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9708Newsa.Pdf forthcoming year. Meeting About Wollemi Last year we made a list of 10 key At our next general meeting at the objectives and achieved most of them, with Conservation Hut on Friday August 29, good progress on others. It was a very Blue Mountains Conservation Society will successful year for the Society, with a 50% host a Joint Public Meeting between increase in membership. BMCS and the Colong Foundation to At the end of the planning day we discuss the Wollemi Wilderness proposal. knew each other better, had enjoyed All affiliated environment groups are ourselves, and had agreed on 13 key Survey of invited to attend. objectives for 1997/98. All of these Degraded Lands ---Can-Can You Help? The meeting will take the form of an objectives are achievable and will be One of the Society’s objectives for open forum with a presentation and slide discussed in coming issues of Hut News. 1997/98 is to undertake a survey of all show by Keith Muir of Colong Among them are the objectives to again major degraded lands in the Blue Foundation. and Felicity Wade of the increase our membership, prepare a quality Mountains urban area (viz areas of half an Wilderness Society. submission on LEP1997, and start some acre and larger, from Lapstone to Mount Members are urged to come along and children’s activities. Victoria). These areas will include the 12 participate. The meeting starts at 7.30 pm. It is going to be a busy year and every catchments that have been identified in the Submissions Are Vital member can help in some way (work on a urban runoff programme, and sites where The Wollemi wilderness is only 80 sub-committee, prepare a submission, local groups are actively regenerating the kilometres from Sydney, but it’s harsh write letters, assist on a fete stall, help at area. country — a labyrinth of gorges, ridges, the nursery, tell your friends about the If you are aware of any land that is half cliffs, deep hollows and scattered humps of Society) to make it a successful one. an acre or bigger that is badly degraded by mountains — far removed from the erosion or weeds, would you please ring the sprawling, seething city. Kids and Youth bush regeneration officer, Norm Harris, on The NPWS proposal to reserve Wollemi Are there kids and young people out 84.1554, and let him know the location of as a wilderness area is now on public there who would like to get together? I’d the site and any other relevant details. exhibition for three months. Unfortunately love to hear from anyone from the age of 6 Thank you! the wilderness area proposed for protection to 20 who would like to get out into the Macro Projects is a little more than half the size of the area bush; or do something for the environment; or learn about it; or Macro Projects Officer Andrew Reiner proposed by the Colo Committee. has resigned from the Management It is vital that as many submissions as campaign for it...... The environment needs you! Committee due to personal circumstances. possible are sent (before 26 September) to: The Committee has received Andrew’s Wollemi Contact Officer Please ring me with your ideas/interests or just to say you’d like to be part of such a resignation with regret and would like to National Parks and Wildlife Service thank him for his work in regard to World PO Box 95, Parramatta 2124 group. I will arrange a meeting so we can all brain-storm ideas and make some plans. Heritage nomination and other vital major In making your submission, please note projects on the Society’s behalf. the following points: Harriet Pocock has already written down her ideas — see below. If any member of the Society feels that • That you support the closure of all roads they can fill this committee position or inside the nominated wilderness areas, Waiting by the phone!!! — Jessica (57.2783) would like to know more, please contact especially the Hunter Range and the Secretary Les Coyne on 57.3327. Wirraba Range 4WD trails, and • The Wollemi Wilderness should be enlarged and reassessed using an “Hut News” , the newsletter of the approach consistent with other NEW CLUB! Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. wilderness areas. The declared For all who have children, here is a P.O. Box 29, Wentworth Falls, 2782. wilderness should include the areas used new club for them. It is like the President: Marion Hawley 84-1933 for essential management purposes. conservation group only with this Vice- } Linda Thomas 82-1291 For more information phone Felicity one you do things like craft, tell Presidents } Imre Gahl 84-3286 Wade, Wilderness Society (02) 9552 2355 jokes and stories about the Blue Secretary/Treasurer: Les Coyne 57-3327 or Keith Muir, Colong Foundation (02) Mountains and its animals. A good (Fax) 57-2820 9241 2702. thing to go to! Plus more, more, Bushcare: Norm Harris 84-1554 more, more fun fun fun fun. Education:Jessica Yuille 57-2783 1997/98 Planning Day by Harriet Pocock, age 8 and a half Entertainment: David Coleby Members of BMCS management 84.-1395 committee recently attended a planning Land Use: Don Morison 59-2471 day, held at the Lawson Community Macro Projects Officer (Vacant) Centre and superbly organised and EMP2/LEP97 to Minister Membership: Ross Coster 59-1247 mediated by BMCS member Gary Since the last Hut News went to press, Nursery: David Coleby 84-1395 Werskey. Councillors have sent Environment Publicity: Marie McInnes 82-7110 The day was arranged so that new and Management Plan 2 to the Minister for Bushwalks Co-ordinator (Vacant) old committee members could get together Planning. Hawkesbury/Nepean Catchment Rep. and share their hopes and aspirations for BMCC Mayor and Blue Mountains Rosemary Lathouris 57-2511 the society, go over what we had learned Conservation Society are now referring to Bushfire Rep: Hugh Paterson 51-2303 and achieved during the previous year, and that document as Local Environment Plan Editor: Christine Davies 87-7246 participate in an overall plan for the 1997. It should be on public display soon. (Fax) 87-7777 Deadline for next issue is Aug. 21 Hut News , No. 121, August 1997 — Page 1. for the reopening of tracks in the valley, in Land Use History of Walking Tracks particular the Roberts, Lindeman and A Call to our Membership —Conservation Society’s Involvement Wentworth Passes. They asked Mr. Willis, In the next five (Extracts from Jim Smith’s recently completed Chief Secretary and Minister for Tourism months, BMCS will Heritage Study for NPWS.) BMCC aldermen resolved in July 1966 for a $2000 grant for these works when he be making important visited ‘The Hut’. They offered to assist submissions on to lobby the state government for extra funds for the tracks stressing the “national” the Federation with the marking of Planning changes Lindeman’s Pass. No grant was affecting all settled significance of the Upper Blue Mountains reserves. However, these representations forthcoming and in 1968 the KDWCS areas of the Blue expressed “deep concern” about the Mountains as well as were unsuccessful. During 1967 a number of visitors to the Blue Mountains wrote to deterioration of the area’s tracks to Plans of Management Council. Council responded with the for the three National the local media expressing in strong terms their “disgust” with the poor condition of formation of a 530A committee for the Parks in the area. area. Even though council had taken over The new Local the local walking tracks and their associated facilities. from the trustees in 1957, the 530A Environment Plan 97 Committee was not formed for eleven could bring about Volunteer Activities in the 1960s . During the 1960’s there was volunteer years. Funds were allocated by the zoning changes for activity on two fronts. The Blackheath Committee who worked with volunteers large areas of Mountain townships and Rotary Club, during the period 1965 to from the KDWCS, some of whom had to amendments to other areas’ planning 1968, constructed the first new walking take chainsaws out onto the tracks to clear controls will also be on display. track in the upper Blue Mountains since accumulated regrowth and fallen trees. Exciting voluntary positions are 1941. The Coachwood Glen Nature Trail The Springwood Bushwalking Club available now to help Blue Mountains was a ‘first’ in another way also. It was assisted with this work. Conservation Society develop its input. designed as an environmental education In 1969 the society’s biggest track Write to PO Box 29, Wentworth Falls walk, with plaques giving the names and project was begun. This was the reclearing 2782, or phone Don Morison 4759.2471. information about trees and shrubs. These of the track, originally constructed over the ‘The Golden History of Blue have unfortunately disappeared and have period 1898 to 1910, connecting the Mountains Evangelism ’ not been renewed. National Pass track to West Street. It had During the 1880s, when lonely single Volunteer work, centred on the area probably not been maintained since the late men camped at the foot of the Ruined around the Valley of the Waters, was 1930s. As it had never been given an Castle to mine kerosene shale, the carried out by the Katoomba and District official name the society christened it “The Salvation Army visited them every Sunday Wildlife Conservation Society ( KDWCS ) Nature Trail”. This work took some five to bring their message of comfort. with some assistance from other groups. years to complete. Apart from a contract Climbing back up the track to Narrow (KDWCS is now the Blue Mountains between the 530A committee and Kevin Neck they used to sing a hymn, “Climbing Conservation Society.) It involved the Browne for $170 worth of work, the entire up the golden stair” (to glory), and this is restoration of old tracks that had fallen into project was completed by volunteer labour.
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