Farm plantations can reduce bushfire risk

A well managed plantation can protect a farm from bushfire

When thinking about farm plantations and bushfires, the potential benefits are maximised if a plantation is well positioned, well designed and well managed.

To help you ease into this important topic, this blog follows three lines of discussion;

• Fire protection benefits of native plantations
• Plantation management to minimise fire risk
• Choosing native species that are less flammable

Native farm plantations provide many benefits to a property including increased biodiversity, wind shelter for stock and crops, shade, drought fodder, timber for firewood, construction and craft and so on. I have a slide of twenty benefits that I show at Landcare presentations. One benefit that isn’t mentioned often is the potential for farm plantations to protect a property from bushfires.

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