Latest News
Welcome to the Hotspots News Online latest news. Listed below are all the articles from our current and previous newsletters.
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Fire Season Update, December 2024
Posted: 20th December 2024Areas of central NSW are predicted to see above normal fire potential this summer. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Workshop Update, December 2024
Posted: 20th December 2024Meet our newest Hotspots team member and hear about a workshop at Warrah Creek, as well as the workshops coming up in the new year. Read the full article...
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Landholder Booklets Updated - Namoi, Hunter Central Rivers and Murrumbidgee
Posted: 20th December 2024Managing Fire on Your Property booklets for landholders in the Namoi, Hunter Central Rivers and Murrumbidgee regions have now been updated. Read the full article...
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Understanding Fuel: Fuel Management Zones Fact Sheet
Posted: 20th December 2024Understand how fuel is managed across the landscape in the Hotspots Fire Project’s third Understanding Fuel fact sheet, now available. Read the full article...
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NCC Bushfire Conference 2025
Posted: 14th December 2024Celebrate Hotspots’ 20th anniversary at the next NCC Bushfire Conference, being held in May 2025 in Sydney and online. Read the full article...
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Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project Update Dec 2024
Posted: 13th December 2024Hear from the NCC’s Large Forest Owls Project about the results of their acoustic monitoring program, and find out what has been living in the 744 nest boxes across the project area. Read the full article...
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Useful links and applications
Posted: 12th December 2024Check out the updated list of resources including tools, databases, and applications you may find useful. Read the full article...
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Fire Season Update, June 2024
Posted: 27th June 2024This Autumn of 2024 was relatively typical for NSW, with most parts of the state seeing average to above average rainfall and a predicted normal fire potential across the state. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Workshop Update, June 2024
Posted: 26th June 2024The Hotspots team have been busy delivering great workshops across the state with workshops at Utungun, Wollombi/ Laguna, Canoelands/ Maroota and Numeralla/ Countegany. Learn more about the workshops in your local area. Read the full article...
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Understanding Fuel: Fire Behaviour Fact Sheet
Posted: 26th June 2024The second in the Hotspots Fire Project’s Understanding Fuel fact sheet series is now available. Read the full article...
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Safe Havens Large Forest Owls Project June Update
Posted: 25th June 2024Hear the latest from NCC’s Large Forest Owls Project about an upcoming workshop and how species are benefiting from their nest box program after the 2019/20 bushfires. Read the full article...
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Staff Update, June 2024
Posted: 24th June 2024The Hotspots Team says farewell to RFS Hotspots Facilitator Jamie Bertram, RFS Hotspots Coordinator Jennie Cramp as well as long-term volunteer and supporter Rob Pallin. Read the full article...
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New Regional Fire Management Plans
Posted: 23rd June 2024Across the state new plans have been developed that determine how bush fire is managed in your local area. Learn more and check out your local plan here. Read the full article...
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Fire and Restoration Resource Hub, January 2024
Posted: 13th January 2024Check out the NCC’s Biennial Bushfire Conference recordings, new short courses for landholders, a children’s book about a hazard reduction burn and a new initiative to protect small mammals after fire… Read the full article...
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FNPW grants for landholders now open
Posted: 18th December 2022Grants of up to $5000 are being offered with the purpose of supporting communities in areas affected by the 2019-2020 bushfire season. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Staff Update, December 2022
Posted: 17th December 2022The Hotspots Fire Project welcomes new team members in both the Rural Fire Service and Nature Conservation Council. Please say hello if you encounter Zofie, Jason, Belinda or Neal at future workshops or events! Read the full article...
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Fire season update December 2021
Posted: 11th December 2021It’s been a wet start to the bush fire season with above normal rainfall set to continue until late summer but don’t get complacent about potential fire risk during the warmer weather. Read the full article...
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Hotspots Workshops Update December 2021
Posted: 11th December 2021Now that lockdown has lifted in most of NSW, Hotspots is rolling out across the state with face-to-face workshops in the Upper Kangaroo River, Berry, Bombay, Upper Yango and the Elands Bulga Plateau. Read the full article...
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Understanding fuel… and fuel accumulation
Posted: 11th December 2021A new resource for landholders, created by the Hotspots Fire Project team, delves into the influential world of fuel. Read the full article...
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Kurrajong Koala Corridor project, six years on…
Posted: 11th December 2021Six years after a Hotspots workshop in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, the Kurrajong Koala Corridor Project has grown into a super highway for biodiversity. Read the full article...
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Rare mouse makes a comeback
Posted: 11th December 2021The enigmatic Nationally Endangered Hastings River Mouse has been located during a recent small mammal survey near Mt Hyland, after concerns for the population following the 2019 Bees Nest Fire. Read the full article...
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Engaging a contractor to burn
Posted: 11th December 2021Are you considering getting help to undertake a burning activity on your property? Here is some guidance about engaging a private contractor to undertake a burn on your behalf. Read the full article...
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Fire and Restoration Research Hub, December 2021
Posted: 11th December 2021Did you miss out on NCC’s 12th Bushfire Conference? The recordings of the three-day event are now available online along with a wealth of other resources on the Fire and Restoration Research Hub. Read the full article...
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Large Forest Owls Project videos
Posted: 5th March 2021See what the Large Forest Owls Project has been up to and access their training videos via a new Large Forest Owls Project poster. Read the full article...
