Other Activities
Strickland Falls © Amanda Harper
Crown land Assessment Classification Project
The Tasmanian National Parks Association has been reviewing the proposals for Tasmania’s remaining areas of unallocated crown land. So far we have made a submission on the West Coast Municipality area, raising the need for Parks and Wildlife Service to be better resourced if it is to receive more land to manage. (Some of the crown land was of significant conservation value and requires higher levels of protection).
Walking Tracks - BATR
In 2002 the Tasmanian Government formed the Bushwalking and Track Review panel (BATR) to outline options for the management of overnight bushwalking tracks within Tasmania's national parks. In particular, BATR was to advise the PWS on the implementation of a management strategy based on the concept of Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC). The TNPA has filled the conservation position on BATR since inception of the review. Throughout 2003 BATR focused on how the LAC approach could be implemented within the Western Arthurs Range (WAR). After a series of meetings a working paper outlining management options was put out for public comment in October 2003. Around 90 submissions were received and the BATR panel is currently finalising an agreed management option. During 2004, BATR will apply the approach adopted for the WAR to a number of other bushwalking tracks.
The Tasmanian National Parks Association has been reviewing the proposals for Tasmania’s remaining areas of unallocated crown land. So far we have made a submission on the West Coast Municipality area, raising the need for Parks and Wildlife Service to be better resourced if it is to receive more land to manage. (Some of the crown land was of significant conservation value and requires higher levels of protection).
Walking Tracks - BATR
In 2002 the Tasmanian Government formed the Bushwalking and Track Review panel (BATR) to outline options for the management of overnight bushwalking tracks within Tasmania's national parks. In particular, BATR was to advise the PWS on the implementation of a management strategy based on the concept of Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC). The TNPA has filled the conservation position on BATR since inception of the review. Throughout 2003 BATR focused on how the LAC approach could be implemented within the Western Arthurs Range (WAR). After a series of meetings a working paper outlining management options was put out for public comment in October 2003. Around 90 submissions were received and the BATR panel is currently finalising an agreed management option. During 2004, BATR will apply the approach adopted for the WAR to a number of other bushwalking tracks.
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The Tasmania National Parks Association Inc seeks to preserve Tasmania's national parks and reserves through management committed to the conservation of their natural and cultural values.
ABN: 38 875 435 295
The Tasmania National Parks Association Inc seeks to preserve Tasmania's national parks and reserves through management committed to the conservation of their natural and cultural values.
ABN: 38 875 435 295
