Surrey Now, July 09, 2015

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FVDED hits all the right notes ❚ Photos from two-day festival, 6

❚ Cops call it ‘excellent event,’ 24

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Extreme fire danger closes parks in Delta Burns Bog Society calls closures overkill, says some programs are now in jeopardy

An estimated 18,000 people turned out just for the first day of FVDED in the Park, making it one of the biggest events to be held in Holland Park. See more photos on page 6. (Photos: JACOB ZINN)

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which carries a $200 fine. The closure, depending on how long it lasts, poses serious challenges for the Burns Bog Conservation Society, which hosts summer camps for children at the Delta Nature Reserve from July 2 to Aug. 29, International Bog Day Tom Zytaruk public tours on July 25 and the Now staff Twitter @tomzytaruk annual Jog for the Bog trail run on July 26. The society’s president, Eliza NORTH DELTA — Some of North Delta’s finest walking trails Olson, doesn’t agree with the closure are now off limits after because letting people the municipality has on the trails means more indefinitely closed “eyes on the ground” some of its best parks looking for fires before due to hazardous fire they get out of hand. conditions. “Metro Vancouver This past Monday has not closed any of its Delta’s director of parks parks and they do have and recreation closed bogs as well,” she said. Watershed Park, Cougar Meantime, the BBCS Canyon Nature Reserve, Eliza Olson is looking into holding North 40 Park Reserve the Jog for the Bog at and the Delta Nature Reserve to the Westview Park instead. public until further notice after the “I’m suggesting since that’s not fire danger rating was upgraded closed that’s where they might put from high to extreme. it,” Olson said. Delta firefighters, police officers Last year more than 200 people and bylaw staff will be patrolling participated in the jog, with the parks and access points to Burns proceeds helping to pay for trail Bog to make sure no “unauthorized maintenance and BBCS programs. activities” take place and violators see PARKS CLOSED › page 12 will be charged with trespassing,

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