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Ja so n S m i t h i s a Pa l a w a ma n
w ho m a n a g es p a t ru l a n a y r i
(f i r e g o o d ) – a b u si n ess t ha t
t ea c hes l o c a l l a n d ho l d ers
ho w t o m a n a g e c o u n t r y u si n g
t ra d i t i o n a l b u r n i n g p ra c t i c es.
H e r ec en t l y vi si t ed Wha l e
Po i n t a n d c o u l d i mmed i a t el y
see i t w o u l d b en ef i t f ro m c o o l
b u r n i n g . H e a g r eed t o w o r k
w i t h o u r c o n t ra c t o r Ad r i a n
Bl a sc hke (M o w X Ta s) t o i n t ro d u c e f i r e t o a n a p p ro xi ma t e
f i ve -hec t a r e a r ea o f b u shl a n d
o n t he si t e.
The i m p ro vem en t w a s i n st a n t a n eo u s, w i t h f r esh n a t i ve
g ra sses sp ro u t i n g w i t hi n d a ys
o f t he i n i t i a l b u r n a n d w e
kn ew w e w er e o n t o a w i n n er.
We ha ve si n c e c o n d u c t ed f i ve
additional burns concluding
t he p ro g ra m f o r 2022, a s w e
hea d i n t o t he ho t t er a n d d r i er
m o n t hs.
On e hu n d r ed y ea rs o f d eg ra d a t i o n c a n n o t b e r eversed
i n a c o u p l e o f m o n t hs t ho u g h
a n d w e kn o w t ha t o u r c o mmi t m en t t o t he hea l t h o f t he l a n d
n eed s t o b e c o n st a n t a n d
ongoing.
We need to treat the
land with respect,
just as the Tasmanian
Aborigional people have
been doing for millennia.
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