Field Trip: Yale Bar
Leader: Harley Waterson
Date & Time: Sunday, Feb. 21st, 2010, 9:00am.
Meeting Place: Meeting Place: Bridal Falls Coffee Shop at the Shell gas station
Material: agate, jasper, sillimanite,
Contact: Harley Waterson, 604-590-3289 or E mail:

Field Trip: Harrison Lake, east side
Leader: TBA
Date & Time: March (details, TBA)
Meeting Place: Happy Prospector parking lot
Material: garnets in mica schist

Field Trip: Harrison Lake, west side
Leaders: Gord and Walt Pinder
Date & Time: April 25th, 2010, 9:00am.
Meeting Place: Sasquatch Inn, on Highway 9, between Mission and Agassiz
Material: buchia, belemnites, ammonites
Contact: Gordon Pinder, 604-556-6489
or Walt Pinder 604-460-0960, E mail:

As always, any US rockhounds in good standing with their clubs are invited to join our field trips! Also, please see what the Washington State Mineral Council has for trips, just in case something interests you! Washington State Mineral Council

Access British Columbia
This new organization called “Access BC”, which has been started up by some individuals who ( Like us ) are finding that back country roads are not being maintained, and in some cases perfectly passable roads are being de-activated and bridges purposely removed to deny access to back country areas. All outdoor recreation groups, and individuals are encouraged to join this advocacy group which is lobbying the various government organizations to keep the back country accessible. Others affected by this are hunters, fishermen, hikers, snowmobilers, ATV’s, trail bike users, Rock Hounds, etc.

This newly formed Society ABC advocates for maintaining access to the backcountry Crown lands of British Columbia for fishing, hunting, berry picking, mushrooming and other outdoor recreation.

Members insist that government ensure "off highway" forest and mining roads are not closed to public access. Too often places where we used to camp, hunt, fish, pick berries, gather wood, cut a Christmas tree, prospect for minerals and fossils are no longer accessible because the roads to them have been chalked, blocked, gated, cross ditched and are now impassable.

Crown land is our land and access should be limited only for good publicly supported reasons. Rural British Columbians are dissatisfied with the provincial government on this issue. In fact a majority of the 200 members who signed on in the first couple of days are determined to do what ever it takes to reverse the road destruction practices in order to regain access to their former places of recreation.

Here’s the message from the president of this new group:

“This newly formed Society ABC advocates for maintaining access to the backcountry Crown lands of British Columbia for fishing, hunting, berry picking, mushrooming and other outdoor recreation.

Members insist that government ensure "off highway" forest and mining roads are not closed to public access. Too often places where we used to camp, hunt, fish, pick berries, gather wood, cut a Christmas tree, prospect for minerals and fossils are no longer accessible because the roads to them have been chalked, blocked, gated, cross ditched and are now impassable.

Crown land is our land and access should be limited only for good publicly supported reasons. Rural British Columbians are dissatisfied with the provincial government on this issue. In fact a majority of the 200 members who signed on in the first couple of days are determined to do what ever it takes to reverse the road destruction practices in order to regain access to their former places of recreation.

It is important that we as citizens work together to change these practices.

Please become a member to-day by submitting a cheque in the amount of $20 -- this amount is for a 5 year membership {it works out to a mere $4 per year}.

Our goal is 10,000 members in the Kootenays, 100,000 across British Columbia.

Please send your cheque to:

"Access British Columbia" PO Box 222 Cranbrook, British Columbia, V1C 4H7

We will mail your 5 year membership to you.