Category Archives: Fire Management

FOBIF response to fire operations plans

Posted on 6 August, 2012 by fobif

The following is FOBIF’s draft submission on the Fire Operations Plan [see above]. Member feedback is invited: GENERAL COMMENTS 1. We believe that as far as possible, burn areas be small: less than 100 ha. In zones 1 and 2, … Continue reading →

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Mosaic burning research

Posted on 24 July, 2012 by fobif

The Box Ironbark experimental mosaic burning project is under way. The project is the joint responsibility of DSE, Parks Victoria and Latrobe and Deakin universities. Research in the project will be based around 16 planned mosaic burns of 100 ha … Continue reading →

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A new Code of Practice arrives

Posted on 18 July, 2012 by fobif

DSE’s 2012 Code of Practice for Bushfire Management on Public Land is now out. It can be found here. Readers will remember our discussion of the draft  of this document last year. This version is significantly changed from that draft. For … Continue reading →

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Fire consultations continue in Bendigo

Posted on 14 July, 2012 by fobif

Conservation groups [including FOBIF], apiarists and concerned individuals met with DSE representatives in Bendigo last Thursday to discuss the upcoming Fire Operations Program [FOP]. The meeting was organised by DSE and the North Central Victorian Combined Environment Groups. DSE fire … Continue reading →

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Tarilta: a revealing clean up

Posted on 22 May, 2012 by fobif

Readers will remember our original report on the destructive ‘reduction burn’ in the Tarilta gorge, with a picture of a choked creek at the Limestone Track crossing. This section of the creek has now been cleared of debris, presumably by … Continue reading →

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