Welcome to the June 2017 edition of the Hotspots News Online!

Articles in this edition:

1. Fire operational update 2016-17
2. New fire and weeds landholder booklet
3. Wrap-up of the Nature Conservation Council’s Bushfire Conference and Field Day
4. Recent workshop activity in Yarramalong, Yetholme and Tweed-Caldera
5. Pillar Valley Coldstream monitoring surveys
6. New on the fire and restoration network hub
7. Joint agency cultural burn following the Hotspots workshop near Mogo
8. Workshops scheduled for the 2017-18 FY
9. Useful links and apps

To find out more about Hotspots workshops and to register, click on the link provided in the Hotspots scheduled workshops article below.

Kind regards,                                                                                                                         
The Hotspots Team

The latest climate outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology and the 
winter daytime temperatures are expected to see increased opportunity for hazard reduction burning. Read more...

 

The fire and weeds landholder booklet is now available via the Hotspots website. The booklet translates the science from the Hotspots scientific review on the interaction between fire and weeds in the native vegetation of NSW Read more...

The Nature Conservation Council hosted its 11th Biennial Bushfire Conference in Sydney on May 30 to June 1.  Over 265 people attended this year’s conference, which explored the interactions between fire, fauna and weeds across a range of ecosystems, from backyards to bush. Read more...

Hotspots has conducted workshops recently with community members at Yetholme (Hunter), focusing on the threatened purple copper butterfly, and successful workshops despite the weather in Yarramalong (North Coast) and Uki in the Tweed (Wollumbin) Caldera. Read more...

Vegetation, overall fuel hazard load and small mammal monitoring were conducted on and adjacent to the site of the Pillar Valley (Clarence Valley, Northern NSW) workshop in March, almost a year after the prescribed burn. Read more...

Recent articles published on the Hub include a spotlight on the Burning Hotspots – Gondwana Threatened Species and Fire project and an article on a field experiment in early stage restoration of Cumberland Plain Woodland in Western Sydney  Read more...

In October 2016, Hotspots delivered a tailored workshop with Indigenous rangers from Mogo and Bateman’s Bay Local Aboriginal Land Councils. To complement the workshops, fire-fighting training was provided by the NSW RFS to assist in building their skills and confidence using fire as a management tool. Read more...

Planning is underway for workshops in Broken Head near Byron and further south near Crescent Head/ Maria River. Workshops are also planned with community members in the Wingecarribee area, and in the south of the state near Carwoola, Biamanga and Bombay. Read more...

An updated list of some fire-related websites, link and apps that you may find useful. These include NSW Rural Fire Service fire information, ecological information, weather data, equipment and sounds Read more...