Peter, that seems to be an issue up here.
Also, I'm told the screams are loud when firefighters enter a property to
tackle a fire, and need to cut a fence or use some of the property owner's
water supply.
Denise
On 6/9/13 10:45 AM, "Peter Shute" <> wrote:
> I would have thought that the reason we can't maintain the same level of
> burning as pre 1788 is that these days so much more effort has to go into
> controlling them to avoid property damage. I assume that care was taken to
> choose the right weather conditions, and then the fires were just left to burn
> themselves out.
>
> Peter Shute
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> On Behalf Of
>> John Leonard
>> Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013 8:00 AM
>> To: Birding-aus
>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] the fire hazard reduction program
>>
>> I think the basic problem is that pre 1788 you had a large
>> workforce of people on land managing it the whole time by
>> mosaic burning. Since then the workforce on the land has
>> dwindled to such an extent that such a burning regime is now
>> impossible and all that can be achieved are very small scale
>> conservation burns, when funding, and wisdom, is available,
>> and cosmetic and destructive 'hazard reduction burns' which
>> are haphazard.
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