Category Archives: News

Burning: have your say!

Posted on 13 August, 2013 by fobif

The DEPI planned burning program is now on the internet for public consideration. As we have previously reported, the program contains new proposed burn areas, mainly centred around settlement, and targeted as Asset Protection Zones. The program can be seen … Continue reading →

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Water: it makes a difference

Posted on 11 August, 2013 by fobif

The forty plus millimetres of rain which has fallen in our district over the last week or so has made a huge and probably temporary difference to our minor streams. Creeks which flow for only a few weeks of any … Continue reading →

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Ant Talk – 15 August 2013

Posted on 6 August, 2013 by fobif

Local ecologist Karl Just will be presenting a talk on Ants and their important role in native ecosystems on Thursday 15 August between 8 pm and 9 pm at the Newstead Community Centre. Among other things, the talk will explore … Continue reading →

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The Monitor reports: targeting the hectare target

Posted on 2 August, 2013 by fobif

The Royal Commission Bushfire Implementation Monitor [RCBIM], Neil Comrie, has released his annual report. It can be seen online here. Press accounts of the report seem to have concentrated on the Monitor’s criticism of the failure to build bushfire refuges. … Continue reading →

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The Monitor reports: How’s the research and reporting going?

Posted on 2 August, 2013 by fobif

On the subject of monitoring and reporting, almost everything in the Monitor’s Report referred to developing strategies, frameworks, ‘additional measures’ to be implemented: to things that are going to be done, not things that have been done. Meanwhile, the burning … Continue reading →

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