The extent and severity of today’s bushfires owe more to current management practices than to drought and climate change, argues Reg Reichel from the Rural Fires Association of Queensland.There is an apparent correlation between increased bushfire occurrence and severity with the vast increases in area of publicly-owned lands since the early 1970s.During this time, vast areas have been locked up in National Parks that were previously managed as state forests or as vacant lands.An adequate a…
