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 Snowmobilers may form
combined B.C. association

There's a new setup looming
for snowmebilers this season.
The British Columbia Snow-
Vehicle Association will probably
combine into three divisions, all
three still responsible to the
BCSVA. There will be a racing
division, a recreation division
and a new industry division,
probably taking in the present
B.C. Snowmobile Industry
Association.

The plan for the combined
divisions has been approved in
principle and now waits approval
by the executive of the BCSVA.

If the plan is approved each of

the divisions will appoint three
representatives to the direc-
torate of the new BCSVA, which
will become an umbrella
organization embracing all
aspects of snowmobiling.

Snowmobilers wishing to find
out more about the tentative new
organization are asked to write
to: The B.C,
Association, Suite 618, 510 W.
‘Hastings, Vancouver 2.

New officers of the BCSVA are
‘Al Horning, president; Bill
Shields, vice-president; Bob
Crawford, secretary; Lindsay
Webster, treasurer; John Wolfe,
race director; Kip Mason, past
president; Terry Fleming,

‘Revelstoke

Snow-Vehicle’

Mike Seminoff and Ted Kelly are |

directors.

The 1973 B,C, Snowmobile
Championships will be held at
Revelstoke Feb. 2425. Director
Terry Fleming reports that a
new track is now being built for
the Class ‘AA meet and
residents are
providing plenty of co-operation
and enthusiasm.

Other B.C. Snowmobile
regional Class A meets to be held
this season are: Dec, 16-17 at
Clearwater; Dec. 30-31, Vernon;
Jan. 6-7, 10)-Mile House; Jan.-13-
1¢, Penticton; Jan. 20-21,
Kamloops; Feb, 3-4, Prince

‘George: Feb. 10-11, Nelson; and

then comes the Revelstoke races |

Feb. 24-25.

Use of logging roads

helps. recreation

The network of logging roads
through British Columbia's
managed forest lands are
drawing thousands of additional
outdoor recreationists each year.

In.1973 a total of 88,626 British
Columbians. and visitors to, the
province used MacMillan Bloecel
logging roads for access to the
outdoors, 7,600 more persons

than in 1970 and 4i 0) more than °

five years ago, MB’s Vice-
President of Logging,
Chisholm, reported.
Chisholm said well over 500,000
persons have used MB logging

roads for fishing, hunting, hiking,

skiing and other outdoor ac- .

tivities in the past nine years, |

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“The figures. reveal the in-
creasing interest of the public in
outdoor activities and the role
that industrial logging roads play

In providing access to the- out-

doors,” sald Chisholm.: “These
logging roads traverse vast
areas where no public roads
exist. Without the legging roads
the lands accessible to the public
for recreation in-B, C. would be
drastically redu

A total of 76,522 persons used
MB roads in 1968, 81,621 in 1970
and 88,626 in 1971. (The figures

. actually represent “recreationist

days” since some of the public
used the roads more than once in
any given year.).;  ” .

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