Original story by Carl Curtain, ABC Rural
Smokey haze, bushfires cause significant damage to the Top End landscape during the late dry season. Photo: ABC Rural
It’s a key period in the season for a fire abatement project being run in the Douglas Daly, as dry conditions worsen in the Top End.
Fish River Station, managed by the Indigenous Land Corporation, is accruing carbon credits by burning off early in the year, as opposed to allowing late season bushfires to take hold.
Manager Shaun Ansell says he’s been wary of fires to the south near Wombungi Station, as well as to the north on Tipperary Station.
“Fortunately we’ve had crews on the ground to get out there and back-burn off our boundaries to make sure the fire didn’t ingress too far into our property.
“It’s fairly typical of what producers and other land owners in northern Australia. There are a lot of people out there flicking matches without much regard for where the fire ends up,” he says.
He says an out-of-control fire can cause significant damage to the landscape at this time of year, as well as costing carbon projects a great deal of money.
“We got the majority of our early-season burning done before the end of May, we’re currently sitting on about 35 per cent of the property burnt.
“You want to see the wet season come and stop the fires from coming through but at the same time those early storms bring lightening and they can start fires.
Staff at Wombungi Station say they are continuing to fight a fire burning on the north-western boundary.
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