tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post4023173152435166909..comments2024-03-29T12:36:41.063+11:00Comments on New England, Australia: Pilliga FiresJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-37821002556393886472022-03-01T22:30:03.583+11:002022-03-01T22:30:03.583+11:00From my brief visit to the Pilliga in 1963 with an...From my brief visit to the Pilliga in 1963 with an overseas Ph.D student looking for a study site ,I have no recollection of thick scrub .Nor do I have a memory of thick scrub in Cypress pine near St.George Queensland or for that matter in stands of Cypress Pine in the Northern Territory.<br />Ross PengilleyRoss Pengilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01514532758154608067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-92056109907118230872006-12-18T10:59:00.000+11:002006-12-18T10:59:00.000+11:00Thank you for this, Bronwyn. What you say makes in...Thank you for this, Bronwyn. What you say makes intuitive sense. Nothing like on-ground observation to raise questions. That's one of my problems stuck here in Sydney! I will see if I can find a forester to ask.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25637657.post-69253370559391441852006-12-18T09:41:00.000+11:002006-12-18T09:41:00.000+11:00The second is that the build-up of fuel associated...<i>The second is that the build-up of fuel associated with reduced logging increased the intensity of the fire, thus degrading the environment.</i><br /><br />Jim, it's a complex issue and I'm by no means anywhere near an expert in this field. However, having wandered around the Pilliga area a fair bit, as well as other areas of similar forest, my casual observations don't support this argument. It appears that in some of the areas where selective logging has occurred, it's only the straight tree trunks that have been taken out, with all the foliage and smaller branches left behind on the ground, resulting in a very thick layer of highly combustible fuel on the forest floor. I don't know if that's widespread logging practice these days, but I've seen it in the Pilliga and in other areas of New England, and it always scares the heck out of me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com