To be straight to the point as time is extremely limited, we need your help. The BC gov’t at the provincial level has proposed closures in areas already established with current usage agreements. This affects areas from Clearwater, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George, BC, Canada. The issues are arising due to the Caribou habitat in these areas. So far we have not seen any scientific evidence backing their claims and we are diligently doing our homework so we are prepared for the meeting in two (2) weeks. Yes! TWO (2) weeks time. This was sprung on us at the last minute. The proposed closure areas include:

-         Cameron

-         Grain

-         Bill Miner

-         MacKay

-         Mica

We are drafting up a petition and will be ready for distribution on Thursday Feb. 22, 2007. We need it distributed in as many places as possible, as fast as possible. The form can be downloaded, signed and faxed back to our office at (250) 791-7219. This is an extremely important issue as it affects a huge area in British Columbia, and only opens doors for more closures.

We are organizing a rally to be held in Williams Lake, BC at the Ministry building. I will have more details to follow as we have another meeting on Thursday to finalize and start organizing. The more people that can show up, the bigger the impact it will be as it will show the gov’t how big of a group we really are.

If we don’t act now, we will lose this area, and we will not be able to ride locally next year at all.

If you can help in any way in getting this word around your community, it would be greatly appreciated as it affects your community as well.

I will be in contact again on Thursday when the final draft is drawn.

Thank you,

Matt Harper

amharper@shaw.ca

Ph: (250) 791-7220 (eves)

Fx: (250) 791-7219