I was out west of Lake Cowichan this weekend. Nice area and some of it new to me. I was really disappointed to see a couple of 24"+ trees felled into Tuck Lake right at the boat ramp. What an F'n waste. No chance of using them for anything except collecting fishing lures. Somebody from Forestry stamped the stumps (I don't know why.) and thoughtfully attached a laminated note detailing the large fines and jail time available for vandalism like that. Specifically, cutting trees without a permit.
Pity that the "faller" will probably never be back there and will never see the note. I brought home a bunch of their trash but couldn't get the big bag of it thrown into the lake and hung up on some branches of said tree. The Big A&& tarp was way to heavy, full of water and big for me to get it into the back of my little truck by myself.
[ Localguru said]...lots of fences and 2 gates now. but thanks to all the nanaimo guys that keep cutting them out. kudos!!!! i say its all our resource and they are the ones disturbing the peace...{end quote}
? You do know that you are talking about private land. Right? It is privately owned, titled and deeded. If they want to put a gate on their own road or allow a renter to put a gate on a road to the tenants property, they can do that. Geez! You ought to see how wild my wife gets if she sees somebody on our place if they haven't come to the door and got permission. She just about ripped the heads off some surveyors on our property a few years ago. They (the surveyors) are legally allowed to be there by the way, some part of the survey act allowing access to private land for survey work. John Q Public isn't allowed to be breaking through gates to private property, rented out or otherwise. The loggers and logging companies are (should be) high on our friend list. A good part of the time they ALLOW us to use their land to drive on and enjoy. They also make roads for us to get back there. They also leave trails to challenge our skills and our vehicles abilities. How do we say thanks! and repay them? It seems some do it by ripping out a gate when it shows up. Others repay by trashing and stealing logging equipment. Others by "mud bogging" which puts the land owner in the position of getting a $100,000 fine for allowing it. You did know that mud bogging opens you to a fine of $100,000 didn't you? Makes us look like a bunch of vandals when really, what we should be doing is picking up trash, reporting people who dump trash, damage private property, cut down trees etc.
The Rover Landers have done it three times over the years, last time in 2008, before that in 2005, so I doubt the Expedition Overland group were clearing twenty years of deadfalls. By all accounts it is a good experience. AKA The Grease Trail. Info here- http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/cariboo/trails/almack.htm
Photos of the RL's last two trips can be found on their website under "Photo Galleries" in the "2005" (1300 pics) and "2008" (260 pics) albums. www.roverlanders.bc.ca http://roverlanders.bc.ca/photo-gallery/
I was out west of Lake Cowichan this weekend. Nice area and some of it new to me. I was really disappointed to see a couple of 24"+ trees felled into Tuck Lake right at the boat ramp. What an F'n waste. No chance of using them for anything except collecting fishing lures. Somebody from Forestry stamped the stumps (I don't know why.) and thoughtfully attached a laminated note detailing the large fines and jail time available for vandalism like that. Specifically, cutting trees without a permit.
Pity that the "faller" will probably never be back there and will never see the note. I brought home a bunch of their trash but couldn't get the big bag of it thrown into the lake and hung up on some branches of said tree. The Big A&& tarp was way to heavy, full of water and big for me to get it into the back of my little truck by myself.
[ Localguru said]...lots of fences and 2 gates now. but thanks to all the nanaimo guys that keep cutting them out. kudos!!!! i say its all our resource and they are the ones disturbing the peace...{end quote}
? You do know that you are talking about private land. Right? It is privately owned, titled and deeded. If they want to put a gate on their own road or allow a renter to put a gate on a road to the tenants property, they can do that. Geez! You ought to see how wild my wife gets if she sees somebody on our place if they haven't come to the door and got permission. She just about ripped the heads off some surveyors on our property a few years ago. They (the surveyors) are legally allowed to be there by the way, some part of the survey act allowing access to private land for survey work. John Q Public isn't allowed to be breaking through gates to private property, rented out or otherwise. The loggers and logging companies are (should be) high on our friend list. A good part of the time they ALLOW us to use their land to drive on and enjoy. They also make roads for us to get back there. They also leave trails to challenge our skills and our vehicles abilities. How do we say thanks! and repay them? It seems some do it by ripping out a gate when it shows up. Others repay by trashing and stealing logging equipment. Others by "mud bogging" which puts the land owner in the position of getting a $100,000 fine for allowing it. You did know that mud bogging opens you to a fine of $100,000 didn't you? Makes us look like a bunch of vandals when really, what we should be doing is picking up trash, reporting people who dump trash, damage private property, cut down trees etc.
(Rant off.)
The Rover Landers have done it three times over the years, last time in 2008, before that in 2005, so I doubt the Expedition Overland group were clearing twenty years of deadfalls. By all accounts it is a good experience. AKA The Grease Trail. Info here- http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/cariboo/trails/almack.htm
Photos of the RL's last two trips can be found on their website under "Photo Galleries" in the "2005" (1300 pics) and "2008" (260 pics) albums. www.roverlanders.bc.ca
http://roverlanders.bc.ca/photo-gallery/