Off-roading banned

[eric]

139, that explains it all....written by CBC

[Cyrus]

Unfortunately this probably is a about 3 days too late. Imo a complete backcountry ban should be implemented in the bad areas. The tourists can come up here start a fire and drive home...then our homes burn...not sure why anyone would want to vacation in an active fire area

[uraarchr]

FSR's are" designated" roads so it sounds like its ok with a regular hwy vehicle .

[tipper]

Unfortunately this probably is a about 3 days too late. Imo a complete backcountry ban should be implemented in the bad areas. The tourists can come up here start a fire and drive home...then our homes burn...not sure why anyone would want to vacation in an active fire area

100% agree. Like I said earlier a lot of people were already on their way camping before Fridays ban came into affect.

[708]

Found this...

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/pub...ions_aug_4.pdf


• Jeeps, trucks and other on-highway vehicles are permitted on designated roads under this prohibition, including forest service roads. However, they are not allowed to go offroad.

• Travelling cross-country off of a travelled road surface in a Jeep, truck or 4x4 is not permitted.

• Driving an ATV on a forest service road or designated trail is not permitted.

• People who are going camping at a recreation site — so long as it is not in the Cariboo Fire Centre — may travel on a forest service road.

[j270wsm]

People have been posting on Facebook that campers are being " evicted " from their crown land camp sites all around koocanusa.

[papaken]

139, that explains it all....written by CBC

Don't put much stock in what I hear from the Can't Be C​ertain misinformation station!

[btridge]

People have been posting on Facebook that campers are being " evicted " from their crown land camp sites all around koocanusa.

People that like to camp on crown land that is NOT a recognised camp site, are breaking the off road travel ban as soon as they pull off the FSR, I would suspect that this is why they are being " evicted".

[fireguy]

Here is the thing about this ban. There is a way around it. Hire a guide to take you out on your ATV. It's happening all over in the banned areas. It's a commercial business so ATV tours are still going.

A call all in to officials confirmed they are allowed.

[Salty]

Ya that example stinks a little but in the big picture it makes sense to me. We need as few people as possible in the back country until this weather breaks. To get there limiting recreation is not a big deal to society but stopping commerce and people's livelihood is a big deal. So you strike a balance. I'm sure if we got to a firestorm apocalypse complete with zombies you'd shut commerce down too.