Good-fire knowledge for the Northern Rivers
Resources
Good fire management starts with good information. This is a curated and growing collection of guides, planning templates, guidelines and background reading to help land managers, practitioners and landholders understand and apply appropriate fire across the Northern Rivers. The material gathered here comes from trusted sources in the region and beyond. We’ll keep adding to it as our network grows.
These resources are shared with the permission of their authors. If you use or cite them, please acknowledge the original authors appropriately.
Good Fire – Healthy Country
Provides background on regional fire and biodiversity issues to support fire management and planning.
Zero Emissions Byron
Good Fire Restoration Plan Template
A step-by-step template for preparing property-scale fire & biodiversity management plans.
Zero Emissions Byron
Planned Burn Guidelines: Southeast Queensland bioregion
Regional fire management guidelines for the conservation of biodiversity across major vegetation groups.
QLD Dept. Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation
Grassy Forests: Managing Grassy Forests of the Far North Coast of NSW
Helps land managers identify local grassy ecosystem types, understand fire-regime threats and management actions.
Border Ranges Richmond Valley Landcare Network
Hazard Reduction Burn Guidelines for Koala Habitat on the Tweed Coast
Guideline to safer hazard reduction burning in koala habitat to protect koalas, koala habitat and other biodiversity and cultural values on the site.
Tweed Shire Council
Good Fire Sequesters Carbon (video)
Outlines how good fire can support biodiversity, cultural practice and carbon drawdown. Useful as a shareable introduction for landholders, partners and the public.
Zero Emissions Byron