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Category Archives: Cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park
Alpine Grazing Update
My blog has been a little quiet lately. But I’ve written a few things elsewhere. The latest is an update on the issue of cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park. You can read that over at The Conversation – … Continue reading
Posted in Cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park
Tagged alpine, alpine national park, cattle grazing, fire, management
Another shot at the alpine grazing “trial”
In December 2011, the Victorian state government referred a planned grazing “trial” to the Australian government. This referral was necessary because of likely impacts on matters under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. The proposed … Continue reading
It’s make or break time for Australia’s national parks
This post was published originally at The Conversation. It is authored by Euan Ritchie, Bill Laurance, Corey Bradshaw (re-blogged on his site too), David Watson, Emma Johnston, Hugh Possingham, Ian Lunt and me, and arose from a conversation that Euan initiated … Continue reading
Posted in Cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park, Communication
Tagged alpine national park, Bill Laurance, cattle grazing, Corey Bradshaw, David Watson, Emma Johnston, environment, Euan Ritchie, fishing, hotels, Hugh Possingham, hunting, Ian Lunt, national parks, resorts, timber harvesting
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More cattle grazing in national parks
A recent announcement that cattle grazing leases will be extended in New South Wales national parks as part of a “scientific trial” reminds me of cattle grazing in Victoria’s Alpine National Park. The study in New South Wales, which is … Continue reading
Bogong High Plains Map – 1946
Nancy Millis just dropped a map off in my office. The map was used by Maisie Fawcett of the School of Botany for her studies of alpine ecology and the effects of cattle grazing. Maisie’s plot is famous for helping … Continue reading
Alpine grazing off to the Federal Court
On Tuesday, Melissa Fyfe tweeted that the Victoria government was seeking the Federal Court to overturn Tony Burke’s decision to disallow cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park. Tom Arup discusses this on his site. One of the arguments is … Continue reading
The impacts of cattle grazing in Australian alpine environments
With the decision by the federal environment minister, Tony Burke, to prevent cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park, there have been suggestions in the media by some people that cattle grazing has no or little adverse impacts in alpine environments … Continue reading
