On the weekend of June 7th-8th the FoCW worked with members of BC Parks in the Walbran Valley on the Anderson Lake Trail. Parks are usually focused on the Carmanah side as it is considered to be its official entry point, this collaborative Walbran work group was organized as the  Carmanah side is now closed due to several significant land slides on the access road.

The weekend started by a guided walk through of  some of  the trails and work we have undertaken in the Central Walbran over the last 12 years.  Some significant OG trees had fallen during the winter on the Anderson Lake Trail so the rest of our time was spent clearing a new section of trail, building boardwalks over the wetland areas and then sets of stairs on a large fallen Spruce were built. The large fallen trees are left whole and not just chainsawed apart, as now horizontal they become part of the trail and can be quite wide and give another perspective to these impressive trees.

It was great to finally meet Parks and to show the care we have taken with our work here and to also workshop with them on the building of the boardwalks. We hope to make this an annual event.

The before and after photos of our work.