Here is a link to a great reference document (Reducing the effect of planned burning on hollow bearing trees) created by Victoria’s environmental department that provides clear methods and discussion around how to protect hollow bearing trees during planned burns.
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Fire and Weeds Review from Hotspots
Greg Banks, , African Lovegrass, African Olive, Bitou bush, BMAD, Lantana, Setaria, weeds
Fire, Weeds and the Native Vegetation of New South Wales The Hotspots Fire Project released a Fire and Weeds...
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Conserving Australia’s threatened native mammals in predator-invaded, fire-prone landscapes
Bushfire Volunteer,
Inappropriate fire regimes are a key threatening process for native mammals in Australia. Predation by feral animals such as...
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Thinning Forests for Bushfire Management – Does It Work?
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, Fire, Fire severity, Flammability, Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, prevention, Research, wildfire
Particularly following the 2019-2020 bushfire season, various techniques to lessen the severity of bushfires have been discussed in great...
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Understanding fuel… and why we need to manage it
Bushfire Volunteer, , Hotspots Fire Project
The Hotspots Fire Project, jointly delivered by the Nature Conservation Council and the NSW Rural Fire Service, has released...
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Ross Bradstock: are we ready for the big burn?
Bushfire Volunteer, , wildfire
Learn why co-existing with fire will be crucial in the future as fire regimes change from leading fire ecologist...
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How to add data to NSW BioNet Atlas
Bushfire Volunteer, , BioNet, data, resources, threatened species, vulnerable species
The Department of Industry and Environment has produced a series of short videos to demonstrate how to add data...
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WATCH – NSW Bushfire Inquiry Research Projects
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, NSW Bushfire Inquiry, wildfire
NSW Bushfire Risk Management Research Hub hosted five webinars in September (2020) on the research projects undertaken to assist...
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360° Video of a Prescribed Burn
Bushfire Volunteer, , Fire
Looking into the eye of the fire: Some astonishing footage has been captured within two prescribed burns by the...