The panel provides advice to the:
- Minister for the Environment or the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service on matters relating to the identification of the heritage value, and the management of sustainable wild horse populations within Kosciuszko National Park
- Secretary of the department on preparing and amending any draft wild horse heritage management plan.
Membership
Consistent with the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act 2018, the panel is made up of 8 members appointed by the Minister for the Environment.
Mr John Pierce AO is Chair of the Panel. Mr Pierce is an eminent and respected former public official who has led state and federal government agencies.
Unfortunately, in the past, views and opinions on wild horse management have been expressed to previous panel members in ways that are not respectful, productive or in line with acceptable community standards. As such, details of other panel members will not be publicly disclosed.
Meeting summaries
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 4 September 2023 (PDF 138KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 21 August 2023 (PDF 143KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 6 August 2023 (PDF 148KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 30 May 2023 (PDF 100KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 9 March 2023 (PDF 111KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 25 January 2023 (PDF 107KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 7 August 2020 (PDF 83KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 14 February 2020 (PDF 74KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 9 December 2019 (PDF 83KB)download file
- Kosciuszko Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel – 1 November 2019 (PDF 89KB)download file
Engaging with the panel
Community input for the panel's consideration is always welcome. You can reach the panel by emailing them using the Contact Us information at the bottom of this page.
Due to the panel's workload, frequency of meetings and number of submissions received, the panel will generally not respond to individual correspondence. However, the panel may choose to respond at its discretion.
When writing to the panel, please ensure your input is relevant to the implementation of the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan.
A zero-tolerance approach will be taken to any correspondence that is considered harassing or threatening.
Charlotte Pass lookout, one of the easiest places see Mount Kosciuszko and the Snowy Mountains