Please "Contact Us" (click on "More" button, above) for more information, or to report an incident (eg. hiker/biker conflicts, vandalism, dumping/litter, etc.) inside Mountain View Park wetland and upland. (Please be careful about approaching bikers by yourself, as we have had reports of community members being subjected to aggressive verbal abuse, etc.)
There is no parking allowed, without permit, in this neighbourhood. Please contact District Bylaw Enforcement to report any Parking infractions: 604-990-2400; or call the RCMP non-emergency number, after hours: 604-985-1311
Thank you.
Excellent reading material -
"Best Management Practices for Amphibians and Reptiles in Urban and Rural Environments in British Columbia"
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/BMP/herptile/HerptileBMP_final.pdf
A brief summary of BMP's:
Because amphibians' total habitat requirements extend from water onto the land:
Protect existing natural areas to the greatest extent possible.
Protect buffer areas next to streams, lakes, or ponds.
The vegetated buffers surrounding these areas protect the ecological functions and value of the breeding habitat, and provide needed upland habitat for amphibians.
Wherever possible, protect migration paths between uplands and breeding sites.
Preserve leaf litter under trees and shrubs. Such material provides cover and moisture; it also attracts organisms that amphibians eat.
Retain stumps, logs, rootwads, rock piles, and other debris that provides a cool, moist habitat for amphibians.
Fence large ponds to prevent access. In order to protect the water, and to allow a more diverse plant community to grow, providing cover for amphibians and their food source.
Make sure dogs are leashed! This has been proposed by DNV for Mountain View Park, but has yet to be implemented and enforced...
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Much has yet to be enforced by our local government, as several studies/recommendations continue to be ignored, while the appeasement of off-road mountain biking continues along its environmentally destructive course:
Review of Local Government Compliance with the Riparian Areas Regulation
September 14, 2015
Striking a Balance
Report: Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR) - March 2014
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Bear and Cougar sightings, interactive map (North Vancouver, et. al)
(Check out how many mountain biking trails, activities are found in North Vancouver, Tri-Cities, and Burnaby area mountains....See our blog post "Bear with Us..." for more info on this core problem)
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Mountain bikers: (view map, below)
**Please do not use the Mountain View Park entrance/exit.**
Please use the new Water Tower Trail to Lower Griffen (light green)
(Accessed at McNair Dr., adjacent to Ramsay Rd.)
"Lower Griffen Reroute" is a climbing trail, ONLY (dark green), not for downhill use.
(Immonator -downhill- Trail is very problematic in this regard. Not the best "planning" for this new reroute...)
"Red" Lower Griffen braided trails are closed/decommissioned.
(Lower Griffen Switchback Trail is slated for closure/decommissioning to mountain biking, as per the DNV "Fromme Mtn.Trails Plan")
Thank you
Please Contact Us (click on "More" button, above) if you wish to support the turning of Mountain View Park wetland and upland area into a "Limited Mountain Recreation Zone" (banning mountain biking from the area, and closure of mountain bike trails.)
Which do you prefer...?
"Shinrin-yoku" (Forest-air Bathing and Walking), or...?
An Extreme Freeride
Mountain Biking "Mecca"?
(Disneyfied *Privatized and Commercialized* Public Forests)
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