ROADSIDE RESERVE CONDITION 1977-89 IN THE SOUTHERN TABLELANDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES

For a number of years there has been increasing concern over the loss of tree cover in the tablelands of New South Wales as a result of tree clearing and agricultural practices. There has been little detailed or quantitative work on this problem. A field survey of stock routes, adjacent roadside reserves and other Crown lands was undertaken in 1977 with a subsequent survey re-examining a sample of these areas in 1989. The initial survey described 129 reserves and 687 km of roadside vegetation in a 7,500 km study area and evaluated their relative values for wildlife protection, grazing, landscape amenity and tourism. A quarter of the remnant forested lands in the study area in 1977 were found on roadsides and other Crown lands; it is believed that, due to subsequent wholesale clearing of remnant forests on private lands, timbered Crown lands now comprise an even higher proportion of the total forested lands in the study area. The field survey undertaken in 1989 examined changes in tree cover and utilization for the same reserves. Lack of regeneration resulting from grazing and insect induced dieback were found to be the two major factors in tree cover decline. For the covering entry of the conference, see IRRD abstract no. 843352.

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  SURREY BEATTY

  43 RICKARD ROAD
  CHIPPING NORTON, NEW SOUTH WALES  Australia  2170
• Authors:
  • HIBBERD, J K
  • SOUTBERG, T L
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 177-86
• Serial:
  • NATURE CONSERVATION 2: THE ROLE OF CORRIDORS
  • Publisher: SURREY BEATTY

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; Animals; Data collection; Roads; Trees
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 347: Agriculture; 2459: Animal; 8006: Australia; 8623: Data acquisition; 2755: Highway; 9074: Side; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00631121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-949324-35-3
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 1 1993 12:00AM