Prescribed burn at Hambidge Conservation Park

Date posted: 10 Oct. 2022

A prescribed burn is planned at Hambidge Conservation Park on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 October, weather conditions permitting.

  • The prescribed burn will start at 11.30am and is likely to be completed by 4pm on Wednesday 12 October.
  • The area to be burnt is 500 hectares within the park, 20 kilometres south-east of Kyancutta.
  • This is a landscape protection burn to reduce the likelihood of the whole park burning in a single bushfire event.
  • The northern boundary of the park will not be accessible to the public during the operation.
  • Smoke is likely to be highly visible from a long distance and will drift south towards the Birdseye Highway.

NPWSSA conducts a statewide program of prescribed burns to reduce the spread and intensity of bushfires, protect communities and enhances biodiversity. Prescribed burning is just one tool used to reduce fuel loads across strategic areas of public and private land. Prescribed burns will only be carried out when it is deemed safe to do so and may be cancelled at short notice if conditions change.

Prescribed burns will only be carried out when it is deemed safe to do so and may be cancelled at short notice.

For the most up-to-date information on prescribed burns follow @SAENVIRWATER on Twitter.

A list of planned prescribed burns is available on the DEW website.

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We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.