Forests NSW teams up with top 4WD group
From the Autumn/Winter 2009 edition of Bush Telegraph Magazine.
Forests NSW and the peak four-wheel-drive organisation for NSW and the ACT have entered into a new partnership to work on a range of initiatives in State forests.
A new memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Forests NSW chief executive Nick Roberts and the president of Four Wheel Drive NSW and ACT, Greg Redfern, in late 2008.
“The MoU is a record of how we will work together, in particular involving association members as volunteers in the support of on-ground management programs compatible with ecologically sustainable and socially and culturally responsible visitor use,” Nick said.
The association is a peak user group representing the interests of member clubs and individuals who have an interest in recreational vehicle touring.
Greg said his association promoted responsible four wheel drive and all wheel drive touring, environmental awareness, driver education and skills development.
“There are around 100 clubs in the association with a membership of more than 4 000,” he said.
Nick said the partnership activities would generally be targeted at State forest areas with low commercial timber values.
“One of the benefits is that these are often the State forests where we have a reduced presence but are experiencing high levels of illegal recreational use,” Nick said.
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