DOC to start Public Consultation on Recreation Opportunities
DOC to start Public Consultation on Recreation Opportunities
The largest increase in funding for outdoor recreation facilities on public
conservation land ever agreed to by any government was announced in the
2002/03 Budget. This increase effectively doubles DOC's budget for
maintaining huts, tracks, and other facilities over the next ten years. It
also ensures that people going to conservation areas will have, for the
foreseeable future, continued access to the present range of recreational
opportunities. This would not have been possible at current levels of
funding.
DOC wants your input in discussions about the best mix of recreational
opportunities to best meet your recreational needs. A public consultation
process will be held by DOC's thirteen conservancies to look at recreational
opportunities (and the facilities needed to support them).
What this means is all conservancies want to talk to as many people as
possible about which of the many huts, tracks, car parks, roads, picnic
areas and campgrounds are essential to the New Zealand recreation experience
(in management speak - using the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum and other
key tools as a basis for discussion and decision making).
Planning for the review of recreational opportunities provided by DOC began earlier in 2003. A number of national recreational organisations have contributed to discussions on the style of consultation and the tools being used to help make decisions, and that group have agreed that consultation should now proceed.
From September through to December 2003, each conservancy will have information available that describes the recreation opportunities provided by each conservancy.
If you want to know more about the process and the detail of proposals, the
DOC Website () will have this information from September.
DOC will also hold meetings around the country to explain the process and where there is interest, to explore in more detail the reasons for the proposals. Because there are more than 3600 different sites, it is not expected that full details about every site will be required by people, but you are encouraged to look through the prepared information (when it is available in september) and then request specific information you might want from the relevant Conservancy or Area office.
Contacts for this consultation:
Steve Sutton
Southern Regional Office
Department of Conservation
or
Catherine Clark
Policy Advisor
Sport and Recreation New Zealand
Email: cath.clark@sparc.org.nz
The largest increase in funding for outdoor recreation facilities on public
conservation land ever agreed to by any government was announced in the
2002/03 Budget. This increase effectively doubles DOC's budget for
maintaining huts, tracks, and other facilities over the next ten years. It
also ensures that people going to conservation areas will have, for the
foreseeable future, continued access to the present range of recreational
opportunities. This would not have been possible at current levels of
funding.
DOC wants your input in discussions about the best mix of recreational
opportunities to best meet your recreational needs. A public consultation
process will be held by DOC's thirteen conservancies to look at recreational
opportunities (and the facilities needed to support them).
What this means is all conservancies want to talk to as many people as
possible about which of the many huts, tracks, car parks, roads, picnic
areas and campgrounds are essential to the New Zealand recreation experience
(in management speak - using the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum and other
key tools as a basis for discussion and decision making).
Planning for the review of recreational opportunities provided by DOC began earlier in 2003. A number of national recreational organisations have contributed to discussions on the style of consultation and the tools being used to help make decisions, and that group have agreed that consultation should now proceed.
From September through to December 2003, each conservancy will have information available that describes the recreation opportunities provided by each conservancy.
If you want to know more about the process and the detail of proposals, the
DOC Website (
DOC will also hold meetings around the country to explain the process and where there is interest, to explore in more detail the reasons for the proposals. Because there are more than 3600 different sites, it is not expected that full details about every site will be required by people, but you are encouraged to look through the prepared information (when it is available in september) and then request specific information you might want from the relevant Conservancy or Area office.
Contacts for this consultation:
Steve Sutton
Southern Regional Office
Department of Conservation
or
Catherine Clark
Policy Advisor
Sport and Recreation New Zealand
Email: cath.clark@sparc.org.nz