For 15 years, the FMCBC has expressed concern over the Garibaldi at Squamish (GAS) ski resort project, maintaining that if accepted, Squamish could lose the very reasons people are attracted to the area. The proposed $3.5 million resort at Brohm Ridge includes hotels, resort condos, extensive ski runs, and a projected 1.9 million annual visits to GAS. The FMCBC contends that this level of development will negatively impact [...]
Despite several stakeholder initiatives to resolve the zoning of a large area in the vicinity of Cloudburst Mountain, Tricouni Mountain, Cypress Mountain, Seagram’s Lake, and Brew Mountain, the “unresolved” designation put forward in 2009 by the Sea-to-Sky Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) persists. So long as this remains the case, the zoning of the area will effectively occur on the basis of individual tenure and access management [...]
Over the past week, organizations such as BC Nature and the Friends of Cypress Provincial Park sent in letters to BC Parks expressing concern regarding the BC Parks' Draft Ski Resort Policy which will affect ski resort operations within Mount Seymour, Cypress and Manning Provincial Parks. Today the FMCBC sent in a letter with our comments on sections of the policy which are of concern to our members [...]
Varsity Outdoor Club's Brew Hut - Photo by Clemens Adolphs We sent a letter to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations this week opposing Powder Mountain Catskiing's tenure expansion application into areas near the Varsity Outdoor Club's Brew Hut. Similar letters were sent by the UBC Varsity Outdoor Club and the Alpine Club of Canada Whistler Section. FMCBC's letter lists several reasons why [...]
BC Parks and the Katzie First Nation are working on a management plan for Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. The FMCBC took part in their stakeholders workshop, plus we sent in a letter during their Initial Public Input Comment Period describing what our members would like to see included in the plan. The initial comment period is now closed, but there will be another opportunity for the public to [...]
