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Originally Posted by troutman
Hike penalties
A Fine Fix - <snip> Hire more permanent staff to patrol these areas i.e. Indian Graves, Ghost Waiparous, McLean Creek and the forest reserve. Zero tolerance for littering, and destruction of the area with fines starting at $250. If vehicles get left behind, track the owner down via the VIN number and slap them with the cost of removing it and an additional $2,000 fine.
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now this part i like. but the fines need to be stiffer IMO. when i go hiking in banff, especially if i hit any of the more popular trails, i usually come back with a couple beer cans that have been left at the sides of the trails by idiots.
if entering a c-train platform with an expired bus ticket can get you a $150 or $250 ticket (please correct me on this if i'm wrong - this is just what i've heard the fine is), dumping your garbage in banff, mclean creek, whatever other nature area people are using should be at least a $500 minimum -vehicles: $5,000 + towing costs. Due to the this being a very stupid and lazy thing to do as well as the difficulty of catching someone doing it, when they are slap them with a VERY hefty fine.