❓ A parliamentary question addresses planned prescribed burns in the Denmark region during a dry spring, questioning the awareness of drought conditions and adjustments to burning programs. The Minister acknowledges the conditions and outlines planned cancellations of burns in drier areas.
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(1) Is the minister aware that 10 000 hectares is planned to be burnt this spring in the Denmark region, including the proposed Sheepwash National Park, William Bay National Park, Walpole-Nornalup National Park and the Harewood State Forest? (2) Is the minister aware that the exceptionally dry spring weather across the southern forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions four to six weeks ahead of a normal spring? (3) Has any senior personnel at the head office of the Department of Conservation and Land Management instructed southern forest regional district offices to plan and implement prescribed burning with caution due to the drought? (4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS
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(1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(2) Is the minister aware that the exceptionally dry spring weather across the southern forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions four to six weeks ahead of a normal spring? (3) Has any senior personnel at the head office of the Department of Conservation and Land Management instructed southern forest regional district offices to plan and implement prescribed burning with caution due to the drought? (4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(3) Has any senior personnel at the head office of the Department of Conservation and Land Management instructed southern forest regional district offices to plan and implement prescribed burning with caution due to the drought? (4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(2) Is the minister aware that the exceptionally dry spring weather across the southern forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions four to six weeks ahead of a normal spring? (3) Has any senior personnel at the head office of the Department of Conservation and Land Management instructed southern forest regional district offices to plan and implement prescribed burning with caution due to the drought? (4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(3) Has any senior personnel at the head office of the Department of Conservation and Land Management instructed southern forest regional district offices to plan and implement prescribed burning with caution due to the drought? (4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(4) What operational changes have been made to the planning and implementation of the prescribed burning program in the Denmark-Walpole region as a result? Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: (1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(1) The Department of Conservation and Land Management advises that the proposed burning program for the Denmark area for this spring-early summer period is approximately 9 120 hectares. (2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(2) Yes. The dry weather that has occurred since July 2000 throughout the south west forest region has given rise to seasonal conditions that are up to six weeks ahead of normal conditions. (3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(3) The southern forest regional staff are very aware of the need to plan and implement prescribed burns in accordance with the seasonal conditions and the availability of suitable burning days and resources needed to achieve a safe and satisfactory outcome. (4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
(4) Unless there is some significant rainfall in the next week or so, it is planned that those burns containing large areas of jarrah forest fuel types will be cancelled this year. Burns with karri and tingle fuels are still relatively moist and will be monitored for their fuel moisture conditions to ensure that they meet the burning prescription criteria.
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