Contents Ministers’ Foreword 4 Post-fire Indigenous archaeological surveying Introduction 6 unearthing a rich cultural heritage 42 – Wildfire boundaries Fire Season 2002/03 map 10 – Threatened species protecting Victoria’s flora – Victorian Alpine Fires 2003 Fire boundary and and fauna most at risk 44 – land tenure map 11 Post-fire surveying of historic mining sites – protecting our gold rush history 52 12 Asset repair and replacement Salvage harvesting and regenerating Alpine Repairing and replacing assets in our parks, Ash forests 54 forests and alpine resorts 14 Victorian Alpine 2003 Vegetation map 55 – Assessing damage to high country huts Mapping the fires’ severity 57 reconstructing huts of historic and – refuge Victorian Alpine Fires 2003 Severity map 59 – significance 18 Supporting tourism 60 Protection and restoration of catchments Cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park and waterways 22 and forest 61 Controlling soil erosion and rehabilitating fire Agriculture and private land 62 control to protect catchment health 24 Immediate help for farmers financial – How water quality and yields were affected – support, co-ordinating volunteer efforts, research of international interest 26 fodder for livestock, removing debris on fence The impact on aquatic the chance to – boundaries understand and rehabilitate our waterway and new fencing 64 ecosystems 28 Controlling wild dogs and foxes protecting – Protecting the water supplies of the alpine farm livestock 67 resorts and upper catchment towns 30 Rehabilitating and protecting private land – Rehabilitating waterway ecosystems and minimising the effects on catchments 70 rebuilding damaged Catchment Preventing the spread of weeds on private land 72 Management Long-term help for farmers to rebuild – Authority assets 32 individual advisory services 74 Recreational fisheries in fire-affected waterways 33 Education, communication and partnerships 76 Fire Recovery Education Program 78 Restoration of ecological and cultural Communication, media and partnerships 80 heritage assets 34 Seizing the opportunity to reduce weed Appendices 82 infestations in National Parks, State Appendix 1 Bushfire Recovery Projects 82 – forests Appendix 2 Victorian Metadata 84 and on boundaries with private land 36 – Appendix 3 NSW Metadata 86 Protecting native animals by controlling – pest animals 40
Contents Ministers’ Foreword 4 Introduction 6 Wildfire boundaries – Fire Season 2002/03 map 10 Victorian Alpine Fires 2003 – Fire boundary and land tenure map 11 Asset repair and replacement 12 Repairing and replacing assets in our parks, forests and alpine resorts 14 Assessing damage to high country huts – reconstructing huts of historic and refuge significance 18 Protection and restoration of catchments and waterways 22 Controlling soil erosion and rehabilitating fire control to protect catchment health 24 How water quality and yields were affected – research of international interest 26 The impact on aquatic – the chance to understand and rehabilitate our waterway ecosystems 28 Protecting the water supplies of the alpine resorts and upper catchment towns 30 Rehabilitating waterway ecosystems and rebuilding damaged Catchment Management Authority assets 32 Recreational fisheries in fire-affected waterways 33 Restoration of ecological and cultural heritage assets 34 Seizing the opportunity to reduce weed infestations in National Parks, State forests and on boundaries with private land 36 Protecting native animals by controlling pest animals 40 Post-fire Indigenous archaeological surveying – unearthing a rich cultural heritage 42 Threatened species – protecting Victoria’s flora and fauna most at risk 44 Post-fire surveying of historic mining sites – protecting our gold rush history 52 Salvage harvesting and regenerating Alpine Ash forests 54 Victorian Alpine 2003 – Vegetation map 55 Mapping the fires’ severity 57 Victorian Alpine Fires 2003 – Severity map 59 Supporting tourism 60 Cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park and forest 61 Agriculture and private land 62 Immediate help for farmers – financial support, co-ordinating volunteer efforts, fodder for livestock, removing debris on fence boundaries and new fencing 64 Controlling wild dogs and foxes – protecting farm livestock 67 Rehabilitating and protecting private land – minimising the effects on catchments 70 Preventing the spread of weeds on private land 72 Long-term help for farmers to rebuild – individual advisory services 74 Education, communication and partnerships 76 Fire Recovery Education Program 78 Communication, media and partnerships 80 Appendices 82 Appendix 1 – Bushfire Recovery Projects 82 Appendix 2 – Victorian Metadata 84 Appendix 3 – NSW Metadata 86
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