THE HOWITT SOCIETY

In the best interests of flora and fauna in the bush

Here are several audio files well worth hearing.
Listen to Bill Gammage, Leonie Dawes, Vic Jurskis and many more.

Kevin Tolhurst – a life devoted to forests and fires

Photo courtesy “The Local” Vale Dr Kevin Tolhurst, AM Those community members who managed to attend the Howitt Society’s public meeting yesterday in Mallacoota couldn’t fail to come away with a better understanding of the role fuel plays in the severity of bushfires and the impact of this on communities and the overall health of […]

Bushfire fuel mulching or mastication, is this the answer to effective fuel reduction?

Above photograph is of an area of mulched or masticated vegetation starting to appear on the edge of some urban areas and elsewhere, apparently to help protect the communities from bushfire and act as firebreaks. The yellow arrow points to a garden rake placed to bring scale to the photograph. The red arrow points to […]