FMC recently released its Annual Report for 2015/2016. The report outlines a number of national highlights including leadership of the Outdoor Recreation Consortium, assistance [...]

FMC Members know what rivers should look like, we see them in the mountains, when they are running free and clear. FMC strongly believes [...]

FMC President Robin McNeill says the Department of Conservation’s proposal to ignore daily helicopter landing limits on the Ngapunatoru Plateau above Milford Sound will [...]

The Resource Legislation Amendment Bill "opens" numerous Acts including the RMA, the Reserves Act and the Conservation Act and makes targeted changes. Any changes [...]

Jan Finlayson has taken over much of FMC's work in tenure review for Canterbury. Check out the submission on the Island Hills pastoral lease, [...]

Thank you for opportunity to comment on the development of the draft Te Kawa o Te Urewera plan. Federated Mountain Clubs if the national [...]

FMC is calling on all of the outdoors community interested in the future of backcountry recreation north of Taupo to gather for a workshop [...]

FMC President Robin McNeill is elated that New Zealanders have reached into their pockets to buy a piece of land for addition to Abel [...]

The Federated Mountain Clubs Executive is in Arrowtown on Sunday the 21st of February and would like to invite anyone within cooee to come [...]

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 [...]

There  are few landscapes in the world that are more evocative and iconic than the South Island high country – the broad, brown tussock [...]

While it is fun in the sun for many, work continues for the FMC Tenure Review team submitting on preliminary proposals for the future [...]

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 [...]

FMC has requested amendments to a proposal by DOC to grant a 20 year licence to an existing dairy farmer on Pelorus Bridge Recreation [...]

The recent announcement by Forest and Bird that they will be seeking judicial review of the Department of Conservation (DoC) decision to exchange part [...]

FMC recently submitted in support of the proposal to grant the NZDA a concession to manage both the Mid-Greenstone and Upper Caples Huts. Read [...]

FMC recently wrote in support of the proposed Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) concession at Whakapapa skifield. See the submission here: 20151021 RAL Submission RAL provide [...]

The issues around access to the Remarkables are the most recent and public example of a widespread issue - the growing tension between private [...]

The Outdoor Recreation Consortium is welcoming yesterday's announcement that further funding from the Department of Conservation’s Community Fund. The Outdoor Recreation Consortium, which is [...]

From 2013 DOC has undertaken a trial of a booking system on the Holdsworth Jumbo circuit. This booking system has different characteristics from others [...]

Hunters, Trampers, Climbers and Mountain Bikers are adding their voice to those calling for changes to proposed health and safety legislation that threatens to [...]