Tracey Polglaze and Richard Janssen outside the restored Evangeline Bivvy.
Hunters and trampers are crying foul over the Department of Conservation's (DOC) disposal of a small backcountry hut in north Canterbury.
Evangeline Bivvy was restored by volunteers in 2019, but the two-bunk hut was removed by DOC from its location near Lake Sumner after being knocked off its foundations in 2023.
Users wanted it returned near its original site, but the department said it was a low-use and low priority hut it was working to formally dispose of.
Craig Benbow, a former chair of the Backcountry Trust, said it appeared DOC had already made up its mind and had given the hut to the Rod Donald Trust before consulting the public.
