Papers and reports regarding fires, grazing, snow cover, hydroseeding, etc. in the Kosciuszko National Park, 1965-2006

 
Containers:
Box 1 (MS 10563)
Component identifier:
File 10
Content Summary:

Appendix "Scientific bases for the exclusion of grazing from the Kosciusko National Park" By A. B. Costin and D. J. Wimbush.

Photocopy of a handwritten letter from Alec Costin to Dr. A. Fleming (Director, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney) regarding the relevance of the Snowy Plains area to Kosciusko National Park, 2006.

Graphs depicting dry matter and grazing at Kosciusko.

Agreement "Where to from here for the alps".

Lists "Publications of Dr. A. B. Costin" (includes annotations).

Paper "A Brief History of the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the Cooperative Management of the Australian Alps National Park", 2000.

Photocopied extract from a CSIRO publication "Burning Question in the Snowy" regarding controlled burning in the Kosciusko National Park.

Journal Article "Pattern and Process in a Macquarie Island Feldmark" by D. H. Ashton and A. M. Gill, 1965.

Journal Article "Decomposition of plant litter in montane and alpine soils on Mt Kosciusko, Australia" by T. G. Wood.

Journal Articles "Duration and Extent of Snow Cover in the Snowy Mountains and a Comparison with Switzerland" by R.O. Slatyer, P.M. Cochrane and R.W. Galloway, 1985.

"Report of Major bush fire in Northern section of Kosciusko State Park - period 3rd to 14th March, 1965" with cover letter by N.C. Gare.

Isochronal map of fire progress by the Soil Conservation Service of NSW, depicting progress of fire near Yarrangobilly and Kiandra from 3-10 March 1965.

Journal Article "Hydroseeding and Erosion Control Chemicals" by L. Kay Burgess, 1987.

Immediate source of acquisition:
This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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