We know that climate change is reducing the overall amount of snow we receive in Australia. The snow pack has been in decline since at least 1957. We also know that the loss of snow is being felt especially at lower elevations.
This is certainly being experienced this winter, where places like Tasmania and lower resorts like Mt Selwyn have had almost no snow.
Continue reading “Lower elevation resorts rapidly becoming non viable under climate change impacts”
If you’re interested in the future of the alpine resorts in the NSW mountains and how they interact with the surrounding environment, you currently have an opportunity to comment on the management plan.
The Parks Service says:
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is looking at better ways to measure and regulate the environmental carrying capacity of alpine resorts in Kosciuszko National Park. Currently, carrying capacity is addressed using ‘bed limits’.
Continue reading “Managing development in the Kosciuszko alpine resorts”
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