The Ferguson Report into the Waroona/Yarloop bushfire Submission to the Inquiry in response to the report, from the Bushfire Front The government is to be commended for the appointment of …
Yarloop/Ferguson
The particular need for prescribed burning in forested catchment areas
We do not hear much these days about the water levels in our Hills dams, which are all in forested areas. Now that we have two large (and very …
What is prescribed burning
What Happens in a Fuel Reduction Burn It is important to understand that when an area has had its understorey fuel reduced by a low intensity burn, it does not …
The need for a landscape approach
TBA
Fuel management is the critical factor
The Importance of Reducing Fuel Loadings Much of the vegetated areas between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin are carrying long unburnt and very heavy fuels which in the event of …
Fighting fire with fire
The role of water bombers
Water bombing and magic bullets by Roger Underwood Back in the summer of 1960/61, when I was training to become a forestry officer, I was unlucky enough to be caught …
The alternative approaches
Bushfire management in Australian forests – confronting a changing environment by Roger Underwood There is an old saying that one of the greatest of human failings is the inability to …
Smoke
The Smoke Issue The smoke that arises from bushfires, whether it comes from prescribed burns or from wildfires, is a controversial subject in Western Australia. Every time the metropolitan area …
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