Learn why co-existing with fire will be crucial in the future as fire regimes change from leading fire ecologist Ross Bradstock. Click here to watch his presentation.
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Protecting hollow-bearing trees
Bushfire Volunteer, , Hollows, resources
Here is a link to a great reference document (Reducing the effect of planned burning on hollow bearing trees) created...
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Bushfire Inquiry Submissions
Bushfire Volunteer, , 2020 Fires, post-fire
The devastating bushfire season of 2019/20 affected 5.5 million hectares of land in NSW alone, 26 people lost their...
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WATCH – Large Forest Owls Project
Bushfire Volunteer, , 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...
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Fire, Ferals and Weeds Consortiums – expressions of interest sought
Michelle Rose NCC, , Consortium, Ferals, weeds
Consortiums to improve integrated management Background: At the recent Nature Conservation Council Bushfire Conference 2017 – Fire, Fauna & Ferals: from backyards to bush, 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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Mark Graham: hollow bearing trees and the Bonnells Bay area
Bushfire Volunteer, , Fauna, Hollows
NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript...
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Melville Island mammal declines fought with fire
Bushfire Volunteer, , Cultural burning, Ferals, wildfire
Just off the coast of Darwin findings have shown the importance of fire management highlighting the use of fires to leave...
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Cultural Burning a Boon for Soil Health
Bushfire Volunteer, , Cultural burning, Research
Researchers Anthony Dosseto and Katharine Haynes from the University of Wollongong along with Leanne Brook and Victor Channell from...