Category Archives: Fire Management

Talking Fire weekend is coming up

Posted on 3 November, 2016 by fobif

The Muckleford Forests Friends Group has provided us with an updated program for the Talking Fire weekend: Come along to Talking Fire, 12-13 November. It’s free and you can come for the whole weekend, or drop in for a day … Continue reading →

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Presentation on Bushfire at Newstead Community Centre

Posted on 17 October, 2016 by fobif

This Thursday (October 20) there will be a presentation, Protecting from Bushfire, Protecting our Biodiversity, at the Newstead Community Centre starting at 8 pm. All are welcome to attend. Newstead Landcare has sent us the following information on the event: As … Continue reading →

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Local community conversation about fire

Posted on 15 October, 2016 by fobif

Understanding Fire in our Landscape: A Community Conversation is a community event being held on the weekend of the 12-13 November 2016, in Newstead. The project has been initiated by the Muckleford Forest Friends Group and based on one of the activities … Continue reading →

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Fire

Posted on 12 September, 2016 by fobif

DELWP seems to be expanding and varying its community consultation processes on fire. A ‘listening post’ was conducted by fire officers in Castlemaine on Saturday; and last Wednesday representatives of the Castlemaine Field Naturalists toured the district with the Department’s … Continue reading →

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Yes we do, no we don’t

Posted on 5 September, 2016 by fobif

Do we know enough about fire behaviour to justify present fuel management practices? ‘Of course we do! Our practice is informed by generations of research and experience!’ is one view. ‘No: our practices are blunt and often blind to local … Continue reading →

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Aboriginal fire for the goldfields

Posted on 13 June, 2016 by fobif

Some intriguing ideas on fire were floated by DELWP fire managers at a briefing to the June Meeting of the Castlemaine field naturalists last Friday. Most of what the officers said related to DELWP’s change to a risk management fire … Continue reading →

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Fire: change, slowly

Posted on 30 May, 2016 by fobif

On Tuesday May 24 DELWP held an information session in Bendigo on future fire plans for the region, including draft maps showing possible new fuel reduction zones under the risk management system. A similar session will be held in Castlemaine … Continue reading →

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What do we know about all these burns?

Posted on 12 May, 2016 by fobif

Two of the terms of reference of the current enquiry [see above] relate to the environment. It’s fair to say that a recurring question–probably since Black Friday in 1939–is, how much fire can our environment stand before it starts turning … Continue reading →

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Here we go again

Posted on 15 February, 2016 by fobif

Like many other groups, FOBIF has been invited to make a submission to the fire planning process this year. The substance of our submission is as follows: Our views on fire management have not changed since our 2015 submission, the … Continue reading →

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It’s Australia’s only National Heritage Park: so, should it be managed in a unique way?

Posted on 14 December, 2015 by fobif

What is a heritage landscape, and what difference does the tag ‘heritage’ make to the way a landscape should be managed? Of course, all landscapes are ‘heritage’ or ‘cultural’ landscapes in one way or another: but there’s only one in … Continue reading →

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