We spent a few days last week exploring a small part of the East Kootenays - more about that in the next post.....One stop was at Lake Enid, a Forest Service Recreation Area just west of Invermere (Wilmer, to be precise), where we spent a night camping.
Observers of the BC scene will be familiar with recent cuts to the BC Provincial Parks system - fewer Rangers, privatization - but the Forest Service's Recreation Areas have received little attention although their plight is as bad, if not worse.
On travels through western Alberta, we have been somewhat appalled by the damage caused by ATV traffic. There was some of the same damage here. Lots of signs, though. But if the government thinks that some signs will make a difference, they're dreaming. Only enforcement will make a difference, and that needs people on the ground, not people designing signs in some office somewhere.
Mr Campbell: If you're not going to put your (our) money where your mouth is, why bother with the signs? Some of the things that make BC the beautiful place it is are being destroyed. It's time to start catching up with public concern on this one.
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I used to think that if you just didn't have access roads, that you'd be ok. I think that could still work for bigger parks. The ATV's would invade the edges but wouldn't usually go too far. But for smaller parks the ATV's will go everywhere, regardless of signs. The only place they can't go is the really rugged terrain in the mountains.
I just wish the oil would run out and shut down this motorized lifestyle.
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