CCA - Save Mt Canobolas

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…