ON Monday, the first day of summer here in Australia, residents of the little town of Barmah in northwestern Victoria, drove cattle into their forest in defiance of a government ban. The Department of Sustainability and Environment has threatened … [Read more...] about Cattle Still in the Barmah Forest
Bushfires
The Wilderness Society and Bushfire Management
I have been critical of many environmental activists over the years on the grounds that they know what they are against, but they don’t know what they are for. For example, bushfire management systems developed by forestry agencies over many decades … [Read more...] about The Wilderness Society and Bushfire Management
Bushfires, Prescribed Burning and Global Warming
Two myths about climate change and bushfire management are often repeated in the media: 1. Because of global warming, Australia will be increasingly subject to uncontrollable holocaust-like “megafires”; and 2. Fuel reduction by prescribed burning … [Read more...] about Bushfires, Prescribed Burning and Global Warming
Climate Change and Institutional Self-fulfilment by Roger Underwood
I note that the Federal government has created a new agency called “The Department of Climate Change”. The department is not yet 10 months old, but is already well-established with a CEO, two assistant CEOs, four Divisions, thirteen Branches … [Read more...] about Climate Change and Institutional Self-fulfilment by Roger Underwood
Blue Gums in Grose Valley Healthy After Back-Burning
Just over a year ago media reports indicated the Blue Gum Forest of the Grose Valley was “hanging in the balance” because of a wildfire made “more intense, unpredictable and extensive by massive backburning operations”. I trekked into the forest … [Read more...] about Blue Gums in Grose Valley Healthy After Back-Burning
Southern California Burning, Again
Bush fires are threatening suburbs in Southern California. ...several homes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were evacuated. Seven-hundred fire-fighters battled the blazes, the largest covered 2,800 hectares. The fires were whipped by high winds … [Read more...] about Southern California Burning, Again
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
