Burns Lake Community Forest board to help local society

Our recreation sites in the Lakes District, like the one at Kager Lake, are some of the best maintained in the province and bring tourists to our area, spending money locally. Rebecca Billard, Burns Lake Lakes District News – March 16, 2011


The Lakes Outdoor Recreation Society (LORS) is in desperate need of a funding source to enable them to continue to maintain 28 local recreation sites, nine trails and two provincial parks. LORS president Lynne Synotte said to Comfor Management Services Ltd. (CMSL) that if the non profit society does not raise an additional 29,500 dollars this year they will be forced to abandon their maintenance program… “For many years Burns Lake Community Forest contributed 25,000 dollars per year to LORS for the maintenance of recreation sites and trails in the Lakes District, however in past years, the company has only donated up to 40 hours of Burns Lake Community Forest manager Dawn Stronstad’s time,” Synotte wrote. LORS has approached the Ministry of Natural Resource Operations, West Fraser Timber in Fraser Lake as well as Hampton Affiliates for funding to keep the recreation sites open and maintained.
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