❓ A WA parliamentary question asks about controlled burning in Yalgorup National Park. The answer confirms a planned burn for spring 2003 in the north-eastern section and outlines the specific area and conditions.
AnsweredQoN 1781Legislative Assembly
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(b) will controlled burning take place in 2003; and (c) if so, what month and what sections of the park?
(c) if so, what month and what sections of the park?
In 1997 a 60 hectare buffer was burnt in the locality of Martins Tank Lake. (b) Yes. (c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003. Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
(b) Yes. (c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003. Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
(c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003. Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
(c) if so, what month and what sections of the park?
In 1997 a 60 hectare buffer was burnt in the locality of Martins Tank Lake. (b) Yes. (c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003. Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
(b) Yes. (c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003. Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
(c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003. Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
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Answered
27 August 2003
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
15 days
(a) The last prescribed burn to be conducted in the Yalgorup National Park was in spring 2000. This was a buffer strip along Preston Beach Road. This buffer has been maintained on a 3-4 year rotation and is due to be burnt again in spring 2004.
In 1997 a 60 hectare buffer was burnt in the locality of Martins Tank Lake.
(b) Yes.
(c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003.
Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
In 1997 a 60 hectare buffer was burnt in the locality of Martins Tank Lake.
(b) Yes.
(c) A prescribed burn has been planned by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for spring 2003, in a north-eastern section of the national park. The burn will be carried out in a strip south of Tims Thicket Road, crossing over White Hill Road including a block to the west of Bouvard Drive. The planned burning will be carried out in accordance with a detailed prescription outlining the required conditions, including weather, fuel moisture and smoke trajectory. The burn is likely to be carried out in late September or early October 2003.
Understanding the role of fire regimes in the health of tuart woodlands will be examined through a series of experimental fires. The location and timing of these research burns are currently being developed.
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