Big White Controversy Part 2

A follow-up on The Big White Controversy Part 1

Our Ongoing Concerns for Big White Ecological Reserve #34  February, 2012

In December of 2011 a letter was sent to the Administration of Big White resorts.  Website: www.bigwhitesilverstar.com Corporate Head Office 1894 Ambrosi Road Kelowna. I indicated I was  redoing the Big White part of the Friends of Ecological reserves website , and that  I had  some concerns for development  overlapping in the ecological reserve as indicated in  the plans  carried on the website of their consultant at http://www.brentharley.com/3dbigwhite.html and wanted  to get the facts correct before publication.

That  request was forwarded to Paul Ploktis  the VP of Real Estate and Development for Big White  along with a clip from the panoramic view on the website which shows a serious  incursion into the Ecological reserve by ski runs and even a tow lift.

 

 

In January I received a response from Paul Plocktis , indicating that he would “send your email to our planner, Brent Harley, as he is most capable of providing you maps and answers. “

I then received the following response from Brent Harley  of Brent Harley and Associates Inc. 4-1005 Alpha Lake Rd Whistler, BC, Canada VON 1B1 stating simply that “The plans that you are referencing are still being reviewed by the Crown. “

So what has happened between Minister Penner’s indication in February 2010 that no proposal had been received and the January indication that it “was being reviewed by the crown.” ?

Below I have included two more maps from Google Earth at the same scale showing the extent of the ecological reserve and the present developed area.

posted by Garry Fletcher , February 6, 2012