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Fire monitoring abandoned before it’s begun

As we have previously reported, funding for the very worthy Box Ironbark mosaic burning project has been ceased. But we had been led to believe that this all too brief project would be continued in some reduced way by DELWP … Continue reading

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2015-16 AGM minutes and committee meeting reminder

The minutes from the 2016 minutes which was held on July 11th can be found here. Details from the night can be viewed on our earlier post here. FOBIF committee meetings are held on the second Monday of each month … Continue reading

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A walk in winter sunshine

A strong turnout rocked up for FOBIF’s July walk in bracing winter sunshine on Sunday. The walk took in several unnamed ridge tops and hidden valleys in a loop around the Helge Track area. Temperatures during the day were low, … Continue reading

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Fire on the Loddon? Not so much, but…

As we’ve previously reported, draft DELWP fire maps have shown an area along the Loddon River between Vaughan and Glenluce as Zone 2 (bushfire management): this would require management burns to cover 80% of the defined area at uncomfortably regular intervals. … Continue reading

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Fire [2]: that old tree question, again…

Readers will be familiar with our repeated complaint that DELWP’s fuel reduction exercises frequently destroy valuable old hollow bearing trees. This is unintentional, but often seems to us to be plain careless. It isn’t just a local problem: Gippsland research has … Continue reading

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