Section 57 Proposals

An individual or group may use this form [1.5 mb] to apply to the Recreation Sites and Trails Section to construct, rehabilitate or maintain a trail or recreation facility. 

S.57 of the Forest and Range Practices Act reads:

Unauthorized trail or recreation facility construction
	57	(1)	Unless authorized in writing by the minister or under another enactment, a person must not
			(a)	construct,
			(b)	rehabilitate, or
			(c)	maintain
				a trail or other recreation facility on Crown land.
		(2)	The minister may impose pre-conditions or conditions of an authorization that the minister considers necessary or desirable, to be met by the person, including, but not limited to, requiring that the person provide security.
		(2.1)	If the minister requires security under subsection (2), the minister may specify
			(a)	when the security must be paid,
			(b)	the amount of security that is required,
			(c)	the form of the security, and
			(d)	the circumstances under which the security may be realized.
		(3)	A person who obtains an authorization under subsection (1) must comply with any conditions of the authorization.
		(4)	If the minister determines under section 71 that a person has contravened subsection (1), the minister may order the person to
			(a)	remove or destroy or remove and destroy the trail or facility, and
			(b)	restore the land underlying the trail or facility.
		(5)	The minister may revoke or vary an authorization granted under this section .