Community group forced to prepare for court over Christmas Break Local community group Protect Karangahake have announced that they will spend the Christmas break preparing to take the Hauraki District [...]
Federated Mountain Clubs and Save Fiordland would have saved thousands of dollars and years of work had Department of Conservation officials taken FMC’s advice that DOC’s management plans mean what [...]
The Outdoor Recreation Consortium has approved funding for a wide variety of community partners from around New Zealand to enhance and maintain our backcountry assets. Close to 50 projects have [...]
Two parties of committed trampers traversing the ice fortresses of the Adams Wilderness Area and a team bravely eyeing up the granite faces of Mt Terror are the latest recipients [...]
The NZ Outdoor Recreation Consortium has announced that applications are open for three new funds that it manages to support volunteer-led work in New Zealand’s backcountry. Community groups and individuals [...]
At the FMC AGM in June the conservation spokespeople of the Greens, Labour and National spoke to the crowd. There were differences in some areas, but it was good to [...]
A consortium representing over 30,000 trampers, hunters, mountaineers and mountain bikers welcomed Minister of Conservation Dr Nick Smith’s announcement this evening of major funding to assist its volunteers maintain backcountry [...]
We would like to share some good news from our friends at the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association - A great example of passionate outdoors people caring for the place where [...]
Federated Mountain Clubs President Robin McNeill today wrote to the Minister of Conservation and the Conservation spokespeople of all political parties expressing deep concerns about the West Coast Windblown Timber (Conservation [...]
At Federated Mountain Clubs recent Annual General Meeting, President Robin McNeill addressed VIPs and delegates, including the Minister of Conservation, and called for FMC to provide leadership in the changing [...]
