directed the chairman to write a letter ganfie board requesting deer regutions in 1 Southeast be open for change every year'. The committee will meet 7:30 p.m. Monday at Blatchley Junior High to consider and take comment on finfish proposals.

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