Hazard burning fizzles
The hazard reduction burning on Mount Porepunkah has fizzled. According to my contacts at the Department of Primary Industries, conditions were too cool and wet for the burns to succeed. That’s despite the fact they started several weeks earlier than usual.
I’ve previously stated my opposition to this practice and I won’t dwell on it here.
The point of this entry is to comment on the department’s claim that burns were scheduled to avoid local events and were planned in consultation with local communities. Rubbish!
The Mount Porepunkah burn started several days before the Easter holidays and is still continuing, albeit somewhat reduced through circumstances beyond the control of the Victorian Government.
Easter is just about the busiest time on the local tourism calendar, along with Christmas and the Autumn Festival. We’re fortunate that a fresh breeze and wet earth has meant there’s been more fizzle than sizzle.
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