The Hotspots team have produced a practical guide ‘The Ecological Site Assessment and Monitoring of Bush Fire Management- A guide...
NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript...
Mark Graham: thinking about small mammals and fire regimes

NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript...
Fire and Wildlife in the Mallee – insights for conservation and management LaTrobe and Deakin Universities conducted their Fire and Wildlife...
A day in the field at North Head

A day in the field at North Head Fire, Fauna, Weeds & Ferals Linked with the 2017 Bushfire Conference...
2017 NCC Bushfire Conference – Proceedings now available

2017 NCC Bushfire Conference Fire, Fauna & Ferals: from backyards to bush The Nature Conservation Council hosted their 11th...
A day in the field at North Head Fire, Fauna, Weeds & Ferals Bushfire Conference Participants are invited to...
NCC’s 2017 Bushfire Conference – Fire, Fauna & Ferals Sydney 30-31 May with a field day 1 June Conference...
Council Collaborations – Asparagus, BMAD, Koalas and Powerful Owls

Councils link with volunteers to protect wildlife and restore bushland Lake Macquarie, Campbelltown and Sutherland Shire Councils have been...
Fire and Fauna Project The Burning Hotspots – Gondwana Threatened Species and Fire project in the Northern Rivers region...
Fire and Fauna Protection
Land for Wildlife in South East Queensland has produced an informative note on the way planned fires can impact fauna. This note outlines how a range of species from the region respond to fires and provides advice for landholders managing fire on their properties. Link to the PDF file.This blog is maintained by Bronwyn Hradsky, of University of Melbourne’s School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences. The blog...
Bushfire Conference 2017 – Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts NCC’s 2017 Bushfire Conference and Registration Now Open The Nature Conservation Council of NSW is proud...
- Some studies show that more plant and animal species live in landscapes with a high diversity of fire histories, while others show no such relationship.
- The variation in fire regimes that will promote plant and animal conservation depends on the type of ecosystem.
- Fire management will be most effective when it is guided by local knowledge of plants, animals and and the habitats they depend on.