Welcome to the Resources page!
The following items link to useful reference documents, guides and project booklets.
If you are working with a restoration project make sure you consider how your project aligns with the framework outlined in the National Standards for Ecological Restoration featured below.
Native Vegetation Regulatory Map – a tool for landholders
, , data, Featured, Hazard Reduction, Map, Vegetation
The NSW Government has released a Draft version of their new Native Vegetation Regulatory Map interface. This is a...
New Guidebooks on Protecting Owls Released
, , biodiversity, Fauna, Featured, Fire management, Hollows, Owls, prevention, threatened species, wildlife
Continuing its mission to monitor and protect essential large forest owl populations, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s (NCC)...
Understanding Fuel… and Fire Behaviour
, , advice, biodiversity, bushfire, bushfire conference, climate, climate change, Fire, fire danger ratings, Fire management, fire risk, Fire severity, flora, Hazard Reduction, Hotspots Fire Project, how to, humidity, plants, resources, temperature, topography, Vegetation, weather
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service, as part of the Hotspots Fire Project,...
Cultural burns, while holding cultural significance, can also be effective ways to protect plants that are not only native...
The NSW Rural Fire Service has just released fire history data in NSW to the public in September. Mapping...
Video Update – Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project
, , Barking Owl, Fire, Owls, Restoration, vulnerable species, wildlife
Click on the video below to hear from the Safe Havens Project Coordinator Angus Underwood and Pete Knock the...
New Planning Process for Managing Bush Fire Risk in NSW
, , Agency, Bush Fire Management Committee, Planning, Risk
The NSW Rural Fire Service is currently rolling out a new planning process for managing bush fire risk in...
Conversations with Children about Bushfires
, , Book, Fire, Hazard Reduction, resources, threatened species
How do we talk with children about bushfires in an age-appropriate and constructive way? Bushfires are a natural &...
Wildlife Fire Response Training for Firefighters
, , Fire, koalas, threatened species, wildfire, wildlife
Are you someone who is often on the front line after a fire or extreme weather event? Do you...
The Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Council (AFAC) has released a range of training videos to help you better...
Are you a landholder interested in upscaling your land management skillset? As part of their commitment to supporting the...
NCC Bushfire Conference 2023
, , bushfire, bushfire conference, climate, climate change, Conferences, Cultural burning, Ecological burning, Events, Fire severity, Hazard Reduction, prevention, Research, resources, wildfire
NCC’s 13th biennial Bushfire Conference, “Managing Bushfire Together: Applying science, skills and stories”, took place on the 24-25th May,...
WATCH – NCC Bushfire Conference 2023 Recordings
, , Collaboration, Community resilience, Conferences, Cultural burning, Fire, Fire management, Research, resources, threatened species, wildfire
Nature Conservation Council hosted our 13th Biennial Bushfire Conference Managing Bushfire Together: Applying science, skills and stories” on the...
We’ve all seen the current effects of climate change. As bushfires become larger, more sever and more frequent the...
Measuring Soil Health & the Impacts of Fire
, , bushfire conference, carbon sequestration, climate, climate change, Conferences, ecosystem services, Events, Fire, Fire severity, healthy soils, Monitoring, Research, soil, soil health
Would you like to measure multiple aspects indicating the health of your property’s soil, without spending a fortune on...
Do Post-Fire Acacia Thickets Increase Long-term Fire Risk?
, , acacia, biodiversity, burn frequency, bushfire, Conferences, Events, Fire, fire hazard, fire risk, Fire severity, Flammability, plants, Research
Have you ever noticed dense thickets of Acacia emerge post-fire, and wondered if they may represent a long-term fire...
Watch – NCC 2021 Bushfire Conference
, , 2020 Fires, Conferences, Fire, post-fire, threatened species
Over three days in May 2021, the Nature Conservation Council’s Bushfire Program hosted their 12th Biennial Bushfire Conference Cool,...
Have you ever wanted to know more about your environment and how it is changing? Monitoring is a powerful...
Ever wondered who your fury, scaly and feathered neighbours are? What lives in your local bush or your backyard?...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science
, , Community resilience, Fauna, Fire, Hazard Reduction, Hollows, plants, Research, resources, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfire
Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
An Introduction to Citizen Science
, , bushcare, climate change, Fire, Monitoring, plants, post-fire, Research, resources, threatened species, vulnerable species
Citizen science databases can be an excellent tool for getting to know the flora and fauna present within your...
If you’re curious about how Indigenous cultural burning from around 10,000 years ago has implications for current land management,...
Koalas and DPE guidelines for planned burning
, , Fauna, Fire, Guidelines, koalas, Planned Burns, Prescribed burns, resources, threatened species
We’ve all heard about koala populations declining in numbers in recent years due to multiple threats such as land...
The Climate Council is an independent organisation which uses the latest science on climate to help tackle one of...
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment have released an app for android users that allows you to explore...
Watch – Ecological burns: a Council perspective
, , Cultural burning, Ecological burning, Local council
Martin Roberts from Macedon Ranges Shire Council explores ecological burns from a Local Government perspective in a presentation for...
Book Review – A Wide & Open Land: Walking The Last Of Western Sydney’s Woodlands by Peter A. Ridgeway
, , Book, history, plants, Western Sydney, wildlife
As one who enjoys long bushwalks and studying nature, I was very keen to grab hold of a copy...
Two years on from the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, this Conversation article analyses the current state of fire management...
The Threatened Species Recovery Hub and NRM Regions Australia joined forces in October, bringing together researchers, decision-makers, land managers...
NCC’s Bushfire Program hosted a 1hr webinar on June 2nd with three leading experts who delved into the impacts...
WATCH – Large Forest Owls Project
, , Barking Owl, Masked Owl, nest boxes, Powerful Owl, vulnerable species
NCC’s Healthy Ecosystems team has produced a series of 12 short training videos on the monitoring work being carried...
How to add data to NSW BioNet Atlas
, , 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...
Climate, Fire and Biodiversity webinar series
, , 2020 Fires, climate, climate change, post-fire, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfire
The Threatened Species Recovery Hub hosted a four part webinar series in August/September (2020) on climate, fire and biodiversity....
The Biolinks Alliance have released the keynote presentations from their Greater and Squirrel Glider Symposium online. The Biolinks Alliance...
AABR: Assessing priorities for post-fire bush regeneration
, , 2020 Fires, bushcare, post-fire, weeds
The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) has produced three short videos to assist bush regenerators across the state...
Managing land post-fire Managing a landscape post-fire comes with many unique challenges. The points below are designed to give...
President of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators Dr Tein McDonald answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in...
Conservationist Dailan Pugh answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts and restoration in NSW hosted...
Dr Ross Peacock from Macquarie University answers audience questions following the live webinar Flames in the Rainforests: bushfire impacts...
The Conversation: Flora, Fauna, Fire
, , 2020 Fires, Fire, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfire
The Conversation covered a range of topics from 2019/20 bush fire season. This latest blog-style feature piece tells the...
Simtable modeling has given the Ku-ring-gai local council an innovative way of explaining fire danger to their local residents....
A new website designed to help fire and land managers “compare the risk reduction benefits and costs from different...
WATCH – Fire Fuels Forum: a deep dive into hazard reduction
, , Hazard Reduction, Prescribed burns, prevention
In May, the BHCRC hosted its National Fire Fuels Science Forum. Usually hosted live, the forum was moved online...
The Centre of Excellence for Prescribed Burning has published a new book, Prescribed Burning in Australasia: the science, practice...
Gondwana rainforest expert Dr. Robert Kooyman has shared his analysis of the devastating 2019/20 bush fires that affected 54%...
A four-page fact sheet on the importance and value of hollows as habitat for wildlife has been created by...
Professor Philip Gibbons from the Australian National University was preparing to speak at NCC’s Bushfire Conference in May, however,...
Site Assessment and Monitoring – A guide for landholders
, , Fauna, how to, Monitoring, resources, weeds
The Hotspots team have produced a practical guide ‘The Ecological Site Assessment and Monitoring of Bush Fire Management- A guide...
This series of training videos is designed to provide training to individuals in the use of several online tools,...
Lessons from the AABR forum NCC Bushfire program staff attended the Seeds for the Future Forum on the 8th...
An educational video on four factors that affect wildfire has been created by research fellow Hamish Clarke. Hamish Clarke...
Looking into the eye of the fire: Some astonishing footage has been captured within two prescribed burns by the...
This series of training videos is designed to help environmental volunteers and staff effectively use online environmental platforms to...
Fire and Weeds Review from Hotspots
, , 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...
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.
Fire and Weeds – Landholder Booklet from Hotspots
, , African Lovegrass, how to, Lantana, Setaria, weeds
The Interaction between Fire and Weeds: A booklet for landholders in NSW This booklet is a welcome addition to...
This framework provides an approach to consider the steps and processes land managers can take when seeking the best...
Ecological Restoration – what standard are you working to? Ecological restoration and rehabilitation seeks to transform humanity’s role from...
Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands – managing ground-layers
, , Cultural burning, EECs, Grassy Woodlands, Restoration
Jewels in the Landscape This guide published by CSIRO in 2015 aims to help land managers recognise, understand and...
Flora monitoring protocols for planning burning: a user’s guide
In this guide the Victoria Government outlines its planned flora monitoring protocols for fire and adaptive management.
2017 NCC Bushfire Conference – Proceedings now available
, , audio, bushcare, Conferences, Cultural burning, Events, Fauna, Ferals, Flammability, Research, resources, Restoration, trials, weeds
2017 NCC Bushfire Conference Fire, Fauna & Ferals: from backyards to bush The Nature Conservation Council hosted their 11th...
This resource explains the role of fire in ecosystems and how it can be used to promote and protect ecological assets.
This guide details the use of integrated fire and herbicide treatments of African Lovegrass in Cumberland Plain restoration.
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