A Lake Country resident was met with profanity when he tried to to alert 害羞草研究所渟ome young folks害羞草研究所� not to enter a barricaded road into the Spion Kop trail system.
Riley Hastings, who lives in the Nighthawk Road area where the Okanagan Centre fire was ignited last weekend, only wanted to spread the word about some bush areas being closed to the public due to the extreme fire hazard.
害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所ad a run-in with some young folks 4X4ing in the Spion Kop area and was met with profanity as they pretended not to know the area has been closed down,害羞草研究所� Hastings said in a notice he sent out to local media.
One entry point barricade put in place to keep people out has been run over repeatedly, something Hastings took the time to document himself.
害羞草研究所淲e don害羞草研究所檛 need another fire in Lake Country,害羞草研究所� he said.
Lake Country Fire Chief Steve Windsor said he has spoken to Hastings and others voicing concern about public access to park and wildlife areas.
Windsor said the trail system that makes up Spion Park falls both on private property and Crown land under provincial jurisdiction.
害羞草研究所淚 know the property owner generally doesn害羞草研究所檛 like people accessing trails off his property anyway, but we have talked to the province about restricting access to the Crown land portion and they are contemplating our request at this point,害羞草研究所� Windsor said.
Windsor said restricted access would be focused not on hikers, but on motorized vehicles using the trails because of the potential for starting a grassfire if a a dirt bike or ATV crashes.
害羞草研究所淲e aren害羞草研究所檛 looking to restrict hikers access because those are pretty serious hiking trails and people who access them generally know what they are doing and we trust they will be aware of the forest fire hazard,害羞草研究所� Windsor said.
For the interim, Windsor said the District of Lake Country plans to post information signs warning people about the fire hazard at entrances to the Crown land trail access points.
害羞草研究所淚f the province wants to close off access, they have the ability to enforce it. We are stretched pretty thin dealing with (the Okanagan Centre fire) and assisting other fire departments across the province and the forest service is extended to the max right now as well,害羞草研究所� Windsor said.
