❓ Hon Nigel Hallett asks about the burning master plan for Avon Valley National Park. The Minister for the Environment provides details of the Department of Environment and Conservation's prescribed burn program, including the area covered and where to find more information.
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AVON VALLEY NATIONAL PARK - BURNING MASTER PLAN
(1) Will the minister please detail the burning master plan for the Avon Valley National Park? (2) If not, why not? Hon SALLY TALBOT
(1) Will the minister please detail the burning master plan for the Avon Valley National Park? (2) If not, why not? Hon SALLY TALBOT
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I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
(2) If not, why not? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
(1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
(2) Not applicable.
(2) If not, why not? Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
Hon SALLY TALBOT replied: I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
I thank Hon Nigel Hallett for some notice of the question. The Minister for the Environment has provided the following response - (1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
(1) The Department of Environment and Conservation indicative prescribed burn program for the period from spring 2007 to autumn 2009 contains five prescribed burns within and adjoining the Avon Valley National Park, covering 6 078 hectares. Provided that all the burns on the indicative programs are achieved by autumn 2009, more than half of the 4 666-hectare Avon Valley National Park will have been subject to prescribed burning between spring 2004 and autumn 2009. Details of the department’s three-year indicative prescribed burn program, including maps, can be found on the NatureBase website at www.naturebase.net. (2) Not applicable.
(2) Not applicable.
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