References – Fire

Landline
Use the Landline archive search engine to locate articles on bushfires.
www.abc.net.au/landline/

Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre
This site contains a number of useful bushfire-related research reports.
www.bushfirecrc.com

Bureau of Meteorology
Climate, El Nino and fire – information about how climate and weather affect wildfire in Australia. It has examples from different States and an Australian map of wildfire seasons.
www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/fire.htm

The Science of Bushfires
Bushfire links
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/sciweek/2002/firescience.html

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Fire and Biodiversity
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper8/paper11.html

Wildland Fire
Wildfire Study Resources – links to fire information sources
www.wildlandfire.com/docs/wildfire_edu.htm

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (USA)
Index of wildland fire websites
www.nwcg.gov/teams/wfewt/biblio/index.htm

Australian Botanic Gardens
How fire affects biodiversity
www.anbg.gov.au/fire_ecology/fire-and-biodiversity.html

Photographs of forest regeneration
(some other links on this page are password protected)
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/sciweek/2002/regen/

Charles Darwin University: Learnline
Fire Ecology and Management in Northern Australia
http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/sbi263/index.html

Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
The site has excellent materials on all aspects of fire ecology and prescribed burns.
www.dse.vic.gov.au
> Fire and other emergencies > Teachers and Students > DSE Fire Education Resources
> Fire and other emergencies > Teachers and Students > Publications > Brochures and Fire Notes > (choose from menu)

eWater Cooperative Research Centre
Bushfires and Catchments: Downloads – A series of research documents about how bushfires affect waterways. Files downloadable as PDF. Size and readability of files vary, so look at more than one.
www.ewatercrc.com.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/NewBushFire.woa/wa/listDownloads

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management – submissions
www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/submissions.htm

The Australian Conservation Foundation
The ACF’s opinion about the role of bushfires.
www.acfonline.org.au/news.asp?news_id=66&c=164042

Sydney Alternative Media
An alternative point of view suggesting that there will be mega fires in the future.
www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog?topic_id=1083999

Department of Environment and Climate Change
Climate change and bushfire incidence.
www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/air/actionforair/0588cary.pdf

Australian National University
Jervis Bay Fire Response Study
http://fennerschool-research.anu.edu.au/cle/jbstudy/index.php

Museum Victoria
Fire and the Forest
http://museumvictoria.com.au/forest/fire/forest.html

bushfireinfo.com
Homepage
www.bushfireinfo.com

NSW Fire Brigades
Bushfire Research
www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=132

Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland
Fire as a wildlife habitat management tool
www.derm.qld.gov.au/services_resources/item_details.php?item_id=200735

WA Forest Alliance
The Myths of Prescribed burning
www.coagbushfireenquiry.gov.au/subs_word/1_robertson_wa_fire_alliance.doc

ScienceNetwork WA
Study looks behind our burning bus
www.sciencewa.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=587

Australia burning: fire ecology, policy and management issues
G. Cary, D. Lindenmayer and S. Dovers (eds.), (2003) CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/3544.htm

Practical Conservation Biology
David Lindenmayer and Mark Burgman, (2005) CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Chapter 11 - Fire and biodiversity
(opens as PDF file)

ACT Bushfire Recovery
Information and assistance for ACT residents who experienced recent bushfires.
www.bushfirerecovery.act.gov.au

ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment
State of the environment report 2004 – impact of fire at Bombala
www.environmentcommissioner.act.gov.au/soe/SoE2004/Bombala/fire.htm

Department of Environment and Climate Change
Managing fire in NSW national parks
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/fire/mngfireinnswnatpks.htm

Nature Conservation Council of NSW
A wide range of information. Download resources
www.nccnsw.org.au > Bushfire > Resources

CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre
Burning for Biodiversity
T his website has the outlines and progress of research being conducted on how fire influences biodiversity.
www.terc.csiro.au/burningforbiodiversity

Charles Darwin University: Learnline
Fire Ecology and Management in Northern Australia
http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/sbi263/index.html

Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia
Enter the term wildfire on the search page to view references on this website.
www.environment.sa.gov.au

Ecological fire management strategy for the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/pdfs/033318.PDF

Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
The role of the Parks and Wildlife Service in fire management
www.parks.tas.gov.au/fire/fire_ecology_management/pwsmanagement.html

Fire ecology
www.parks.tas.gov.au/fire/fire_ecology_management/index.html

The Wilderness Society
Their support for an ecological burn
www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/forests/DougApsley

Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
The site has excellent materials on all aspects of fire ecology and prescribed burns.
www.dse.vic.gov.au
> Fire and other emergencies > Teachers and Students > DSE Fire eduction Resources
> Fire and other emergencies > Teachers and Students > Publications > Brochures and Fire Notes > (choose from menu)

Parks Victoria
Brochure about how plants survive fire in the Dandenong Ranges
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/education/pdf/Fire_Ecology.PDF

This PDF, describes the role of fire in the Grampians National Park.
http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources/mresources/gramps/GrampiansNationalParkFireEcology%5B1%5D.pdf

Museum Victoria
Forest Secrets describes in detail the ecology of Mountain Ash forests
http://museumvictoria.com.au/forest/fire/forest.html

Melbourne Water
Using fire in grasslands to restore endangered species of plants
http://thesource.melbournewater.com.au/content/archive/august1999/lastword.asp
http://thesource.melbournewater.com.au/content/library/whats_new/AndrewK_-_Ecological_Management_Burns.pdf

Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia
Information about fire management including prescribed burns
www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/category/49/867/1869/

Charles Darwin University: Learnline
Fire Ecology and Management in Northern Australia
http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/sbi263/index.html

Bush Fire Front
A glossary of words used when discussing bushfire ecology and bushfire issues.
http://bushfirefront.com.au/glossary-bushfire-terms

ScienceNetwork WA
Study looks behind our burning bush
www.sciencewa.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=587

University of Western Australia
Quantification of Wildfire Risk in South-West Western Australia – a 120 page report (solid reading).
www.sese.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/96394/Kirvan_2005.pdf