Ferintosh Tenure Review should be ambitious
FMC recently submitted on the Ferintosh Station tenure review process. The full submission can be found here: FMC Ferintosh Crown pastoral tenure review
FMC believes more ambition is needed for the future of this biodiversity rich, culturally important and scenically wondrous landscape and is advocating that the values of the Station are such that the vast majority should be retained under public ownership and become part of Ruataniwha Conservation Park, connecting Lake Pukaki to the high mountain tops of the Ben Ohau range.
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For over ten years, FMC has been involved in efforts to protect the Waitaha River. FMC made its first submission opposing the scheme in 2016, celebrated it being declined in 2019, and has spent the past 12 months fighting for a voice through the Fast-Track process. Throughout it all, FMC has been advocating for the Waitaha, publicly and behind the scenes.
FMC has submitted on a proposed land exchange that would see 29.7 hectares of conservation land in the eastern Ruahine Forest Park swapped for 170 hectares of private land, to enable the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Makaroro River.
