Fair point, but I'd rather controlled burn-offs than cattle.
Out of curiosity, how did these burn-offs happen before settlement, and why don't they happen any more?
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Fair point, but I'd rather controlled burn-offs than cattle.
Out of curiosity, how did these burn-offs happen before settlement, and why don't they happen any more?
Fire-stick farming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaQuote:
Originally Posted by Ranga
I agree, The cattle back is a good thing!
Controlled burns, hahahaha, DSE and controlled burns, good luck with that:(
Unfortunately, there seems to have been a policy by managers of our forests of the last 20? years or so to reduce or stop controlled burns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranga
Well, more like uncontrolled burns.Quote:
Originally Posted by rovercare
Before people start erroneously suggesting that Aboriginal people in our alpine areas used fire-stick burning, I suggest they have a look at:
The moth hunters: Aboriginal prehistory of the Australian Alps, by Josephine Flood. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1980.
They may also like to have a look at: Early Holocene human occupation and environment of the southeast Australian Alps: New evidence from the Yarrangobilly Plateau, New South Wales by Ken Aplin, Fred Ford and Peter Hiscock. ANU E Press, 2010. (http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta32/pdf/ch11.pdf).
Cheers
KarlB
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Too slow, I already have.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by KarlB
Some other useful references people may like to look at relating to this thread include:
Williams, R. J. (1991) Ecological Principles for Determining Stock Allocations on the Bogong High Plains, evidence to the independent panel, North East Region, Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria.
Department of Sustainability and Environment (2005) Report of the Investigation into the Future of Cattle Grazing in the Alpine National Park, For the Alpine Grazing Taskforce, Department of Sustainability and Environment, East Melbourne.
But then again, they are government reports. Don’t believe them. What would they know?
Cheers
KarlB
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerouse than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity (Martin Luther King Jr, 1963)
So you've often travelled theQuote:
Originally Posted by KarlB
Victorian high country, Karl?