BC Parks released plans for day-use passes in some parks again this year. Our first impression is that they listened to us in part since they removed the pilot project from Cypress and Seymour parks. However, by reinstating the pilot project they have not explained why the program is actually required. Our best guess is that the park employees don't want to deal with the parking chaos [...]
Last summer BC Parks introduced a pilot-project to reduce the risk of COVID to park visitors and staff. We wrote a blog post last summer that discussed the issues around the passes. BC Parks is currently doing a survey until May 8th to determine if the public supports the pilot project being extended to 2021. The feedback from most members has been [...]
Introduction BC Parks is asking for public input on a strategy to control the number of hikers that can hike the popular trail in the summer. The Federation is concerned since this is the first proposed implementation of a day-use reservation system after the the pilot-project last summer. We think that BC Parks is proposing to allow too many people to hike this trail, but the [...]
The Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC (FMCBC) is concerned that the Province of BC will not plow the access road and parking area for the Rubble Creek trailhead to allow winter access to Garibaldi Lake. Backcountry users only have a few places to park along the Sea-to-Sky corridor in the winter. Garibaldi Lake and surrounding terrain is a world-class winter recreation destination that deserves to be open [...]
In September 2020, the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Doug Donaldson, released the report, BC’s Old Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity, arising from the strategic review of old-growth forests conducted by Al Gorley and Gary Merkel. At the same time, Minister Donaldson announced a new approach to old forests via a news release. Some of the initial actions the government is [...]
