Summary of current situation & trends - all districts March 2018 – KEY Green = low risk Orange = watch Red = high risk KEY ↑ ↓ ↔ = increasing trend = decreasing trend = steady Northern Territory Pastoral Districts Northern Southern Sturt Tennant Indicator Comments Darwin Katherine VRD Roper Gulf Barkly Alice Plenty Alice Plateau Creek Springs Springs 2017/2018 total Arrows indicate trend compared ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↓ ↔ pasture growth to the long-term mean. Current estimated Arrows indicate trend since ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↔ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ standing biomass previous quarter. Arrows indicate the trend since ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Current fire risk previous quarter. Arrows indicate the trend since Current seasonal previous quarter and taking into ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ outlook account the forecasted model predictions. For further information about this Outlook, please contact Chris Materne on 08 8951 8135 or Dionne Walsh on 08 8999 2178
Summary of current situation & trends - all districts – March 2018 KEY Green = low risk Orange = watch Red = high risk KEY ↑ = increasing trend ↓ = decreasing trend ↔ = steady Northern Territory Pastoral Districts Indicator Darwin Katherine VRD Sturt Plateau Roper Gulf Barkly Tennant Creek Northern Alice Springs Plenty Southern Alice Springs Comments 2017/2018 total pasture growth ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↓ ↔ Arrows indicate trend compared to the long-term mean. Current estimated standing biomass ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↔ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Arrows indicate trend since previous quarter. Current fire risk ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Arrows indicate the trend since previous quarter. Current seasonal outlook ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Arrows indicate the trend since previous quarter and taking into account the forecasted model predictions. For further information about this Outlook, please contact Chris Materne on 08 8951 8135 or Dionne Walsh on 08 8999 2178
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