I was somewhat bemused by the comment:
"As Ranger of Macquarie Pass National Park (New South Wales, Australia)
I am writing to advise that these tracks either do not exist or are
illegal tracks, which have been closed based on a risk assessment and
legal advice following a serious incident.
Illegal tracks are also causing significant environmental degradation
and impacts to threatened species and are not suitable for use".
One of the closed tracks is the Jump Rock track, which is listed as such
on the NPWS alerts for Macquarie Pass:
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/macquarie-pass-national-park/local-alerts
However, a number of the other tracks do exist - I've walked them - and
as far as I am aware, are not closed. Though perhaps there is
on-the-ground signage about closure(?). There is no general prohibition
about walking off marked tracks in Macquarie Pass NP (ref. Plan of
Management), so not sure about the "illegal tracks" comment.
The tracks are certainly not signposted, but are regularly used and
followed by canyoners. Trail visibility is at best intermediate
(probably less for some).
It is good that NPWS has engaged. I suspect they probably need a policy
or approach at a higher level than individual national parks or rangers.
The officer who made the OSM updates has obviously been instructed by
the local area ranger, but probably doesn't have the on-the-ground details.
Each park has its own management challenges and that general approach
would probably get tailored depending on the park - for example,
Macquarie Pass NP is relatively small and likely to be more impacted by
track proliferation than something large like Blue Mountains NP.
cheers
Tom
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Canyoning? try http://ozultimate.com/canyoning
Bushwalking? try http://bushwalkingnsw.com
On 24/01/2022 4:08 pm, nwastra nwastra wrote:
For info and with some regard to recent discussion of US Trails Working Group…
I noticed a lot of paths being deleted by this user as requested by a National
Park Ranger.
I commented with some suggestions and received the following reply in
comments...
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/116520175
https://nrenner.github.io/achavi/?changeset=116519029
https://nrenner.github.io/achavi/?changeset=116520175
I am inclined to leave to others to consider.
I would rather they be left in the OSM and tagged in a different way for
various reasons but I expect we have little choice but to accept the NPWS
decision.
Nev Wedding
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