2024 AGM Report

FVDRA 2024 Annual Report

2024 Goals

● Maintain staging area and Nickelmine Campground

● Continue to reopen trails that have been closed for long duration or forgotten

● Continue to improve mapping and signage throughout the trail network

● Continue to build sense of community

● Host 24 Hour Marathon

Grants

● $5,800 grant received from Cascade Lower Canyon Community Forest

● All construction complete and funding spent, and completion report prepared and

emailed to Matt Wealick at CLCCF

Achievements within trail system

● 757 Volunteer Hours were recorded

● Kelly and Theresa logged 610 Hours for the fiscal year.

● 164 Hours were logged for maintenance days by all volunteers and an additional 18

Hours for impromptu workdays were recorded for other volunteers.

● Started review and updating Trail Forks map

● Restored Sesame Street with the help of CLCCF grant funds and mitigated water erosion

by creating water bars and swales to arrest the flow and remove the water

● Placed approximately 50 fibreglass trail marker wands. Started identifying trails needing

wands

● Built two (2) bridges, 1) Sesame Street, and 2) Mama’s Swamp

● Flagged Clay hill for reopening

● Flagged Beans for reopening

● Flagged Men at Work connector trial to Ted’s Glass Eye for reopening

● Located trails for reopening in 2025, Lost World connecting Campers Pampers, and Mr.

Mikes area to the Trail that Never Was

● Remediated water damage at Stump Ranch Beaver Pond by installing drainage pipes,

creating ditches and building up the trail with fill from gravel pit

● Replaced rotting logs on ICU bench

● Installed culvert on Spodes Connector

● Started on the reclamation of the original Campers Pampers line

● Reopened trails or trail portions

o Electric Avenue

o 2TGi

o Walk in the Park

o T’s Hwy 69

o Orange Crush Easy Out

o Quail Trail Extension

o Oscar

o Ted’s Glass Eye

o Upper Borsky’s

Challenges

● Declining memberships and revenue

o 2024 = 117

o 2023 = 133

o 2022 = 175

o 2021 = 194

o 2020 = 120

● Declining attendance at general meetings

o we achieved quorum of 10 only 1 month in the year (March)

● Declining maintenance attendance

o only a few people show up here and there beyond core group of FVDRA

executives, this continues to be an issue, although this year we have had a slight

uptick in newcomers showing up for maintenance days.

● RSTBC was not responsive to completion of Section 57 Application

● Having a regular FVDRA director’s presence in the area promoting and advocating for

memberships and involvement

● Outdated website

● Limited directors monitoring Facebook group, answering questions and promoting our riding area