By Rod Fensham and Russell Fairfax (Queensland
Herbarium)
This booklet addresses the pros and cons of burning for pastoral
management in the Desert Uplands region of Queensland. It is not a
set of prescriptions for guaranteed outcomes but an outline of
existing knowledge of burning in the hope that graziers and other
land managers will continue to use fire and develop a better
understanding of its merits and consequences. A deeper knowledge of
landscape burning can only come with more trial and error, and
careful observations applied to furthering our collective
wisdom.
The booklet is arranged into different sections addressing some
of the major issues for pastoralists interested in understanding
fire. A selection of observations and opinions from interviews with
long-term graziers from the Desert Uplands is given in italic text
at the beginning of each section together with plain text that
attempts to flesh out these views and observations in the context
of relevant published and unpublished data from research
studies.
Free hardcopy booklets are available from the Publications
Officer, Tropical Savannas CRC, NT 0909
You can also download a PDF of the booklet, below.
