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
The Tetrahedron Park Saga
From our Executive Director, Barry Janyk: Tetrahedron Provincial Park, just east of Sechelt, was established in 1995—in part to provide a pristine watershed for the Sunshine Coast. Due to years of Sunshine Coast Regional District inaction, development on the lower Sunshine Coast has surpassed the ability of the SCRD to provide adequate water in summer. […]
The FMCBC Welcomes the Squamish Access Society
(Thanks to Toby Foord-Kelcey of the Squamish Access Society for providing 99.9% of the information below.) Please help us welcome the Squamish Access Society (SAS), our first Associate Member! (And what is an Associate Member, you ask? An Associate Membership is open to any non-profit organization which would like to join the FMCBC for reasons […]
Backcountry Access meeting – Port Alberni – March 24th, 2018
From our Executive Director, Barry Janyk: It was great I was able to attend a meeting organised by NDP Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser to try and find solutions to backcountry access restrictions that have been increasing on Vancouver Island. MLA Fraser addressed the group to help define the issues and seek support for […]
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