Contents: 1. What happened in 2004/05; 2. Why the licences should have been renewed; 3. Dismay at the Government’s decision; 4. The MCAV media release on the Government’s decision; 5. The Alpine Grazing Taskforce Report; 6 Final proposal to Government; 7 Alpine grazing licences – just another campaign to the greens, but it’s the heart and soul for the mountain cattlemen; 8 Strengthening the hold on State Forest licences; 9 10,000 cattle in State Forest licences? 9.1 Licences adjacent to the Alpine National Park; 9.2 Some State Forest licences carry no cattle; 9.3 Some State Forest licences are not alpine runs; 9.4 Not 10,000, more like 2,000 cattle; 10 National heritage; 11 Government’s announcement banning alpine grazing