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…
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…
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…
Read More LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Chance to ‘draw line in sand’ about conservation areas
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…
Read More LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Mount Canobolas shouldn’t have mountain bike trails
Speakers at a Community Forum held in Orange addressed environmental issues associated with mountain biking. The gathering heard of the damages bike tracks generate through erosion, siltation of streams, braiding and in particular of the threats to the irreplaceable biodiversity…
Read More PRESS REPORT | Forty people gather to discuss biodiversity
A Community Forum convened by the Central West Environment Council puts the spotlight on the proposed mountain biking concept for Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area. Speakers from the Nature Conservation Council, the Environmental Defenders Office, National Parks Association, a Wiradjury…
Read More PRESS REPORT | Mounting issues: Environmental, Indigenous concerns raised over bike plan
The Draft Plan of Management for Mount Canobolas State Conservation area is available for public submissions until 1st October 2018. The Draft states that according to the forecasts commissioned by Orange City Council, a proposed new mountain biking centred on…
Read More PRESS REPORT | Mount Canobolas bike park would attract 50,000 people a year: draft plan
The benefits of cycling, in the right places, are not in question, but local environmentalists are urging people to make their opinions known that Mount Canobolas State Conservation Area is not an appropriate place to construct a mountain biking park.…
Read More LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Sustainable Bathurst: On the wrong track at Mount Canobolas
Local Councils are proposing to turn the Mt Canobolas SCA into a national mountain biking competition venue. This threatens unique and irreplaceable biodiversity that occurs nowhere else on Earth. Read more
