News from FMC
In August this year DOC announced its intention to add Pinnacles Hut and Woolshed Creek Hut on Mount Somers (Canterbury) to its online booking system. FMC canvassed feedback from southern tramping [...]
Background The Department of Conservation's Hut Service Standards were first approved in 1999. They were reviewed and revised in 2004 (see the current document here). DOC manages and maintains a [...]
Some great news at last The Minister for the Environment David Parker has announced that an application from Westpower Ltd to build and operate a hydro-electric power scheme on the [...]
The ball is rolling! FMC was delighted to receive feedback from a significant number of clubs to our letter in May about our idea for clubs to pool resources to [...]
FMC is pleased to report that "The Waitaia Forestry Limited application (WK-28733-OTH) for a concession (considered as a reconsideration) for a right of way easement over Coromandel Forest Park has [...]
The Department of Conservation has announced a review of the Hut Service Standards. FMC is providing feedback in the early stages of this review. Background Hut Service Standards were first [...]
The Department of Conservation is planning to add the popular Woolshed Creek Hut and Pinnacles Hut on Mt Somers (Canterbury) to its hut booking system. The main points of the [...]
Glenlee Run, located in Marlborough on the north side of the Awatere River, is currently undergoing tenure review. The land is under a renewable occupation licence, not a pastoral lease; the [...]
Earlier this week, it was announced that the Hump Ridge Track would be incorporated into the Department of Conservation’s Great Walk network. This is good news for families and trampers [...]
At its June 2019 meeting in Wanaka, the FMC Executive voted to resign from the Mountain Safety Council, effective 1 July 2020. The 12 month notice period is to give [...]
