Volunteer passion shows
Volunteer clubs and groups from around the country are thrilled to be receiving funding to look after the backcountry huts and tracks they hold dear. Earlier this month, the Outdoor [...]
Proposed Private Road Not Ok
FMC has submitted against a proposed new private road through Coromandel State Forest Park. The road, which is to access a pine plantation, and enable its more economical recovery, is [...]
Lake Alta
FMC has recently submitted regarding a proposed concession to be granted to NZSki to install a watertake from Lake Alta. This will require the presence of a digger in this [...]
Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park
FMC recently submitted on a draft management plan for Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park. This park is now governed by DOC and Ngāti Whare following a Treaty Settlement. FMC emphasised the need [...]
Recreational Access No Problem
The Walking Access Commission has recently published an information sheet, endorsed by Rural Women, Fish and Game, Federated Farmers and FMC for farmers to better understand the effect of the [...]
Paparoa National Park Management Plan
After a hiatus, there is now a deluge of management plan reviews underway public conservation land, which will in the next couple of years include the majority of the South [...]
Glenfalloch Tenure Review
Glenfalloch station sits between the Rakaia and Ashburton catchments, up above Lake Heron. It may prove in the future to be an integral part of an extended Hakatere Conservation Park, [...]
Heaphy Track MTB Season
FMC submitted on an amendment to the Kahurangi National Park Management Plan to lengthen the mountain biking season on the Heaphy track, and allow mountain biking concessionaires. FMC is supportive [...]
Huts and Tracks Fund – Applications Open
With the remainder of the $1.2 million, granted by the DOC Community Fund over the last two years, left to allocate to volunteer track, trail and hut maintenance projects, the [...]
FMC Expedition Scholarships Open
For the first time FMC is able to offer Expedition Scholarships to Adventurers of all ages. The FMC Youth Scholarship, supported by the FMC Mountain and Forest Trust is being [...]