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Stand-alone publications
 
Butz, M  2023.  Majura House Precinct ACT: report on heritage values.  March 2023.  Learnscapes     pdf  [6MB]
 
Butz, M 2022.  RSL Park Canberra: the place through time. Prepared by Mark Butz for the Friends of RSL Park Campbell ACT. Learnscapes     pdf  [10MB]
 
Butz, M 2021. Heritage interpretation strategy - Rock valley Homestead & surrounds, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT. Prepared by Mark Butz for the Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association Inc.  Learnscapes    pdf  [11MB] 
 
Butz, M 2020b.  Jerrabomberra Creek walkshop: history notes.  August 2020, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2020a. Heritage interpretation strategy - Eucalyptus oil distillery, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT. Prepared by Mark Butz for the Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association Inc.  Learnscapes     pdf  [2MB]

Butz, M 2017. 'The best system of trenches in Australia':  World War I training site, Duntroon Trench Warfare and Bombing School, Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, Canberra.  Learnscapes / Woodlands and Wetlands Trust.  [Book]   ISBN 978-0-9945748-0-0    Read more

Butz, M 2016a. Floodplain in the city: a concise history of the Jerrabomberra Wetlands. Compiled and written by Mark Butz for the ACT Parks and Conservation Service.  Learnscapes / Woodlands and Wetlands Trust  ISBN: 978-0-9945748-1-7 (print)  ISBN: 978-0-9945748-2-4 (digital)

Butz, M 2016b. Trench Trail: Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve.  Woodlands & Wetlands Trust/ACT Parks & Conservation Service [Self-guiding leaflet]     pdf  [1MB]

Butz, M 2015. Jerrabomberra Wetlands: a pocket (of) history.  [Notes for guided tour participants]    pdf  [340KB]

Butz, M (comp.) 2014. Resources and Values of Jerrabomberra Wetlands: Report prepared for the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve Concept Plan  (JWNR Board of Management/ACT Government)     pdf  [3.1MB]

Butz, Mark 2013. Jerrabomberra Wetlands: synthesis of cultural heritage information and preliminary historic theme identification (for JWNR Board of Management)

Butz, M 2009. Conservation Management Plan and Interpretation Plan for Blundells Flat and Shannons Flat,  Uriarra Forest ACT (Australian Forest History Society Inc)     pdf Complete [9.4MB] or  Parts A & B [5.8MB] Parts C to H [3.6MB]
 
Butz, M 2007 with Jago, D, Schwarz, T and Balm, K.  Influencing & Negotiating Program for the National NRM Facilitator Network: Resource pack (Commonwealth of Australia)
 
Butz, M 2004. Blundells Flat area, ACT: Management of natural and cultural heritage values – Background study for the Friends of ACT Arboreta.  pdf [2.5MB]
 
Butz, M 2003a. Draft national recovery plan for Asplenium listeri Christmas Island Spleenwort.  Commonwealth of Australia  Adopted version pdf [297KB]
 
Butz, M 2003b. Draft national recovery plan for Tectaria devexa.  Commonwealth of Australia  Adopted version  pdf [1.5MB]
 
Butz, M 2003c. Draft national recovery plan for Carmona retusa.  Commonwealth of Australia  [Unpublished report]
 
Butz, M and Jones, T (comps.) 2003.  Reuniting people and places  [Submission by Greening Australia ACT&SENSW on the report ‘Shaping our Territory: Options and opportunities for Non-urban ACT’]  Text version   pdf [510KB]
 
Butz, M 1992.  Pathways to a preferable future: Building better cities on healthy public policy - Report of a study carried out for the National Better Health Program ACT . National Better Health Program ACT

Submissions and commentary

(Mar 2017) Comments on provisional heritage registration of City Railway remnants, Kingston and Reid      pdf  [1.5MB]
 
(Mar 2017) Comments on Lower Cotter Catchment Draft Reserve Management Plan     pdf  [762KB]
  
(Jul 2006)  Comments on Lower Cotter Catchment Draft Strategic Management Plan pdf [213KB]
   
(May 2006) Comments on Draft ACT Aquatic Species & Riparian Zone Conservation Strategy pdf [31KB]
 
(May 2006) Comments on Draft ACT Wetlands Policy - 2006 pdf [54KB]

Conference and seminar papers and presentations
  
Butz, M 2022d.  Health through Heritage?: it's a walk in the park.  Paper  for ACT Region Heritage Symposium 2022 , delivered 13 August 2022, Canberra 

Butz, M  2022c.  Presentation:  Where has all the limestone gone?: plumbing the depths of Canberra.  [For Melba Shed]  July 2011, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2022b.  Presentation:  Digging around for the trenches:  Canberra's World War I instructional trench  system: a case study in heritage story research.  [For Canberra Region Heritage Festival/Queanbeyan Region Heritage Festival] April-May 2022, Canberra & Bungendore 
  
Butz, M 2022a.  Presentation: Light rail in Canberra: not entirely new. March 2022, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2021b.  Presentation: Canberra on track: more historical railways and tramways.  [For Regional Studies Network]  July 2021, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2021a.  Presentation: Mr Griffin's railway: cut short at both ends. [For Regional Studies Network]  June 2021, Canberra 

Butz, M 2020c.  Presentation: Rock Valley Homestead and surrounds heritage interpretation strategy, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.  December 2020, Canberra 

Butz, M 2020b.  Presentation: Reading the past in the present: cultural landscapes of Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo.  [For volunteer interpreters, Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary]  August 2020, Canberra

Butz, M 2020a.  Presentation: Rummaging around the underworld: geology and landform.  [For volunteer interpreters, Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary]  August 2020, Canberra

Butz, M 2018b.  Presentation: What's new in the old at Jerrabomberra Wetlands: a quick peeek at some emerging hsitory. [For National Trust of Australia ACT]  October 2018, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2018a.  The Canberry Ranges, Black Hill, Black Mountain, the 'Golden Hill' and beyond.  Background paper no.19 for Black Mountain Symposium 2018, delivered 24 Aug 2018, Canberra.   pdf  [1.3MB]
 
Moore, F & Butz, M 2016.  Conserving ACT heritage.  Presentation delivered to EPD/EIANZ Environment and Planning Seminar, 5 Jul 2016, Canberra

Butz, M 2016.  Member of panel presentation: Parkcare and the peri-urban interface.  Sustainable agriculture and its application in the Majura Valley, 30 Apr 2016, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2015-18.  Several variants of presentation: The best system of trenches in Australia | Sep 2015-October 2018, Canberra
 
Butz, M 2015. Bombs then, birds now: emerging heritage values at Jerrabomberra Wetlands.  Paper delivered to EIANZ Forum: State of natural & cultural heritage places in the ACT and Southern NSW, 10 Nov 2015, Canberra
 
Butz, M & Denham, T 2015.  Archaeological and historical investigations of the World War 1 Trench Warfare and Bombing School, Jerrabomberra Wetlands ACT.  Public Lecture Series of Canberra Archaeological Society/ Centre for Archaeological Research, 16 Sep 2015, Australian National University, Canberra 

Butz, M 2014-15.  Several variants of presentation: Jerrabomberra Wetlands: Floodplain Reimagined | Floodplain Revisited | Unexpected history from the Floodplain | Richer than you might think  | History revealed | Apr 2014-Sep 2015, Canberra
 
Butz 2009.  The Changing Light: Snapshots from the Uriarra Forest, Australian Capital Territory.  [For Regional Studies Network]  April 2009 , Canberra
 
Tyler, M, Brake, L and Butz, M 2009.  When is water not water?: How collaborative approaches for sustaining the Great Artesian Basin can address conflicting values and priorities in resource management.   [Paper delivered to Minerals Council of Australia Conference SD09 Sustaining our social licence, 26-30 October 2009, Adelaide SA 

Butz, M and Austin, J 2008.  The Great Artesian Basin: a resource of national importance.  [Case study in Landscape Change at a Multi-Regional Level - Delivered to National Natural Resources Management Knowledge Conference, Melbourne Vic. 14-16 April 2008]    pdf  [1.9MB]

Butz, M 2007c.  Two flats in the Uriarra Forest: Blundells Flat & Shannons Falt. [For National Parks Associataion ACT] June 2007, Canberra

Butz, M 2007b.  How do we balance conservation and production?  in Carr, D & Cox, O (eds) 2007.  
Veg Futures 06: the conference in the field; Sharing information for regions to manage native vegetation in productive landscapes.  19-23 March 2006, Albury NSW.  Published by Greening Australia Ltd  [online at http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/vegfutures ] pdf [99KB]  

Butz, M 2007a.  The Changing Light: Snapshots from the Uriarra Forest, Australian Capital Territory.  [Paper for Trans-Tasman Forest History: Seventh Conference of the Australian Forest History Society, Christchurch, New Zealand, Jan-Feb 2007]     pdf [105KB]  
 
Balm, K, Butz, M and Firkins, J 2006.  Encouraging authentic leadership and participation. [Workshop paper delivered to Australasian Facilitators Network Conference, Geelong Vic Nov-Dec 2006]

Bartlett, T, Butz, M and Kanowski, P 2005.  Engaging the community in reforestation after the 2003 Canberra Bushfire.  [Paper delivered to Conference of the Institute of Foresters Australia,
Mt Gambier SA, April 2005]   pdf [76KB]

Balm, K, Butz, M and Firkins, J 2005.  Beyond and beneath 'methods': Dynamics underlying the Technology of Participation (ToP).  [Paper delivered to Australasian Facilitators Network Conference, Perth WA Nov 2005]

Butz, M 2004.  Blundells Flat, Uriarra Forest ACT: a Cinderella story [Peer reviewed] in Calver, M. (ed.)  A forest conscienceness: Proc. 6th National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc, Augusta WA Sep 2004   pdf [74KB]
 
Butz, M 2003b.  Regreening our part of Australia: putting people in the picture.  [Paper delivered to Forum - Forests, trees, people and fire - 26 May 2003, University House ANU]   pdf [72KB]
 
Butz, M 2003a.  Must Aquatic Protected Areas be ‘all at sea’?  Making the most of what we already have for ‘terrestrial’ aquatic protected areas.  [Peer reviewed]  in Beumer, J P, Grant, A and Smith D C (eds). Aquatic Protected Areas: what works best and how do we know?- Proc. of the World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas, Cairns, Australia - August 2002. Australian Society for Fish Biology WA    pdf [236KB]  

Butz, M  1998.  Schools as settings for health promotion: some concepts and realisations [Paper delivered to training workshop – ACT Dental Health Promotion Program, Canberra Oct 1998]

Butz, M 1995a.  Growing Homes - Growing Stronger: Aranda Community Landcare Project  in Proc. of Surf Coast Shire Landcare Workshop, Lorne Vic 18-19 March 1995. Deakin University

Butz, M  1995b.  It’s a lot more than trees!: a guide to obtaining advice for community revegetation projects [Paper delivered to seminar at Australian National Botanic Gardens, 11 April 1995]

Butz, M 1995c.  Creative partnerships in action: Healthy Cities Canberra as a case study [Paper delivered to International Forum - Urban planning towards the 21st century: the Health-Culture concept - Emphasis on the Quality of Life, Kyoto, Japan 7 Nov 1995]   pdf [69KB]
 
Butz, M 1994.  Caring for the Land - Caring for the Community [ACT case study ‘Best practice in landcare’]  in Proc. of Australian Landcare Conference, 6-9 September 1994, Hobart   pdf [35KB]

Butz, M and Andrews, P 1992.  Garden City-Healthy City-Better City: Strengthening the connections in Canberra  in Rees, A (ed.) Healthy Cities: Reshaping the urban environment – Proc. Second National Conference of Healthy Cities Australia, Brisbane, May 1992.  Aust Community Health Association.

Butz, M and McKenzie, A 1992.  Communities in schools in communities in Rees, A (ed.) op.cit. [Second National Conference of Healthy Cities Australia]

McKenzie, A and Butz, M 1991.  Building healthy school communities in the ACT  in Linking Health and Education - Proceedings of a Forum, Canberra, 9-10 December 1991. Network for Healthy School Communities 

Butz, M 1989.  ACTILIS: a Parks and Conservation perspective in Proc. Seminar on Integrated LIS, Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (ACT Chapter), Canberra ACT, 1989

Butz, M and Andrews, P 1989. Community participation in management planning: Shadow or substance?  in Proc. Workshop on urban park management planning - Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation (ACT), Canberra ACT, 1989     pdf  [5.4MB]

Coorey, R and Butz, M 1989. Resource management and the microcomputer: Assessing the community impact in  URPIS 17: Proc. 17th Conference, Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Perth WA, 1989

Butz, M 1988.  To harness the energy or to hobble the enemy: Which way for community participation?  in  Proc. 61st National Conference, Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation, Sydney, 1988   pdf [4.6MB] 

Butz, M and Coorey, R 1988a.  New maps for old: Low-cost LIS/GIS for resource management in the ACT in Proc. Symposium on low-cost LIS: State of the art and future implications, Gold Coast, Qld, 1988

Butz, M and Coorey, R 1988c.  New approaches to handling resource management information in the ACT in Proc. 61st National Conference of Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation, Sydney, 1988

Coorey, R and Butz, M 1988.  Horses for courses: RMIS in action in Bullock, K (ed). URPIS 16: Proc. 16th Conference of Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Sydney NSW, 1988

Butz, M 1987a.  Karst and caves in the Canberra area - past and future management  in Spate, A P (ed).  Cave management in Australia VII: Proc. 7th Australasian conference on cave tourism and management, SE NSW, 1987. NSW NPWS, Sydney and Australian Speleological Federation, Broadway   pdf [55KB]
 
Butz, M 1987b.  The lost karst of Canberra  [paper presented to 22nd Conference Institute of Australian Geographers, Canberra - August 1987]   pdf  [41KB]
 
Butz, M,  Coorey, R,  Kerr, D and Irving, K 1987. Putting managers in the driving seat: Development of a natural and cultural resource management information system in the ACT  in Zwart, P (ed) URPIS 25: Proc. 15th Conference of Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Hobart, 1987

Butz, M 1983a.  PRISM - report on development of a resource data base  [paper presented to Seminar on resource data collection, storage and analysis 1983  (NSWNPWS)]

Butz, M 1983b.  Development of a District conservation strategy [paper presented to Seminar on resource data collection, storage and analysis 1983  (NSWNPWS)]

Butz, M 1983c.  Trees and wildlife  in Trees and farms: papers of a Forum. Greening Australia ACT, Canberra

Butz, M 1982.  Cave inspections for the handicapped at Yarrangobilly Caves, Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales  in Watson, J R (ed) Proc. fourth Australian conference on cave tourism and management - Yallingup, WA 1981. WANPA, Perth and Australian Speleological Federation, Broadway   pdf [31KB]
 
Butz, M and Worboys, G 1980.  Principles of karst management in Robinson, A C (ed) Proc. Third Australian conference on cave tourism and management - Mount Gambier SA 1979.  SANPWS, Adelaide and Australian Speleological Federation, Broadway   pdf [70KB]

Edited works and series

Butz, M (ed) (annual series 1993-1996)  Blueprint for a Green School : Healthy-Vital-Sustainable   
Aranda Primary School ACT School Community Environment Program

Butz, M (ed) (quarterly series 1993-1996)  Sunflowers News Update (Aranda Primary School Community Environment Program)