Ranger Biv

Ranger Biv is sited next to a pretty moss fringed tarn at the bush edge high on the eastern side of the Poulter valley in Arthurs Pass National Park.

The only thing to spoil this scene is that the Department of Conservation say the biv is in a derelict condition. Because of this they plan to take it out and destroy it.

DoC are not right of course. The only thing wrong with the biv is a single rusty hinge. The hinge has been measured up by Barry Lee for replacement.

Everyone who's been there knows the biv's not derelict. The problem is there are not many of us.

My belief is that someone on DoC's field staff got Ranger mixed up with Waterfall Biv just over the ridge. Waterfall Biv really is in a sad state, and I could understand them rating that one as derelict. But I don't think it's going to be easy get DoC to put this right. It's not in the nature of bureaucrats to admit they've got something wrong.