Description: Ecological forest recovery in the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria following the February 2009 wildfires.
Brief description: David Blair is a senior research officer at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University. Following completion of his degree in Forest Science from the University of Melbourne, he worked as a professional photographer, photographing endangered species in Indonesia and threatened environments around Australia. He then worked as an environmental consultant specializing in native and invasive vegetation and fire management before commencing with the Fenner School after Black Saturday.
Review Quotes: "Mountain Ash is concise and engagingly written as it presents the results of the post-fire ecological recovery research in the forests. The text is accompanied by superb clear photos and informative captions... An outstanding publication!"
Evelyn Feller, Park Watch, Issue 263, December 2015, pp 37
"I would recommend it alone for the photographic record it provides of a stunning ecosystem recovering from what is a - hopefully - once-in-a-lifetime disturbance event."
Thomas A. Fairman, Austral Ecology 42(8), December 2017