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Corridors. The Murrumbidgee River Corridor is to be conserved as an important national resource and a key open space element which provides a definable edge to the developed urban areas.

3.2.5.3 Policies for River Corridors
 1.        Corridors for the major rivers in the ACT will be protected from urban encroachment and inappropriate development.
 2.       The ecological resources and environmental quality of the rivers should be conserved and the character of their landscape retained and reinforced.
 3.        The streamflow and water quality of the rivers must be protected from adverse external influences and maintained in a manner which ensures compatibility between land uses, water uses and the environmental character of the rivers.
 4.       The River Corridors must primarily provide a balanced range of recreational activities appropriate to the characteristics of the river and adjacent land and in a manner that reinforces and protects them as unified systems.
 5.        Built facilities for use of the Murrumbidgee River and Molonglo River Corridors must provide for access at levels consistent with the protection of their natural and cultural resources, and primarily be located at development nodes.
 6.         Cultural heritage resources and their landscape context will be protected from inappropriate uses and development. Lanyon must be maintained as an important cultural resource providing for public access and use consistent with its national significance.
 7.        Extraction of sand and gravel may be considered in order to maintain stream channel and flood plain stability or to protect aquatic habitats and recreation areas and to control flooding. Extraction is to be undertaken in a manner consistent with protection of downstream land and water uses and in accordance with relevant environment protection legislation and with an agreed management and restoration plan.
 8.       Development may be limited by constraints related to the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication Complex. For details refer to Policies for Rural Areas.

3.2.5.4 Permitted land uses within River Corridors
 1.        The range of uses permitted in the River Corridors part of the NCOSS is as follows:
           * Agriculture
           * Forestry (Ingledene, Kowen, Stromlo and Uriarra pine plantations and woodlots only)
           * General Farming
           * Intensive Farming
           * Nature Conservation Area
           * Overnight Camping
           * Park
           * Public Utility
           * Recreation
           * Road
           * Special Development
and may include Dwelling, if necessary, for the operation of any of these uses.
The nature of uses permitted in the River Corridors part of the NCOSS is defined in Appendix A.

3.2.6 Mountains and Bushland

3.2.6.1 Background
The Bullen Range, together with the mountain ridges of the Tidbinbilla and Brindabella Ranges provide the middle and distant landscape backdrop to the National Capital. A major feature of the Territory is Namadgi National Park. Namadgi National Park forms part of the regional system