The BC Parks Enhancement Fund this year will direct half of the $240,000 of its Parks Enhancement Fund Grants to recreation initiatives, and the other to conservation initiatives.

Backcountry BC exposed a heavy conservation bias in how BC Parks spends all of the money raised through the BC Parks License Plate program, which is also administered through the BC Parks Enhancement Fund.

This raises new questions - is there bias in the grants program as well? Who and what are receiving PEF grants? Are any hiking trail, access and structure projects getting funded there is it all going to other kinds of projects?

Time for some more heavy digging on my part. As usual, I will return with a full report soon.