INSTITUTE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

MEETING OF PROPOSED
"Save BURNABY LAKE ASSOCIATION”

BURNABY C1iTy HALL. 7:30 P.M,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1971,

 

The meeting was held by repre-
sentatives of some 15 organi-
zations that are interested in
restoring Burnaby Lake, which
is rapidly becoming a marsh,
and in making it and its sur-
rounding land into a model of
wild life conservation and of
part development.

The meeting was chaired by
Harry Fuller, the Burnaby dir-
ector of SPEC. Douglas Col-
-lege was represented by Chris
Home-Douglas.

The most urgent task at hand
is to dredge or pump out the
accumulation of sand, soil and
above all peat-moss that threa-
tens the lake with extinction
within a few years. Represen-
tatives from several dredging
companies attended the first
part of the meeting and went
into many technical questions
on the problem of cleaning the
lake.

The representatives then turn-
ed to the question of setting
up the proposed association.

Dre? Turnbull yedarector of
Save Our Parkland Association
was present and together with
lawyer John Motiuk presented
a proposed constitution which
was discussed.

A committee of five was formed
to act on behalf of the pro-

 

 

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posed association until offi-
cers are appointed at the first
meeting of the association.

It was decided that the first
president of the association
should be a man from Burnaby
and that he should be a per-
son with drive and ability.

Suggestions as to who might
fill the bill are urgently re-
quired before the next meeting
which is to be held in early
February.

More complete minutes of this
meeting are available from the
Institute of Environmental
Studies for anyone who may be
interested.