Photo: ODt filesSubmissions are open on a proposal under which 9500ha of high country land, near Omarama, could become conservation land. A preliminary proposal has been developed for Dunstan Downs, a 12,300ha Crown pastoral lease farmed by the Innes family, which is one of 28 properties in tenure review. While the Government made the decision to end tenure review in 2018, it was ongoing until changes to the Crown Pastoral Land Act came into effect. A summary of the preliminary proposal said the property adjoined the Oteake Conservation Park and conservation areas resulting from tenure reviews at Killermont and Twin Peaks to the east. To the west, it adjoined conservation areas arising from the Morven Hills tenure review and conservation convenants created from historic reviews in the Lindis Valley.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2020 15:33 UTC