Hon Lynn MacLaren asks about the area burnt by bushfires and prescribed burns in the South West regions during the 2015-16 fire season. The answer provides the hectares burnt by each.

AnsweredQoN 655Legislative Council
Asked
29 June 2016
Portfolio
Environment

QuestionView source ↗

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND WILDLIFE —
PRESCRIBED BURNS — SOUTH WEST
655. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the land managed by the
Department of Parks and Wildlife in the three south west regions. During the
2015–16 fire season, how many hectares were burnt in bushfires and how
many hectares were burnt in prescribed burns?

AnswerView source ↗

During the 2015–16 fire
season, 60 039 hectares were burnt in bushfires and as at 24 June 2016, 154 390
hectares were burnt in prescribed burns.

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