Conservation Amendment Bill exposes lack of independent oversight

Conservation Amendment Bill exposes lack of independent oversight

Comment: I have spent more than two decades working with the Conservation Act from multiple perspectives: as a tramper and skier, as a Department of Conservation planner, in advocacy for Fish and Game and Federated Farmers, through Federated Mountain Clubs and the Backcountry Trust, and now as an independent planning consultant. That experience does not make me right. It does, however, mean I have seen the Act in practice rather than in theory. …