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Late last year, construction began at the Driftwood Canyon Fossil beds near Smithers. The work is now complete, and people are enjoying an easier accessible and more educational site. Craig Paulson with BC Parks explains what upgrades were done to the park "We replaced the bridge and we also widened and rerouted the trail, and we improved it so it's now wheel chair accessible. We also installed a whole bunch of interpretive signs in the park."

Paulson adds the signs will allow residents and visitors to learn more about the park, and the community "We captured the geology and the paleontology portion about the fossils, but we also incorporated a human history between the Wet'Suwet'en history and the pioneer history in the Driftwood Valley into the sings. There's also signs about flora and fauna."

The total cost of the upgrade project was around $200,000 with funding coming from BC Parks, the Federal Government, and Smithers Based Wetsinkwa Community Forest. And Paulson says the reaction to the upgrades, has been very favourable."

 "We had the grand opening on Parks Day and we had a few hundred people come out for that and since then, the response has been really positive to the upgrades. People love the signs and the new bridge."

Paulson adds there is also a way for people to become part of the park themselves; "BC Parks now has a sponsorships program where folks can donate or gift a park bench for example in somebody's name and install a bronze plaque on the bench. And you can find out more about it at our website http://www.bcparks.ca/ and find a link called gifting and commemoration.

~Karin Koppitz, Smithers

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Big Pig Mountain Biking Festival A Success

 

The third Annual Big Pig Mountain Biking Festival in Burns Lake over the weekend was a great success, with one exception.

A young man from Prince George fell in the downhill race Saturday morning, badly injuring his ankle. The full extent of the injury is unknown, but the man was said to be in good spirits and was mostly disappointed he didn't get to compete in the jump jam.

President of the Burns Lake Mountain Biking Association Kevin Derksen, says aside from that incident, the downhill, and the 4-cross races went extremely well. The Jump Jam on Saturday night had lots of competitors throwing huge tricks.

On Sunday, the grueling Dante's Inferno cross country race took place. This year the full length was 40 kilometers and was a hard push for all.

Derksen says they are already looking forward to next year's event.

~Karin Koppitz, Burns Lake

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