The Provincial Government requested public feedback on its discussion paper that will help build the foundation for the Natural Resource Road Act which will be used to streamline law that applies to all resource roads in B.C. You can view the feedback which the FMCBC submitted below. This feedback was put together by members of the FMCBC Southwest BC Recreation and Conservation Committee and submitted via email and through the online [...]
August 2015 The BCMC trail starts just east of the Grouse Grind and heads up to the top of the Gondola on a slightly more gentle route. With the increasing popularity of the Grouse Grind, more people are using the BCMC trail to escape the crowds on the Grind or to go downhill, as the Grind is ascent only. In the past two years, erosion has become very [...]
The Howe Sound Crest Trail project is progressing satisfactorily and the trail is increasingly popular. This can have its drawbacks due to the constant interruptions to machine work, and in 2015 it is hoped to get the trail crew started early. However there are already signs that this lack of snowpack may also have the effect of closing the backcountry if a fire season closure is declared early [...]
The FMCBC is a supporter of the Vancouver Island Spine Trail. The Vancouver Island Spine will be a 700 km trail from Victoria in the south to Cape Scott at the northern end of the island. The project is being developed by the Vancouver Island Spine Trail Association (VISTA), a part of "Hike BC," the BC wing of the National Hiking Trail. The NHT, over the past 30 [...]
The FMCBC created and published distributed the Nootka Trail map, and promoted the conservation of West Nootka Island. This general interest map is not suited to navigation. The map is attached below.
