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Motorized recreationists have been getting shafted for the past decade and more. Trail closure after trail closure. One of our biggest losses came when the dirt road network near Sooke, BC, was shut down, thanks to The Land Conservancy and the CRD. Now we finally have a chance to fight back. YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!
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Or you can skip my rant and go straight to the Facebook page for the South Island Motorized Recreation Advisory Council and become a fan. In short, more fans = a larger demonstration of support for motorized recreation around Sooke = more clout when it the motorized recreationists push for access into the Harbourview Rd and adjacent trail systems. For anyone who's unfamiliar with it, it is a FANTASTIC area for fourwheeling which the greenies have taken from us. Even more annoying is that it's been logged several times and is full of roads, so we're not talking about some conservancy project. This was a working forest and provided recreation for all sorts of British Columbians, including fishermen, campers, dirt bikers, and fourwheelers. Now they're trying to turn it into a preserve for hikers.
I strongly urge everyone to become a fan of that page. It takes maybe 2 seconds of your time and can make the difference between success and failure. The enviros will be starting up their media juggernaut so we need every vote we can get. DO NOT IGNORE THIS. This is the closest we've ever come to re-opening a significant fourwheeling area. Don't blow it by sitting on your ass and doing nothing.
After you become a fan of the SIMRAC page, you can go here to read more on what is happening around Sooke and their efforts to allow motorized vehicles back onto the trails: http://bb.bc4x4.com/showthread.php?...-Vancouver-Island-an-unbelievable-development
READ THIS
Or you can skip my rant and go straight to the Facebook page for the South Island Motorized Recreation Advisory Council and become a fan. In short, more fans = a larger demonstration of support for motorized recreation around Sooke = more clout when it the motorized recreationists push for access into the Harbourview Rd and adjacent trail systems. For anyone who's unfamiliar with it, it is a FANTASTIC area for fourwheeling which the greenies have taken from us. Even more annoying is that it's been logged several times and is full of roads, so we're not talking about some conservancy project. This was a working forest and provided recreation for all sorts of British Columbians, including fishermen, campers, dirt bikers, and fourwheelers. Now they're trying to turn it into a preserve for hikers.
I strongly urge everyone to become a fan of that page. It takes maybe 2 seconds of your time and can make the difference between success and failure. The enviros will be starting up their media juggernaut so we need every vote we can get. DO NOT IGNORE THIS. This is the closest we've ever come to re-opening a significant fourwheeling area. Don't blow it by sitting on your ass and doing nothing.
After you become a fan of the SIMRAC page, you can go here to read more on what is happening around Sooke and their efforts to allow motorized vehicles back onto the trails: http://bb.bc4x4.com/showthread.php?...-Vancouver-Island-an-unbelievable-development
We are probably as close to getting back in there as we ever will be (imho). The trick, if we DO get access, will be to keep it sane, respect the "others" around there to the nth degree, and keep the "heavy" wheeling to the beat up, clearcut, ugly areas elsewhere, lest we loose the prettiest wheeling on the island AGAIN.
