News from FMC
Calling Central Otago
The Federated Mountain Clubs Executive is in Arrowtown on Sunday the 21st of February and would like to invite anyone within cooee to come and join us for a beer [...]
Huts and Tracks Projects Funded
Outdoor Recreation Consortium Press Release: 13/01/16 Immediately prior to Christmas, the Outdoor Recreation Consortium was pleased to congratulate applicants from around the country on the success of their funding applications. [...]
Tenure Review – Almost a done deal
There are few landscapes in the world that are more evocative and iconic than the South Island high country – the broad, brown tussock studded ranges and plains east of [...]
Tenure Review Continues: Mt Dasher and Godley Peaks
While it is fun in the sun for many, work continues for the FMC Tenure Review team submitting on preliminary proposals for the future of our high country. Recent submissions [...]
FMC calls for purchase of Mt Cook Station
On the east bank of the Tasman River lies Mount Cook Station, doorway to seldom-visited central parts of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park (AMCNP). The station is a privately-owned farm. Public [...]
Ruahine Review Justified
The recent announcement by Forest and Bird that they will be seeking judicial review of the Department of Conservation (DoC) decision to exchange part of the Ruahine Forest Park to [...]
Legal Roads Gold Standard for Access
The issues around access to the Remarkables are the most recent and public example of a widespread issue - the growing tension between private and public interests around access to [...]
Outdoor Recreation Consortium secures further funding
The Outdoor Recreation Consortium is welcoming yesterdays's announcement that further funding from the Department of Conservation’s Community Fund. The Outdoor Recreation Consortium, which is a partnership between Federated Mountain Clubs, the [...]
Health and Safety Bill threatens outdoor access.
Hunters, Trampers, Climbers and Mountain Bikers are adding their voice to those calling for changes to proposed health and safety legislation that threatens to 'lock gates' in rural communities. The [...]
A Backcountry Partnership – Living with the Land
It was standing room only at FMC’s 2015 AGM, demonstrating the excitement around positive changes in backcountry culture. The letters ‘AGM’ are not ones that outdoors people look on kindly, [...]
