Hunter Central Rivers CMA
The Hunter and Central rivers catchment has diverse landscapes including rainforests and wetlands. Agricultural activities include cropping, vineyards, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, alpacas and goats, horse breeding, poultry and aquaculture. The Hunter-Central Rivers CMA has been replaced by Hunter Local Land Services. Find us here: hunter.lls.nsw.gov.au/
The following materials have been designed to provide land and fire managers, landholders and communities with regionally specific information about vegetation communities, fire ecology and fire management for the Hunter Central Rivers CMA, including:
Resources for this region
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Upper Lansdowne Workshop Report [935 KB]
Summary of the Hotspots workshop series held in the Upper Lansdowne region.
5th December 2013 -
Bucketty Workshop Series Report [1645 KB]
Our new Hotspots workshop report template aims to capture relevant information over the delivery of Hotspots. This includes information such as workshop achievements, fire history, threatened species and recommended management strategies, vegetation types with recommended fire frequency guidelines and participant evaluation feedback from each workshop.
30th May 2013 -
Neighbours planning for fire together [100 KB]
CMA Article
7th June 2012 -
Managing fire on your property: Hunter-Central Rivers region [3407 KB]
Landholder booklet providing an introduction to fire management for the protection of life and property while ensuring healthy productive landscapes in which biodiversity is protected and maintained.
14th November 2011
Case Studies
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Case Study: Reigniting Interest for Fire Planning in Bucketty [521 KB]
After a history of close calls from wildfire, the Bucketty community in the Hunter are taking back the reins for managing their land through the Hotspots program.
19th November 2012
Ecological Resources
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Fire and Vegetation of the Hunter Central Rivers Region [4790 KB]
A literature review for the Hunter Central Rivers region, D. Tierney and P. Watson, 2009.
14th November 2011
Statewide Resources
Fact Sheets
- Fuel Fact Sheet 1: Fire Behaviour 2024 [258 KB]
- Fuel Fact Sheet 1: Fuel Accumulation 2024 [249 KB]
- Fact Sheet: The Burning Approval Process 2023 [6332 KB]
- Fact sheet: Managing Land Post-Fire [299 KB]
- Fact sheet: Protecting Our Hollows [4170 KB]
- Fact Sheet: Fire, vegetation and climate change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. [370 KB]
- Fact Sheet: Understanding how fire behaves [375 KB]
General
- Hotspots Workshop 2 - Participate in a planned burn [4037 KB]
- Hotspots Workshop 1 - Producing a Property Fire Management Plan 2023 [6918 KB]
- OEH Media Release: REKINDLED CULTURAL BURN SPARKS HOPE FOR RECOVERY OF RARE ORCHID [209 KB]
- Information Apps for Landholders - Android [487 KB]
- Information Apps for Landholders - Apple [916 KB]
- Hotspots Fire Project Brochure [6215 KB]
- Evaluation for Hotspots Fire Project - August 2014 [1542 KB]
- Bush Fire CRC Firenote Issue 116 [2069 KB]
- Rural Weekly Bungawalbin Hotspots Workshop [889 KB]