PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD –

To ORC’s Member Organizations,

FrontCounter BC has advised ORC of a Crown Land Tenure application for adventure tourism/commercial recreation. This is an amendment for an existing Licence of Occupation – Adventure Tourism to legalize three existing cabins.

The public is invited to comment. Responses are due by April 9, 2017. If no response is received by the deadline, the application and adjudication process will move ahead.

Applicant: Grizzly Basin Outfitters

Reference Number: 246567

Tenure Type: Licence of Occupation

Intended Land Use/background context: The applicants have applied to legalize 3 existing cabins for adventure tourism purposes including staging of hunts.

Location: Unsurveyed Crown Land in the vicinity of Little Sand Creek and Iron Creek (West of Fernie).

BCGS Mapsheet: 82G.054 and 82G.044

Sizes (Area) in ha. (approx.): 0.75 ha approx. for all three sites.

Term of Proposal: 45 years.

For additional information and maps visit the Applications & Reasons for Decisions website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp and search by File No. 4400791 or by Applicant name Grizzly Basin Outfitters.

Responses should be directed to Jessie Lunan, Land Officer, at [email protected] or by phone at (250) 426-1779. Long distance callers from outside the Lower Mainland can call toll-free using Enquiry BC at 1-800-663-7867. Vancouver callers can call toll-free via Enquiry BC at 604-660-2421.

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 Members are requested to direct any questions about the procedure for viewing the file to the ORC office and only contact FrontCounterBC  if they have legitimate comments after they have reviewed the file. Although we have been authorized to receive these referrals on behalf of our many member organizations we have been requested not to overload the FrontCounter BC staff with questions which can be answered by the ORC office.

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Natalia

Natalia Pisarek

Communications & Admin

Outdoor Recreation Council                   

1101 – 207 West Hastings Street

Vancouver BC  V6B 1H7

604-873-5546

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