The Hotspots Fire Project has just released the updated Namoi region “Managing Fire on Your Property” booklet, the latest in a series of guides providing regionally specific frameworks for incorporating fire into property management planning activities.
Like previous booklets released for Hawkesbury-Napean, Northern Rivers and Southern Rivers regions, the latest guide provides Namoi landholders with information on the region’s fire history, climate change predictions, and fire ecology research explaining how different species respond to fire – from plants like the white box (Eucalyptus albens) that thrive in rare quality grassy woodland to animals like the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) that feed on nectar and pollen in the region’s more shrubby environments.
Beyond regional biodiversity education, the Namoi booklet provides detailed instructions on preparing your property fire management plan based on different types of vegetation across the region, from semi-arid woodlands to forest wetlands to the more rare pockets of subtropical rainforest.
These booklets have been updated with the latest scientific and operational knowledge and to reflect policy changes including the Australian Fire Danger Ratings, inclusion of Ignition Management Zones, changes to climate change predictions for each region and much more.
Download the new Namoi booklet here: https://www.hotspotsfireproject.org.au/download/booklet-for-landholders-in-the-namoi-region-2024.pdf
Find your region’s Managing Fire on Your Property booklet using the interactive map here: https://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/interactive-map
Access the Hawkesbury-Nepean booklet under “Ecological resources” here: https://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/region/hawkesbury-nepean-cma
Access the Northern Rivers booklet under “Ecological resources” here: https://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/region/northern-rivers-cma
Access the Southern Rivers booklet under “Ecological resources” here: https://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/region/southern-rivers-cma
The Hotspots Fire Project
In addition to Managing Fire on Your Property guides, the Hotspots Fire Project is jointly delivered by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service. The Project delivers workshops and resources to landholders and land managers to participate in fire management planning on their properties, operating under the core belief that effective planning is essential to protecting landholder assets, including biodiversity. As eliminating fire from fire prone landscapes is not a practical solution, managing fire becomes crucial.
Visit the Hotspots Fire Project website here: https://hotspotsfireproject.org.au/