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IGNA,L-STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 3,1876.
• Frain the Sudbury Star
• Is it , possible to predict
when#.;,
vegetation ' is suscep-
tible to pollution damage and
disease?
This is a major question
behind airesearch prbj,ect in
which. the- Environment
Canada atnbspheric en-
vironment service granted a
$25,,000- contract to. Barry'
Grace, a recent .graduate of
Laurentian; University's post-
graduate program; and to
•Terry. Guillespie, :a member.
of 'Guelph University's
dep"artm
ent of • nd resource
- 1
'
sciences faculty.' .
Dr. Guillespie .will be Mr.
Grace's supervisor in .doc-.
tiara' studies . a.t. Guelph. A •
recent ,graduate of, Lauren-
tian's master of Science.
program, Barry 'emphasizes,
the fact that ""the idea of me
getting a contract is net that
important,"_but the project's .
approval:_ does prove one : •
thing, the high success rate
for people doing research and
graduate work from this
'institution."
This scheme' is itself an off-
shoot of- an earlier projedt
conducted by members of the
university and in which Mr.
Grace, environmentalist;
pa:f"ticipated. •
That project saw
Laurentian faculty awarded a
two-year contract to in-
vestigate the sensitivity' of
lichens to air pollution in the
Mackenzie Va11ey, .in •'the
Northwest Territories.
This project is particularly
important . in .light ,of the .
proposed pipeline project for
that area whereecempreasors
emit a number of pollr$tan.ts,
emoting them sulphur dioxide
which. . may have:. a
detrimental , effect upon.
vegetaion.
rlIf the plant life
At :the . spring Convocation
held• on May 29, 1976 :at
Laurentian University in.
Sudbury,. B.W.` Grace of
Goderich was, awarded the
degree of Master of Science in
Biology with high.distinction.
A former graduate of
Goderi'ch District . Collegiate
Institute, • Barry has. been
studying and working in. the
Sudbury area for several
.'years. Barry's ' master
research was a study, Of
, ;plants and their en.
:#041.inents in tjle Nnrth' West
Ter'ritor'ies,. notably the
MacKenzie.:River Delta.
Barry is now enrolled' at the
University of Guelph in a
P.H.D. program where he
will continue his research:into
setting' environmental
standards for the con
struction of pipe lines in the
Far North. Heis the son of
John Grace, Goderich.
destroyed, permafrost may
' become exposed and thaw.
' The effects to the pipeline
itself are obvious. It would
"start to break and slip," on
the unstable terrain, said Mr.
frrace.
.`There are also ecolo_gical
repercussions. In an : 'area
where the life balance is, very
delicate,. "you. kill off the recognized council `. of
plants•: and the first thingyou students or a staff
know,; the'animals are next,".: -;association.. The statement
he said. must •be: filed with a rent
'In some areas of the valley, review officer before the
lichens make up 90 per cent of notice of rent, increase is'
vegetation,' the main fare for given.); rental projects
caribou and reindeer. ' owned or operated by, or On .
In a thick blanket of six to behalf of, a federal,
•
•
eight ' inches,„ the - lichens
provide insulation for the
permafrost. Where the
temperature 'may rise to 80
degrees in the daytiine,
underneath the mat; • the
temperature remain at 34
degrees.' •
Because • lichens have no
roots, :they take then
nutrients from the air.
Earlierreseareh headed by
lichens are sensitive' to their
env.ironament,' "and this
sensitivity is a direct function
of the ,micro -environment,”
explained Mr. Grace,
Because these organisms
take :their food, from the air, a
Crucial, factor k moisture.
Rain or .dew on.' the lichen
provide it, With its' food sup-
ply. If a pollutant is. • con -
Drs. b. H. Richardson and E. taminating the air, it is also
Nieboer confirmed ', 'that absorbed bythe lichen.
If it l-ack§ • moisture,
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hit with two successive rent government agency.
increases withiri a a Short The amendments in,
period, of time says Sidney validate any rent review
Handleman, minister of orders previously made on".
Consumer and Commercial premises which are now'.
Relations. exempt.
Recent amendments to the "We feel the amendments
Rent Review ACt prohibit will :streamline the 'entire
landlords who benefited from application of the rent review
a rent increase of up .to eight process,'" Nit-. Handleman
• per cent withouta rent review said. "It makes no sense to
order from levying a further applycontrols to.units'which.
increase for at least 12 are already subsidized -units
months. which even now are rented at
,Mr. ,Handleman said some rates well below. market
landlords were increasing value."
rents by eight per cent on a
short-term basis and then
writing leases, to be effective
Aug. 1, which contain
.-provisions for a second. eight
-per cent increase. The
amendments . prohibit this
practice:
The minister added that a
tenant could apply fqr .a
reviewOf .any increase and
that .the decision of the rent
reviewofficer was binding for
at least 12 months. .
Under. the Act, landlords
must seek rent review for any
increase in excess of eight per
cent a ;)rove. the rent charged
for • the last` full month for
which the :premises were'
rented prior to the. first day of
August.
The amendments spell out
that :tenancreS of weekly or
monthly duration are now
included within the scope of
the Act. ,
When an order has been
issued, tenants may deduct
the full overpayment from
future . rent cheques:
Previously, these deductions
were. 'limited to one month
only..
Certain types of rental
accommodation have been
exempted from the Act by the
amendments. These include::
• public hospitals:and religious
institutions; non " profit
educational facilities
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stitution officialssubmit a
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however, it di°ies°tap-and life
functions drop to a point
where° theycannot be
measured, the lichen ap-
pearing to be.dead.
"Wet' equals' sensitivity,"
said Mr. Grace, who notes
that in his project, the
research will be geared
' towards producing a com-
puter 'model based on plant'
sensitivity and • micro-.
environhient. •
While the field work,is to be,
conducted , in the Mackenzie
',Valleyley are,.a • succesful
. e
a..
model would be applicable
throwghoutthe country,
In Sudbury, ' he said, if
.sensitivit'y were possible to
predict, it would be possible
to influence the emissions of .•
sulphur dioxide. from Inco's
superstack to ensure
minimum damage:'
Elsewhere in Canada,. the
information would be
valuable to food growers.
Currently, he said, in-
secticides . are sprayed on
crops every two weeks. If the
period of wettness . occurs
between two sprayings, the
pesticides are not as effective
as they might be.
Through • forecasting, it
may be possible to reduce the .
need for spraying to two or,
three times a• year when
plants are most susceptible to
disease:
This- would reduce cost' to
'the farmer,who then'needs
sinallerquantities of
pesticides, '•get better .yield
through the process and there
is lesser amount of pesticides
on the product to be eaten.
Fungusis constatly'floating •
areitind • in the : air, he ex-
plained,
x
lain
but oes not r • '
p d, d g ow if•-
.dry.. '
• Malor factors in the
,incidence of plant disease are
degree,of wetness, coupled to
duration ` of wetness and
temperature.
• The summer will be spent
in the field. where Mr; Grace
and Laurentian student Brian
Amiro will gather -data..
required for the formulation
of a preliminary model for
use in predicting• sensitivity
of plants to pollution.
This Model, along with the.
rationale for it, must ;Ve
completed by next spring,
according to terms of the
contract.. "The final model,
will' take several years with a
computer to iron out,". he
predicted
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Corporation -of the
TOWN 'lill''N r
PODER C.H .
• WHEREAS • THE T
OWN OF GQDE"R
ICH' ,
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RECOGNiZES THE VERY REAL FIN NCiA NEED.
SOME STUDENTS HAVE FORS• SUMMER. Ow:
P'LOYMENT; .
AND, WHEREAS THE •TOWN. QF GODERICH
WISHES TO ENCOURAGE :THE TRAITS OF IN-
D{J,,STRY,THRIFT,„ANpDESIRE FOR WORK IN ITS
• STUDE.NT POPULATION, THE WEEK OF •
• JUNE 7"TH
ROUGH 1
.IS HEREBY DECLARED ” ' .
:HIRE 'A STUDENT WEEK
IN GODERICH:
D. J. (DEQ) SHEWFELT
MAYOR.
TOWN OF GODERICH•,
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