EDITORIAL 3

NPA NEWS 4

ENVIRONMENT NEWS & ACTION 6
ENVIRONMENT NEWS & ACTION (Willandra additions, Congo) 8

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM(Supplement following p 12)

ON THE TRACK

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 22

FEATURES

Critical Time for Water by Annes Reeves 10

Swamp Disaster by Phillip Kodela 10

New Visions for Old by James Tedder 11

Election 13, by Noel Plumb

Forest Special:

The South Coast Forest by Andrew Wong 14

North-east Forests by Dailan Pugh 19

South Coast Forest in pictures by Andrew Wong & Henry Gold 23

Genowlan Mountain by Haydn Washington 20

FRONT COVER: Warm temperate rainforest, Buckenbowra, NSW South Coast Photo: Andrew Wong

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December deadline: 19.10.98

OCTOBER 1998 Vol 42 No 5

The National Parks Association of NSW Inc. is a non-profit community organisation which seeks to protect and conserve the complete range and diversity of natural habitats, features and species as well as significant cultural items and landscapes within New South Wales.

National Parks Association Executive: Tom Fink, President; Stephen Lord, Senior Vice-President; Tim Carroll, Junior Vice-President; Kathy McCourt, Treasurer; Anne Reeves, Mike Thompson.


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