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 included both Mt Dasher Station [...]
Pelorus Bridge Recreation Reserve
FMC has requested amendments to a proposal by DOC to grant a 20 year licence to an existing dairy farmer on Pelorus Bridge Recreation Reserve. This Recreation Reserve has too much recreational and ecological potential, [...]
Mid-Greenstone and Upper Caples Huts
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 our submission here: 20151021 Mid Caples Submission It would be fair to [...]
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Concession
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 an important service to recreationalists at Whakapapa, including to many tramping [...]
Holdsworth Jumbo Bookable Huts Trial
From 2013 DOC has undertaken a trial of a booking system on the Holdsworth Jumbo circuit. This booking system has different characteristics from others around the country, in that the Annual Hut Pass is able [...]
Ruahine Conservation Park Land Exchange
FMC has been closely following the process around the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in the headwaters of the Makaroro river. FMC chose not to submit to the Board of Inquiry set up to assess the scheme [...]