Managing fuel in eucalypt plantations is critical to the success
of the plantation. The Bushfire CRC has held a seminar and field
trip at Casino in northern New South Wales to show the latest
research in this field.
Bushfire CRC PhD student Phil Lacy lead the activity, which attracted 22
participants including from Bushfire CRC member organisations as
well as others from the wider plantation industry.
The morning session at the Casino Returned Services Memorial
Club featured a presentation and discussion. Phil's research has
produced a tool for conducting prescribed burning operations within
young eucalypt
plantations. This tool is in the form of a small pocket guide that
provides a process for determining suitable
fuel and weather conditions for burning, how best to burn, and how
to assess the effect of burning on plantation
trees.
In the afternoon the group visited a nearby Forests NSW plantation,
where much of Phil's research was conducted. Forests NSW lead a
demonstration burn, which enabled the field trip participants to
immediatly put the new guide into practice and assess fire damage
to the young trees.
This day provided useful information about fuels management and
fire damage assessment for those managing small or large eucalypt
plantations.
The seminar and field trip were part of the Research Adoption
process of the Bushfire CRC. More information on this and other
events can be found here.
For details on how to order the field guide Burning Under
Young Eucalpyts and other Bushfire CRC publications go to our
Publications page.
