Steven Hill
[email protected]
樱桃视频Off Road Cycling Association (SORCA) officials said they are taking the back seat on the issue of the Powerhouse Plunge being logged.SORCA president Cliff Miller said it made more sense to allow the District to lead the political charge to prevent the popular mountain biking trail from being sold and logged in the future.
"I spoke to Mayor Ian Sutherland and they have sent a letter off to Rich Coleman, Minister of Forests and Range, asking him to put a year moratorium on logging in the Powerhouse Plunge," said Miller.
"That is where it stands right now. We are letting the DOS take the lead on this. Our thoughts are the water issues are more important than the trails issues."
Bob Simpson, NDP MLA from (Quesnel) Cariboo North said he would also be penning letters in defense of the Plunge.
Simpson, who is the official opposition Forest and range critic, was in 樱桃视频this week to support this riding's NDP candidate Judith Wilson.
He said he had personal experience riding the Powerhouse Plunge, and couldn't imagine it being "ravaged" by loggers.
"It is a trail that everyone doing the Test of Metal simultaneously fears and is excited to get to," Simpson said. "I plan on writing letters to see what I can do to prevent this from happening."
Last week, Squamish's biking community voiced outrage after it was announced Jan. 12 that the popular trail had been approved for logging.Mayor Ian Sutherland expressed his concern that the area up for logging was also near where more than 80 per cent of Squamish's water supply comes from.
