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VIDEO | Mountain bike rider voices concerns about proposed Mt Bike trails in Mt Canobolas SCA
https://www.facebook.com/bathurstclimateaction/videos/1118929721588580/ Orange City Council is pushing for 63km of mountain bike tracks in the State Conservation Area (managed by National Parks) on Mt Canobolas. This area was set aside to protect natural values and threatened species. It was NOT set…
ABC NEWS | Mountain bike tourism boom – conservation downsides
Mountain bike tourism beats a path to Mount Canobolas, but boom could have conservation downsides. ABC Central West radio. By Micaela Hambrett. 4 September 2018. Dr Richard Medd, a former government ecologist, said he had grave concerns for the proposed trail development's…
EARTH FIRST | The five areas that would be impacted by trails on the Mount
Soils, vegetation, wildlife, water and other visitors are highlighted as degrading impacts from the proposed construction of dedicated mountain biking tracks on the fragile environment of Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area. The potential for introduction of phytopathogens and exotic plants…
EARTH FIRST | There’s plenty of dollars but little sense in Mount Canobolas proposal
The following piece was published by the Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange in their weekly ‘Earth First’ column ... Standing sentinel over Orange in the cleared landscape of the Central West is a 12-million-year-old volcanic remnant. Mount Canobolas has been dormant…
EARTH FIRST | Not the best place for a bike track
Cultural and biodiversity values of the Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area are under threat from local mountain bikers who want to construct over 60 km of purpose-built tracks in the small reserve. The gazettal of the reserve for nature conservation,…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Preserving Mt Canobolas will draw its own tourists respectful of its uniqueness
Don’t compare apples with oranges. Mountain biking in Derby Tasmania is one of the comparisons being offered as a ‘model’ for what the industry could do for Orange. The fallacy of this comparison is well articulated in relation to the…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Mount Canobolas proposed mountain bike trail needs further investigation
An ecologist AND mountain bike rider speaks of the dangers associated with constructing mountain bike trails and the detrimental damage the trails inflict on the environment. Sensitive areas such as the Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area are completely inappropriate for…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Chance to ‘draw line in sand’ about conservation areas
Mitchell Bland is right: my letter on the biodiversity of Mount Canobolas did not consider the impacts of mountain biking, as it was not meant to be a formal environmental impact assessment. That may come later if the project gets off…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Mount Canobolas shouldn’t have mountain bike trails
Letter to the Editor- Central Western Daily July 13 2018 - 12:50PM I'm an environmental consultant. My job is to assess the impacts of development proposals on biodiversity values. Most developments readily gain approval because, among other things, they would have negligible…
