Table 19: Fuel management activity data Grampians region Ha Ha toward target % of target 34,379 Target area for fuel management Area treated by planned burning 31,109 31,109 90.5% Ecological burns 9,847 ha (20 burns) Fuel-reduction burns 21,255 ha (66 burns) burns 7 ha (11 burns) Area treated by other fuel management methods 1,762 1,762 5.1% Area suitable for planned burning burnt by bushfires 20,958 (including area planned for burning on a current FOP) 5,131 14.9% 53,829 38,002 110.5% Total fuel-reduced area (actual) Fuel management activities Monitoring 19 shows data for the region’s fuel management activities in 2014–15. It shows that planned burning MER activities were limited this year while we focused on contributed 90.5% to the total target area of 34,379 ha for developing the SBMP. In 2015–16 we will develop our MER fuel management, and that the total area that was fuel- plan. reduced exceeded the target by 10.5%. During the year we conducted: During the year, DELWP conducted 86 ecological and fuel- assessments at 3 sites of the two-year post-burn recovery, reduction burns in the region. CFA helped DELWP with seven and at 8 sites of the five-year post-burn recovery, of plant of these, assisting with the treatment of 1,343 ha by planned species and recorded a total of 207 species burning. 11 all-species assessments of the post-burn recovery of species; we also assessed 10 control sites.
Table 19: Fuel management activity data Grampians region Ha Ha toward target % of target Target area for fuel management 34,379 Area treated by planned burning 31,109 31,109 90.5% Ecological burns 9,847 ha (20 burns) Fuel-reduction burns 21,255 ha (66 burns) burns 7 ha (11 burns) Area treated by other fuel management methods 1,762 1,762 5.1% Area suitable for planned burning burnt by bushfires 20,958 (including area planned for burning on a current FOP) 5,131 14.9% Total fuel-reduced area (actual) 53,829 38,002 110.5% Fuel management activities 19 shows data for the region’s fuel management activities in 2014–15. It shows that planned burning contributed 90.5% to the total target area of 34,379 ha for fuel management, and that the total area that was fuel- reduced exceeded the target by 10.5%. During the year, DELWP conducted 86 ecological and fuel- reduction burns in the region. CFA helped DELWP with seven of these, assisting with the treatment of 1,343 ha by planned burning. Monitoring MER activities were limited this year while we focused on developing the SBMP. In 2015–16 we will develop our MER plan. During the year we conducted: assessments at 3 sites of the two-year post-burn recovery, and at 8 sites of the five-year post-burn recovery, of plant species and recorded a total of 207 species 11 all-species assessments of the post-burn recovery of species; we also assessed 10 control sites.
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