Latest issues
Right to Roam
What rights do the public have to access private and crown lands? What rights do the public have to use publicly funded roads to access crown lands?
Sea to Sky Access
Many areas in the Sea to Sky Corridor are difficult for backcountry users to access. Here’s our list of priority areas that we want to work with the province to resolve.
Singing Pass Trail Access
Restoring access to the Singing Pass Trail is one most contentious–and longstanding–access issues in the Sea to Sky corridor.
Cypress BAC
Working together to establish the public right to cross the Backcountry Access Corridor in Cypress Provincial Park before 9 am.
Latest news
FAQ – FrontCounter BC Land Act Tenures
The following questions and answers were provided by FrontCounter BC to help us better understand the Crown land application referral process. Question #1: what is FrontCounter BC, who it is responsible and for what? FrontCounter BC provides a single point of contact service to assist you with licences, permits, registrations and other authorizations required […]
Some Thoughts on Trails from the 2019 Greenway Trails Strategy Meeting
FMCBC Executive Director Barry Janyk was invited to attend the Trails BC Greenway Trails Strategy meeting, which took place in Penticton on May 5th, 2019. Janyk’s presentation, given to the 30-ish attendees that were at the Okanagan Similkameen RD offices for the meeting, is below! So I went into my FMCBC electronic file folder that […]
Minister George Heyman decides the fate of Tetrahedron Provincial Park
I’m pleased to announce that, in a late afternoon phone call yesterday, I was advised by senior Ministry of Environment staff that Minster Heyman had in fact decided on the future of Tetrahedron Provincial Park. To quote the press release, “…the minister… evaluated the Chapman Lake expansion project and after careful consideration, is not prepared […]
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