NPWS Hazard Reduction Burns
Many of us living in Earlwood could smell smoke last Wednesday, 27th March, or could see smoke rising from the bush below Earlwood shops.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service was doing a Hazard Reduction burn in the bush below Sutton Place, from the eastern side of the picnic ground down to the lower Girrahween track and east along the track for a short distance. NPWS run a continual program of HR, looking to burn areas that haven’t seen fire for a long period. This manages the ecosystem and reduces the risk of fire for nearby houses.
The fire burnt very well through the good shrubby bush down the slope. But as expected, the more weedy upper slope didn’t burn as well, so Bushcare Coordinator Paul Ibbetson is organizing weeding sessions to weed around the edges of the burn site.
