Cultural burn planned for Nowra's Triplarina Nature Reserve
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is supporting a cultural burn planned for Triplarina Nature Reserve today.
The 2 ha burn will be completed by Aboriginal fire practitioners from the Nowra Aboriginal Community and is set to take place in the northern part of the Reserve just off Yawal Road.
During this cultural burn the undergrowth will be burnt very low and slowly, so animals have time to move away and to leave some unburnt patches.
West Nowra residents may see or smell smoke coming from the Reserve.
While this burn is being run to connect people to Country and to make Country healthy, it will also reduce fuel loads and contribute to our region’s hazard reduction activities.
This burn is a continuation of the program started in 2019 that supports and recognises cultural burning as a fundamental way to manage fire in the landscape and connection people to Country.
All burns around the state are coordinated with the NSW Rural Fire Service to ensure the impact on the community is assessed at a regional level.
People with known health conditions can sign up to receive air quality reports, forecasts and alerts via email or SMS from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
For health information relating to smoke from bushfires and hazard reduction burns, visit NSW Health or Asthma Australia.
More information on hazard reduction activities is available at NSW Rural Fire Service and the NSW Government's Hazards Near Me website and app.
