Far South Coast – National Parks Association of NSW

Bushfire Impacts in the South-East Forests

Posted by NPA NSWon May 29, 2020in Winter 2020Leave a comment

Kim Taysom, Far South Coast Branch

The South East Forests National Park (the Park) straddles the Bega Valley and Snowy Monaro Shires and comprises around 130,000 hectares of escarpment forests inland from Eden, Merimbula and Bega.

In terms of area burnt, the recent fires are unprecedented. The Bega Valley Shire had 58% of its area burnt, with the forested areas being the hardest hit. To put this in historical context, past fires which have burnt 10% of a shire’s area have been deemed significant events.

University Environmental Historians view NPA’s Understorey

Posted by NPA NSWon August 31, 2018August 30, 2018in Spring 2018Leave a comment

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NPA’s film Understorey was recently screened to environmental historians from universities around the country, at the Australian Historical Association Conference, held at the Australian National University in July, 2018.

Branch Profile – Far South Coast

Posted by NPA NSWon December 1, 2017November 28, 2017in Summer 2017Leave a comment

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The Far South Coast Branch of the National Parks Association was established around 1997, most of the Branch’s original members having been involved in the 12 year campaign to secure the South East Forests National Park. With the Park’s gazettal, it was now considered timely to become part of a wider organisation lobbying on conservation issues and park management.

NSW Government grants long-awaited protection for South Coast Forests

Posted by on March 1, 2016March 3, 2017in Media ReleasesLeave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) welcomes the creation of new flora reserves between Tathra and Bermagui and the cessation of timber harvesting within the Murrah, Mumbulla, Tanja and southern part of Bermagui State Forests and congratulates the NSW Government on the decision.

“These areas have significant cultural and biological values that have seen strong community actions for decades in the form of logging protests and citizen science monitoring of koala habitats” said David Gallan, President of NPA’s Far South Coast Branch.