Central West CMA
With a wide range of rock, soil and land types this catchment is home to a number of natural assets, including the internationally recognised Macquarie Marshes. Agricultural production includes mixed farming of cropping and livestock systems. The area produces wheat, canola, sheep, cattle, cherries, apples and grapes. The Central West CMA has been replaced by the Central West and Central Tablelands Local Land Services. Find us here: centralwest.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 Central West CMA, including:
Resources for this region
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Hotspots Flyer Bocoble [339 KB]
Workshop details including registration for the Hotspots Bocoble workshop.
15th January 2018 -
Managing fire on your property: Central West region [1878 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: Getting on track with fire planning [382 KB]
A landholder perspective on successful fire management planning in the Central West.
16th November 2011 -
Case Study: Fire in South Mullion Reserve-A long time coming [1327 KB]
When it comes to fire, everything changes when you leave the coast and head inland to the State's Central West. A lot of the bush hasn't seen fire for a long time, in some places as long as 100 years...
14th November 2011
Ecological Resources
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Fire and the Vegetation of the Central West region [1112 KB]
A literature review for the Central Rivers region, P. Watson, 2007.
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]