huts and tracks

Its exciting times for anyone interested in our huts and tracks. For 27 years DoC has been struggling to manage all the facilities out there, then last year money became available for volunteers and enthusiastic trampers to fix and develop facilities the users and not necessarily the mangers saw as priorities. The results, and the new partnerships between us and DoC, have surprised many people. Next weekend in Christchurch Lou Sanson is going to explain how he sees these developments. As well as being an active tramper from way way way back, Lou is the current Director General of the Conservation department of New zealand, so his views will be interesting to compare to the other presenters, who include Robin McNeill speaking as the representative of 15000 odd tramping club members, and Derrick Field who might tell us the best way to fit an evening shoot around painting a biv on a rainy weekend in the Tararuas. You are invited, all of you. The coffee and cookies will be free! Hint - skip the first hour and turn up at 10am. http://www.fmc.org.nz/2015/05/08/backcountry-partnership-focus-of-fmc-agm-2015/