This is the kind of positive action that all Fish & Game Clubs should be trying to do. Great PR move that no anti-hunting groups can shout down.
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Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006
Rod and gun club agrees to maintain Kootenay recreation sites
The Lake Windermere Rod and Gun Club continued with its efforts to spruce up and restore B.C. Forest Service recreation sites in the Rockies southeast of Canal Flats last weekend. Club members Peter Bartman, Sandi McAllister, Cameron Guillemaud, Wendy Kinsey, Guy Williams, Jurgen Koenig, Andres Schmaler and in front Jim Raven, Fred Kinsey, Norm Hendricks and Don Steinwand spent the weekend working on rec sites in the White River drainages, including beautiful Munroe Lake, pictured below. Echo photos by Bram Rossman (Black Press) - The Lake Windermere Rod and Gun Club (LWRGC) has agreed to take over the maintenance of seven popular forestry recreation sites in the Kootenay and White River Valleys.
Having signed a one-year contract with the new provincial Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts, the club has already done a weekend work bee at the White/Kootenay Junction site, Fenwick Creek and Fenwick Lake.
"Basically they've been unmaintained for the last three years," attested LWRGC president Norm Hendricks.
The work party did a general cleanup on the three sites, making sure the tables and fire rings are in place.
As well as painting and cleaning the outhouses, they painted tables and signs and ensured they were in good repair. On top of that they picked up and carried out any garbage they found.
With $5,000 coming from the government directly to the club, Hendricks said the ongoing efforts will be a good fundraiser for the organization, which is essentially volunteering their efforts.
"We had a lot of fun," he said of the first work bee, noting that this weekend is when they will be going out to do the remaining four sites including the East Fork site on the White River, Graves Creek, Forsythe Creek and Munroe Lake.
With camping accommodations and food provided for all those that volunteer to help out, Hendricks implored anyone interested to come out.
"Everyone who came out last time said they had so much fun they're all coming back again," he commented.
With ongoing maintenance of the areas, which also happen to be popular spots for club members to stage hunting expeditions from, the idea is that they will continue to be open for use.
"If they go unmaintained they will get too far gone and then be closed," Hendricks acknowledged.
With the current contract good only for a year, the idea is that it can be renewed again at the end of the term if both the club and the ministry are happy with the arrangements.
After the first major overall cleanups at each of the sites, which will be finished after this weekend, only the four most popular of the seven sites are required to be revisited.
Nonetheless with club members who are likely to be in the area anyway, Hendricks advised that they will probably be monitored more frequently.
http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=ab_home&articleID=2326048
Wednesday, Jul 19, 2006
Rod and gun club agrees to maintain Kootenay recreation sites
The Lake Windermere Rod and Gun Club continued with its efforts to spruce up and restore B.C. Forest Service recreation sites in the Rockies southeast of Canal Flats last weekend. Club members Peter Bartman, Sandi McAllister, Cameron Guillemaud, Wendy Kinsey, Guy Williams, Jurgen Koenig, Andres Schmaler and in front Jim Raven, Fred Kinsey, Norm Hendricks and Don Steinwand spent the weekend working on rec sites in the White River drainages, including beautiful Munroe Lake, pictured below. Echo photos by Bram Rossman (Black Press) - The Lake Windermere Rod and Gun Club (LWRGC) has agreed to take over the maintenance of seven popular forestry recreation sites in the Kootenay and White River Valleys.
Having signed a one-year contract with the new provincial Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts, the club has already done a weekend work bee at the White/Kootenay Junction site, Fenwick Creek and Fenwick Lake.
"Basically they've been unmaintained for the last three years," attested LWRGC president Norm Hendricks.
The work party did a general cleanup on the three sites, making sure the tables and fire rings are in place.
As well as painting and cleaning the outhouses, they painted tables and signs and ensured they were in good repair. On top of that they picked up and carried out any garbage they found.
With $5,000 coming from the government directly to the club, Hendricks said the ongoing efforts will be a good fundraiser for the organization, which is essentially volunteering their efforts.
"We had a lot of fun," he said of the first work bee, noting that this weekend is when they will be going out to do the remaining four sites including the East Fork site on the White River, Graves Creek, Forsythe Creek and Munroe Lake.
With camping accommodations and food provided for all those that volunteer to help out, Hendricks implored anyone interested to come out.
"Everyone who came out last time said they had so much fun they're all coming back again," he commented.
With ongoing maintenance of the areas, which also happen to be popular spots for club members to stage hunting expeditions from, the idea is that they will continue to be open for use.
"If they go unmaintained they will get too far gone and then be closed," Hendricks acknowledged.
With the current contract good only for a year, the idea is that it can be renewed again at the end of the term if both the club and the ministry are happy with the arrangements.
After the first major overall cleanups at each of the sites, which will be finished after this weekend, only the four most popular of the seven sites are required to be revisited.
Nonetheless with club members who are likely to be in the area anyway, Hendricks advised that they will probably be monitored more frequently.
