(Keystone) Caribou and Standard Basin Closure in effect next season.

[HIGHTEC REDNECK]

This whole thing is bull$hit these magical caribou that only come out when the tree humpers are around. I've sledded for 15 years out in revy and never seen one caribou.... I guess harrasing them with a heilcopper is more geen peace style I should come up with m fellow indian brothers and we will hunt ever last one of them down

 

[Powder Puff]

Found out last wknd. they are still being hunted in Northern B.C. , and we are loosing riding areas to protect them.

 

[CanDoo]

Found out last wknd. they are still being hunted in Northern B.C. ,

maybe we could pay a few indians, who are allowed to hunt all things at all times... to do us a favour!!
we feed a few native families... and we open up areas to sledding and with all the sledders in town we feed a whole buch of revy families!!

 

[CUSO]

Found out last wknd. they are still being hunted in Northern B.C. , and we are loosing riding areas to protect them.

Mountain Caribou or woodland? I saw a site that claims they do, but I didn't think Mountain caribou were in northern B.C.

http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/425657/fsa-065-e.pdf

 

[Powder Puff]

Mtn. caribou. but they say it will be changing soon. Pretty sure he said the Quesnel area, but I was trying to get back up on my chair.
Some talk about transplanting again.

 

[FernieHawk]

Any new info on these closures?

 

[Powder Puff]

Gov. got back us with their 2nd proposal 2 wks ago and we have sent our suggestions back.
They said member/permit system for Caribou Basin, we suggested member only. They still wanted all of Standard Basin, we offered the Key Rd. and asked for the popular area just past the cabin to remain open and the remainder closed.
None of our other proposal from the 1st go around were even mentioned.
They are pushing for these additional closures to be in effect Jan. 1/11.

 

[CanDoo]

ask for it all back and negotiate from there... these enviro greenies are wack jobs!!
There are hundereds and thousands of acres sledders dont access yet thats not good enough... show them a map of the the monashies and selkirks and point out that we ride less than 1% of the moutain ranges and show them the amount of money sledders bring in and tell them to justify destroying a successful industry!!

But i am sure you good folks have done this... like talking to a wall i bet!!

T

 

[Powder Puff]

It`s all about prime caribou habitat areas suggested by the science teams. Prime Caribou habitat is based on maps with data collected over the last 15 yrs.
At times it`s more like beating your head against a wall T.

 

[CanDoo]

so thier scientist, that I am sure are very unbiased, get to decide what the "prime" caribou habitats are??.... hhhmmmm sounds suspiscious to me at the very least... I bet all the spots where we ride are the "prime" caribou areas??!! right?? I bet where we dont have or will ever get access are not prime hibitats??

Cant we hire our OWN scientists... to challenge thier scientists ?? we can have them battle it out...

T

 

[Tuesday]

The 1000's of square miles that we dont have access to, unless you own your own chopper, must apparently be the non prime spots are we are more then welcome to sled our brains out there.

What a joke, I have beat this topic to death yet we continue to loose.

Keep up the fight!

 

[Can-Do]

well if theres rideing areas we cant / dont have access to as of yet. and the GOV. says those areas are not prime caribou areas . with all the sledding community we could start funding our own mountain access roads to areas not deemed as caribou areas. if forestry can cut thier own roads, why cant we...

 

[fredw]

sad day for keystone, in all my 25 years of riding i have never seen not one caribou in keystone, well over 100 times going there, this is just not right people, we need to get our land back, just not right

 

[revbyu]

sad day for keystone, in all my 25 years of riding i have never seen not one caribou in keystone, well over 100 times going there, this is just not right people, we need to get our land back, just not right

My thoughts exactly - never has seen any caridou on the mountain - very sad to here - has been some my best riding days

 

[catalac]

Well a clear case of tree hugging winning out, my first trip through the trees past the cabin was 94, guess I should be lucky to say several of my best rides were at keystone, sorry to all those who will likely never see it's beauty. I have never seen a critter there either.

 

[Snow Bro]

It seems like the sledder $$$ isn't good enough, and upon seeing the last photos it's clear why were not wanted back there.(not a lot of lichen at that altitude) In fact the few times I have ridden there we were above the treeline? How much do the heli operators have to pay per person-not that we could ever come up with the right kind of $$$.
It's too bad we're going to lose this area, and we can do nothing to stop it from happening. Is the idea to get us to stop bringing our $$$.

 

[Powder Puff]

It seems like the sledder $$$ isn't good enough, and upon seeing the last photos it's clear why were not wanted back there.(not a lot of lichen at that altitude) In fact the few times I have ridden there we were above the treeline? How much do the heli operators have to pay per person-not that we could ever come up with the right kind of $$$.
It's too bad we're going to lose this area, and we can do nothing to stop it from happening. Is the idea to get us to stop bringing our $$$.

We are lucky here in Revy to have elevation closures 1770-2100 m. for the habitat closure borders, no where else in the province has these type of boundaries.
Actually lots of lichen at that elevation. We are working with gov. to keep these areas open for us all to ride.

Don`t lay down yet guys.

 

[Snow Bro]

We are lucky here in Revy to have elevation closures 1770-2100 m. for the habitat closure borders, no where else in the province has these type of boundaries.
Actually lots of lichen at that elevation. We are working with gov. to keep these areas open for us all to ride.

Don`t lay down yet guys.

Thanks for making it clear that there may still be the opportunity to ride at some elevations. It appeared that the whole mtn. was going to be closed to sledders. I have seen the abundance of lichen on the trees while on the way up, as well as deer/caribou tracks on/crossing the trail. It must be less stressful for them to walk on the packed trail?..
Keep up the good work..

 

[Ruegsegger]

Hey guys,

Looking to make a trip to keystone around Jan 14th, would be my first time, but looing at the map above looks like you have to cross the Red zone to get to the green zone? or does the trail start within the green zone? Or is this a "fly ur sled in" kinda deal.

 

[Powder Puff]

Looking at this map?
Keystone/Standard Basin: is well signed with informational signs at the trail head.

http://www.revelstokesnowmobileclub.com/pdf/8_5x11keystone_snoclos_rv_poster_081222.PDF