Bushfire Management Plan Amendment BHA_REPORT_Stockwell 16.10.2020 · OPW20/0145

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Response to 24 and 25: an alternate list of fire-resistant species is attached (Attachment 1).

Note: in extreme fire events, no vegetation is fire resistant and fire-resistant plants refer to plants that
possess several characteristics that make them less likely to ignite, including foliage and stems that retain
moisture.




Response to 26: The fuel loads in the environmental covenants should be monitored and managed to
maintain fuel loads of less than 8 tonnes/ha. Existing cleared management lines will be maintained by
mechanical slashing/mowing conducted within the determined pre fire season (August – October) or as
required to conduct mitigation burning operations.

The fuel loads in the environmental covenants should be monitored and managed to maintain fuel loads of
less than 8 tonnes/ha. This outcome can be achieved by mechanical means or where vegetation adjoins
larger areas of adjoining park can be achieved by planned low intensity burning. Within Lots 3 and 7 the
fuel loads should be monitored to determine appropriate burning intervals. Within this Regional Ecosystem
(RE 12.3.4) burning is recommended on a 7 – 10-year cycle subject to prevailing weather conditions.

27.




Response to 27: The Bushfire Management Plan states fuel loads will be maintained at a rate per hectare by
mechanical means. Fuel loads are not specified in what strata they occur in. Fuel loads in native bushland
are described as surface; near surface; elevated and bark/canopy. The control of surface and near surface
fuels by mechanical means removes the fuels that are necessary to support and sustain a high intensity
vegetation fire. The use of appropriate planned burning will achieve the same outcome. Mechanical control
and the use of planned burning will prevent high intensity fire while maintaining the structural integrity and
broad bio - diversity of the vegetation




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