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Tarilta questions

Posted on 24 March, 2012 by fobif

Following our visits to the DSE burn site in the Tarilta Gorge [see our post] we have written to DSE management in Bendigo seeking a response to the following questions: 1. Last year in our submission on fire zones we … Continue reading →

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Floods: running to the past

Posted on 23 March, 2012 by fobif

Recent heavy rains in Victoria have brought about a return of calls to strip vegetation from waterways as a way of reducing flood levels. The claim that vegetation along waterways raises water levels was raised last year when some locals … Continue reading →

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Bendigo fire meeting

Posted on 21 March, 2012 by fobif

FOBIF was represented at a meeting in Bendigo on March 7 with DSE land and fire community engagement officer Simone Blair. The meeting was organised by the Bendigo and District Environment council. The meeting was an opportunity for community groups … Continue reading →

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Walkers observe the effects of a Fuel Reduction Burn

Posted on 21 March, 2012 by fobif

Forty-five walkers set out from the SEC Dam Track in Green Gully on 21 March for the first FOBIF walk of the year.  It was not the normal scenic bushwalk as the route was mainly through areas of the Muckleford … Continue reading →

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Tarilta Gorge: burned off, washed away

Posted on 21 March, 2012 by fobif

It’s sometimes hard to know what to call DSE burning operations: control burns? Fuel reduction? Ecological burns? Too often none of the above apply: there’s little control, apart from keeping the burn inside the control lines [and as we know, … Continue reading →

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