The author undertook this 5-year review of the alpine area post the 2019/ 20 Dunns Road bushfire, in particular the Kosciuszko National Park (KNP) section and areas to the west and south of this. One of the reasons for this review was to provide a detailed photographic record 5 years after the Dunns Road bushfire and also consider opportunities to better manage the land and vegetation.
The review involved an assessment of 100 kilometres of forest, woodland and grassland areas of the NSW alps next to sealed roads affected by the 2019/ 2020 Dunns Road bushfire.
The author believes in the importance of providing alternative opinions in order to optimise fire management in this important area.
The full review is here.
The 2019/ 20 bushfires had a disastrous impact across the KNP landscape, as evidenced by the information in this review and photographs above. The same disastrous impact applied with the 2003 KNP bushfires and earlier intense bushfires.
The author considers that current fire management approaches across this landscape are not working.
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