Safety in Bear Country: Excellent video
Check out this video from the International Association for Bear Research and Management: bearbiology.org/about/safety-in-bear-country
Joffre Lakes Park Visitor Strategy – Public Review
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 [...]
FMCBC Report on Recent Court Decision: No Public Right to Cross Private Land to Access Recreational Assets
In the recent decision, Douglas Lake Cattle Company v Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club (2021 BCCA 99), the BC Court of Appeal determined that the Douglas Lake Ranch could block the public from crossing its property to fish in the Crown owned Minnie and Stoney Lakes. The outcome is very disappointing not only for the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club, but for all who had hoped [...]
Backcountry air medical response team expanding into northern BC
A new air medical response team is about to take flight
Pressure on B.C. gov’t to fix trespassing laws that favour landowners | Vancouver Sun
vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-pressure-on-b-c-govt-to-fix-trespassing-laws-that-favour-u-s-billionaire-and-other-landowners