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Old 09-02-2015, 12:23 PM   #3
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Yes, I certainly recall the significant amounts of debris in the water - much of it the kind you did not want to hit. Completely different these days, which is a good thing.

I wonder how much of that is due to improved logging practices. With the regs requiring better cleanup of affected rivers and streams, and the use of log bundles rather than loose logs in booms, plus the widespread use of log barges (The self propelled log barge Haida Monarch was introduced in 1974), I would think containment has had a huge impact.

Whatever happened to the debris trap they used to have on the Fraser? I gather it was hugely successful although there was talk of it being shut down as one of the partners (Federal, provincial, or insurance) threatened to pull out. Never heard how that turned out.

A sign of the times: last week there were a number of warnings (Coast Guard & other mariners) on the VHF about logs in the tide rip near Cape Mudge; back in the day that would have business as usual.
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