Clint r
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Copied from Castanets news service.
Not sure about the island, or other areas of BC but up here some guys are just chewing up the bush. I saw with my own eyes where someone had driven into the creek, traveled downstream about 300 meters and then bushwhacked a new trail across an alpine field to get out. Warnings were posted last year in the local papers and that where I thought it would end. Guess not.
Bill Everitt - Mar 27 4:31 pm
Conservation officers are warning the public not to damage the environment in unauthorized areas after a man was heavily fined for mud bogging, Thursday.
About 2 p.m. Thursday, biologists with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources were taking a helicopter to do a bighorn sheep inventory.
As they were en route to the location, they noticed a black pickup mud bogging near the Bear Creek Main forest service road near West Kelowna.
"(The team) observed a vehicle that was essentially creating their own trail," said Conservation officer David Cox. "We were notified, and we attended and found the individual mud bogging in the area."
Cox said the lone male was on Crown land and the area is not necessarily protected. However, it is popular and important for many forms of wildlife.
"It's wintering habitat for a lot of ungulates like moose, bighorn sheep and mule deer," Cox said. "They rely on grasslands and use that area, especially in the spring, it's one of the first areas that greens up."
Cox said mud bogging is not an issue if people stick to designated trails and areas that permit that type of activity. Unfortunately, this person did not.
The man was served a $575 ticket under section 46 of the Forest and Range Practices Act.
Not sure about the island, or other areas of BC but up here some guys are just chewing up the bush. I saw with my own eyes where someone had driven into the creek, traveled downstream about 300 meters and then bushwhacked a new trail across an alpine field to get out. Warnings were posted last year in the local papers and that where I thought it would end. Guess not.
Bill Everitt - Mar 27 4:31 pm
Conservation officers are warning the public not to damage the environment in unauthorized areas after a man was heavily fined for mud bogging, Thursday.
About 2 p.m. Thursday, biologists with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources were taking a helicopter to do a bighorn sheep inventory.
As they were en route to the location, they noticed a black pickup mud bogging near the Bear Creek Main forest service road near West Kelowna.
"(The team) observed a vehicle that was essentially creating their own trail," said Conservation officer David Cox. "We were notified, and we attended and found the individual mud bogging in the area."
Cox said the lone male was on Crown land and the area is not necessarily protected. However, it is popular and important for many forms of wildlife.
"It's wintering habitat for a lot of ungulates like moose, bighorn sheep and mule deer," Cox said. "They rely on grasslands and use that area, especially in the spring, it's one of the first areas that greens up."
Cox said mud bogging is not an issue if people stick to designated trails and areas that permit that type of activity. Unfortunately, this person did not.
The man was served a $575 ticket under section 46 of the Forest and Range Practices Act.