National park horse trails condemned
Over 500 kilometres of horse trails are to be opened up in five national parks in southeast Queensland, the Queensland government says.A horse trail network consisting of 547 kilometres of tracks will be opened in Noosa and the Kenilworth-Mapleton area on the Sunshine Coast, Caboolture and Bellthorpe, north of Brisbane, the Brisbane Forest Park west of Brisbane, and on the Gold Coast.
An amendment will be made to the Nature Conservation Act to enable the trails to be established in the national parks.
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara said the amendments would not allow for the destruction of national parks.
"Our primary concern always has been and always will be to protect the outstanding natural values of these proposed national parks," Mr McNamara said.
"Horse riders will be restricted to formed management roads which will be clearly signposted.
"It will be an offence to ride anywhere other than the identified trails, and on-the-spot fines will apply."
The Australian Rainforest Conservation Society has condemned the announcement, with society president Aila Keto saying the amendment to the act opened the way for the destruction of national parks.
"This decision undermines the cardinal principle of national park management that has stood the test of time and survived numerous changes of government over many decades," Dr Keto said.
"For the first time in 100 years of national parks in Queensland, walkers will be confronted by parties of horse riders.
"We can expect a wave of other user groups now to demand equivalent access. The critical impediment to developments such as cableways and tourism infrastructure has been removed."
posted by Horse Deals at
12:59 pm
1 Comments:
HO MY HO MY
poor greenies, its unfortunate these people dont think massive bushfires are the major impediment to the health of national parks!
Once way back in the olden days when people on horseback patroled parklands better monitoring of areas and trails took place and authorities notified of noxious weed enroachment, fire hazards, druggies plantations, etc etc
then the greenies got into the act. total lockout of all but them.
you cant walk a fraction of the distance a rider can and cant see a fraction of the distance into the bush a rider can.
Id love to know how many actually do walk in their pristine locked out areas, most wouldnt know a weed from native or care long as its
"green".
no one ever managed to get it through their heads lantana choked bush is home to no wildlife save rabbits and foxes to burrow into.
although its true all greenies cry when the wild fires come as do everyone else.
not the cool burns of winter for these lot. goodness the wildlife might survive a cool fire.
anyway wildfires look much better on the news perhaps?
I have had to listen to this stuff for too long and seen the wastelands left by greenie management v the monsters they paint the farmers and the horseriders who used to help preserved the bush they TOO LOVE.
YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A SIGNED UP GREENIE TO LOVE AND WANT TO PRESERVE OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE?
THE ABORIGINES FIRE STICK FARMED IT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
it was in much better shape than it has ever been since the greenies got their say in it.
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