Chilliwack River Valley celebrates revitalized trails and hardworking volunteers

The trails in the Chilliwack River Valley are open and looking better than ever. Volunteer and professional trail builders spent more than 540 hours this year getting 70+ kilometres of neglected trails back into shape, clearing brush and deadfall, building new footbridges, addressing erosion, and installing reflective markers and information kiosks. Their hard work has certainly paid off. Since late October, 13 trails — most of which were [...]

2021-07-09T13:02:35-07:00December 21st, 2015|Trails and Access|0 Comments

Highlights from the PTAB’s October 30th meeting

The Provincial Trails Advisory Body (PTAB) held its second in-person meeting on October 30th and was attended by 11 members, including our own Andrew Drouin. The draft meeting minutes can be found here, but here is a condensed version of the topics that were discussed surrounding the implementation of the Trails Strategy for British Columbia. Please refer to the linked document for more complete explanations of the numbered [...]

2020-05-02T03:38:53-07:00December 17th, 2015|Trails and Access|0 Comments

Trails on Crown Land

The Forest Range Practices Act has three sections that trail builders should be aware of when working on Crown Land. In short: Section 56 establishes a trail on Crown land Section 57 allows construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of a trail on Crown land Section 58 offers protection for a trail on Crown land Section 118 Agreement (Partnership Agreement) provides authority for a land manager to enter into an [...]

2020-05-03T23:27:11-07:00December 10th, 2015|Trails and Access|2 Comments

New priority trails upgrading initiative

The Howe Sound Crest Trail gets a facelift earlier this year. Photo taken by Alex Wallace. This month, the FMCBC is beginning to collect input from member clubs on trails across the province that are in urgent need of upgrades or repairs to improve safety, access and/or usability. Based on the submissions we receive from our online form, we’ll be looking at possible solutions (especially funding [...]

2020-05-02T03:41:06-07:00December 2nd, 2015|Trails and Access|0 Comments

Southern Interior Regional Meeting Report

Meeting participants enjoyed an afternoon hike on the Spion Kop Trails in Lake Country. The FMCBC hosted a Southern Interior Regional Meeting on Saturday, October 17th at the UBC Okanagan Campus in Kelowna. We had a great turn out with all of our Southern Interior clubs being represented either in person or by conference call. Our meeting started off with a presentation by Doreen Olson of [...]

2020-05-02T03:42:58-07:00October 31st, 2015|Recreation and Conservation, Trails and Access|0 Comments
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