Further CPR info

Bill Ross's number at CPR (250)-352-6457 He's at Kootenay Rail and copies of the plan can be viewed in Nelson at the CPR station, 90 Baker St.

CPR's Pest Management Plan posted in the papers says the proposed duration of the plan is from May 10, 2005 - May 10, 2010. Angelo Dalcin told Jill Stewart that the end of the public consultation period is likely April 15th, 2005.

The purpose of the proposed PMP is to identify the area and the manner in which the herbicides will be used. The pest management methods proposed for use include hand pulling, and cutting, trimming, mowing, power brush-cutting, chainsaws, biological control agents, and herbicides.

The proposed area covered by this plan are all lands operated and maintained by CPR along the approximately 1760 km of rights-of-way in southern British Columbia. The CPR mainline follows the Trans Canada highway from the Alberta-BC border through to Vancouver. It goes through numerous communities including Golden, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Kamloops, Mission, Abbotsford, and the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Branch lines travel through the southern interior of BC including the Crowsnest Pass and the Columbia River Valley, and through communities such as Fernie, Cranbrook, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, and Invermere.

The active ingredients and trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: piclorum, 2,4-D, (Tordon 101), chlorosulfuron , clopyralid (Transline), dicamba (Vanquish), diuron, (Karmex, Durex), glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage, Vantage Plus, Imazapyr (Arsenal), metasulfuron-methyl (Escort), picloram (Tordon 22K), 2,4-D various trade names, triclopyr (Garlon 4), amitrole (Amitrole 240), bromacil/diuron (Krovar 1),. Application methods will include backpack, handgun, wick, basal bark, shrouded boom or boom-fusu (sp?) nozzle systems. The proposed Integrated Vegetation Management Plan (IVMP) and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined in detail at www.cpr.ca/go/ivmp or at CPR Station, 90 Baker Street, Nelson, BC

Angelo Dalcin angelo_dalcin@cpr.ca is the engineer responsible for monitoring the CPR PMPlan. (403) 319-6145

He says if you want to view the plan online and intend to download any of it, to see photos and maps etc, he recommends you download it onto hard drive first to avoid glitches.

A person wishing to provide information about a proposed treatment site relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send information to the applicant within 30 days of publication of this notice in the local newspapers.