❓ A parliamentary question seeks details on the Kingston study investigating the impacts of logging on jarrah forest fauna, including its timeline, cost, and publication of findings. The Minister provides a detailed response outlining the study's progress, expenditure, and publications.
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(1) When did the Kingston study into the impacts of logging on jarrah forest fauna commence? (2) Is the study continuing? If yes, what exactly is the nature of current study work? (3) How much has it cost to date? (4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(2) Is the study continuing? If yes, what exactly is the nature of current study work? (3) How much has it cost to date? (4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(3) How much has it cost to date? (4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
[See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(2) Is the study continuing? If yes, what exactly is the nature of current study work? (3) How much has it cost to date? (4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(3) How much has it cost to date? (4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(4) (a) Have any findings of the study been published in peer reviewed scientific journals; (b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(b) if yes, where and when; and (c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(c) if no, when will findings be published? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(1) Preparations for the Kingston study began in June 1993 with the implementation of fox control baiting in the study area and adjacent forest blocks. Site selection and establishment of trapping grids was completed by March 1994. A detailed concept plan for the Kingston study was provided by scientific staff from the Department of Conservation and Land Management in an August 1994 document - “An integrated study of the effects of timber harvesting on the Jarrah forest ecosystem” prepared by Neil Burrows, Gordon Friend, Keith Morris, Geoff Stoneman, Mike Craig and Matthew Williams. (2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(2) The initial phase of experimental treatment and monitoring was completed in February 2000, and since then scientific and technical staff time has focused on data validation and analysis, and on the preparation of reports. In the future, it is intended that the Kingston area be included in the broadscale forest monitoring program presently being developed by the department. This will allow trends in fauna populations after timber harvesting to be examined over the longer term. (3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(3) The approximate cost of the Kingston study to date is estimated to be $300 000 in materials and consumables, and $1 million in staff salaries. More precise expenditure figures could be provided, but this information would take some time to collate. (4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(4) (a) Yes. (b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
(b) Results available to December 1997 were presented at a scientific conference in New Zealand and subsequently published in a peer-reviewed book chapter. The answer then gives the large title of what must be a large book. I table that part of the answer. [See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
[See paper No 616.] Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The answer continues - A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
A forum essay was also published in the scientific journal Pacific Conservation Biology in response to an earlier paper that was critical of aspects of the design of the Kingston study. The details of the forum essay are: K. Morris and M. Williams, 1998, forum essay response, Pacific Conservation Biology 4(4) pages 279-280. (c) Several articles on the Kingston study have been published in popular forums, including the department’s Landscope magazine. A number of scientific and technical manuscripts on various aspects of the Kingston study are currently being prepared for publication.
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