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• Newsletter number 35 (PDF – 1.43 MB)

Welcome

…to this issue of news from the alps, coming to you from the ACT for the first time in over six years, and for good reason. The Program Manager’s position is designed to rotate every two to three years through each of the states – Victoria, NSW and the ACT.

This keeps the Program fresh and alive, strengthens involvement and awareness of the Program especially within the current ‘host’ agency, and perhaps provide a slightly different Alps focus. For all these good reasons I’ve now taken on the position of Alps Program Manager from Gill Anderson.

I consider it to be a great privilege to be in this role and I’m looking forward to many challenges and enjoyable moments over the next three years. I’d also like to send a personal thanks to Gill for all she has done over the last three years in the job. Gill continues to be a great model and mentor. Thanks Gill.

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• Newsletter number 34 (PDF – 1.98 MB)

Welcome

… if you’re connected in any way with the Australian Alps, this summer-autumn issue of news from the alps makes good reading.

Climate change continues to be the favourite subject, popping up in many stories, but that’s no surprise: it’s out in the public arena, it is impacting on the alps and it’s not going to go away. If you only have ten minutes to read this issue, be sure to take a look at our cover story where Dick Williams explores how fire, climate change and the alps are linked, and how we’d best go about getting up to speed.

Since the last issue, I’ve spent seven weeks in South America , and seven more on fire duty. It’s been a busy time for everyone and yet the alps program seems to have a momentum of its own. We’re still on track and, in particular, looking forward to the 21st birthday celebrations planned for early June.

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• Newsletter number 33 (PDF – 880 KB)

Welcome

…and here we are with another issue of news from the alps, the twice yearly mini magazine which gathers together all the management news in and around our Australian Alps.

Because we take time to recognise that it’s been 20 years since the first signing of the Memorandum of Understanding. This living, dynamic agreement between the two states, and the ACT and Australian Government has had a wonderful impact influence on the management of the Alps region, and it continues to this day.

As the stories in this magazine show, we’ve become part of a network which has brought us together to work on the same issues – something which adds dimension and depth to our work. Take a look at pages 13, 14 and 15 and you’ll see what I mean.

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• Newsletter number 30 (PDF 864 KB)

Welcome

…to this summer-autumn issue of “news from the alps”. This issue has a new look and a slightly different approach. This issue, while we’ve been asking people to give up their time for interviews, (apart from a few exceptions) no-one has been asked to write anything. So if you have something you think relevant and worth sharing with the broader Alps community, just send me an email or give me a call.

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• Newsletter number 31 (PDF – 934 KB)

Welcome

…to this winter-spring issue of news from the alps which is full of interviews, information and resources gathered together especially for anyone connected with the Australian Alps.

As well as the usual columns – news from around the alps, updates on programs, an international perspective, dates for the diary – we’ve focussed on a few topics of interest.

We report on various workshops and get togethers – post fire biodiversity, frontline, feral pigs and dogs. We also take a look at what the recent First People’s gathering represents and aims to achieve. We explore the philosophical issues behind the balance we try to maintain – between protecting the alps and encouraging appropriate visitor experiences – and because each issue is seasonal, we take an alps-wide look at cross country skiing.

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