Following rain on Monday, the Village of Lions Bay council voted to reverse an earlier decision to shut the trailheads
Trailheads connecting to popular trails above Lions Bay will be re-opened to the public after rain this week dampened wildfire risk in the community.
At the earlier meeting "council voted unanimously to close the trails due to the risk of wildfires,” wrote Lions Bay Mayor Ken Berry in an email. “The decision was taken after reflection that there were hundreds of fires in B.C. with the majority of them out of control …” Prior to the decision, an online petition had circulated in the community requesting that the trailheads on municipal land be closed.Local hiking advocate Steve Jones said he doubted officially closing the trailheads would make the community safer. While he sympathizes with residents’ fears of wildfire, “I don’t think it’s the most effective way to manage risk,” he said last week. “The fact of the matter is hikers are not a cause of fires.
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