News!

June 24 - Castanet.net puts up a poll asking the public whether a bridge should be built across Bald Range Creek.

June 24 - Castanet.net reports on OTRA Press Conference

June 23 - Kelowna Capital News reports on the Press Conference

June 23 - OTRA response to West Kelowna Council's comments and motion regarding OHV licensing.

June 23 - OTRA Action Plan to solve the problems in the Bear Creek Motorized Recreation Area.

June 22 - The OTRA will hold a press conference tomorrow.

June 19 - Letter of support for the OTRA efforts from Doug Krogel, Regional Manager, Integrated Land Management Bureau

June 18 - New maps posted for download from our site. Trail Patrol Training coming up. Work has started on Bear Creek to construct and rehabilitate old trail damage.

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The fall 2008 Newsletter is available for download!

About the Okanagan Trail Riders Association

This is the web site of the Okanagan Trail Riders Association, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who are protecting your ability to ride in the Okanagan Valley. Recent efforts by club members have secured your access to riding areas that were disappearing fast! The Bear Creek riding area is now designated in the LRMP as motorized recreation. Without your club at work, this would not have happened, and there could easily be a ban on riding. Look at the maps section for more details.

The Okanagan Trail Riders Association wants to work with others to ensure that there will always be good, well maintained, safe riding areas for you and future generations of riders. Club members have been working to improve this riding area, and have extensive plans in place to turn the Bear Creek area into a showpiece on trail management.

In the past year, the OTRA has worked with other stakeholders, including the Lakeview Irrigation District, the Regional District of the Central Okanagan, The Ministry of Tourism, Sport, and Culture, our local MLA, Rick Thorpe, and others to ensure that the views of our recreational community are heard.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars is being spent in the Bear Creek Motorized Recreation area, and millions more is in the planning stage. Without any doubt, this area will become one of the finest motorized trail networks in the world.

Watch a movie presentation on the goals of the Okanagan Trail Riders Association in Bear Creek.