by frog
The Kiwi Party spent the weekend wrestling with United Future over the scraps of the Outdoor Recreation Party vote.
On the funny side, I like this statement from Baldock’s release (with the conflicting release dates on it) is:
The conflict [within DOC between conservation and recreation] arose because some DOC managers believe deer and trout for example, are introduced species and should not be encouraged and even eradicated.
How dare DOC managers believe deer and trout are introduced species. Outrageous!
I’m big into outdoor recreation, and love tramping in our wonderful conservation lands. So I take offence when Peter Dunne states in his releaseon Friday that:
For too long hunters and other backcountry users [i.e. me] have been marginalized and treated with disdain [by DOC], as if they are unwanted invaders of our wilderness areas.
I reject the notion that as a backcountry user (some would say resident!), I am “marginalized and treated with disdain” by DOC. DOC does a great job most of the time, with limited resources, a massive land area and heaps of major issues to control and juggle.
Published in Environment & Resource Management by frog on Mon, September 8th, 2008
Tags: Department of Conservation, DOC, Kiwi party, larry baldock, peter dunne, united future
on the trolls and those who are unable to keep on topic
so when was the last time Peter Dunne or Larry Baldrick went tramping and hunting and fishing I wonder?
How many MPs actually do know firsthand what services DOC provides?
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So it is a possum on Dunne’s head and now we know where he picked it up!
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Funny how the outdoor recreation Party types don’t see Green as their party!??
Maybe they aren’t into this sort of outdoor recreation:
“These peace-loving Greens just can’t seem to keep away from those (allegedly) gun-toting, molotov coctail posessing “Urewera 17″ people.
Rev Mua Strickson-Pua has been out supporting the arrestees as they appear for depositions hearings on firearms charges in the Auckland court this week.”
http://tinyurl.com/3729j
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DOC does a pathetic incompetent job of managing my local park (Tongariro Nat Park). They will expend VAST resources to stop commercial recreational services that have a nigh-on nil environmental impact. That’s because they cannot abide the thought that somebody might actually make money off conservation estate. They can’t abide the thought that the tax (they feed on) could possibly come from their land.
Hang on I thought it was our land?
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Ok, but what’s the actual reason?
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I don’t know, a proposal should be analyzed on it’s merits. If it can show itself to be environmentally responsible and to provide for the safety,welfare,benefit,use & enjoyment of the park then DOC should approve.
But they don’t.
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If you don’t know what the actual reason is, how can you say they don’t take certain factors into account?
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You have a Conservation Board who make the recommendations about the licences to use Conservation estate – why not ask them? Somewhere in their meetings there will have been an application from that company and there will be minutes on the discussion.
It is also possible that the company didn’t apply, but just tried to set up? Then, yes, they would be stopped.
Might be useful to find out who your local CB member is and ask them. You can attend their meetings and make submissions on this and other issues.
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If only it were as simple as you suggest!
However I didn’t post to push my issues, I’m pointing out the VAST waste of DOC time and resources spent chasing down commercial issues instead of focusing on bio-diversity, habitat preservation etc.
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Certainly a point worthy of attention, but also something i’m admittedly totally unfamiliar with.
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jh Says:
September 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
> Funny how the outdoor recreation Party types don’t see Green as their party!??
as far as I can tell, the ‘outdoor recreation party’ is basically a group of recreational hunters, gun nuts and people who want the right to drive four-wheel-drives through rare bird-nesting areas. They use the term ‘outdoor recreation’ to suggest that they also represent trampers, kayakers, bird watchers, swimmers, yachties, skiers, mountaineers, rock climbers and other such groups, but they don’t really.
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