Dear NRPG members and interested,

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Please see the attached draft Minutes of our AGM in March 2023.

The presentation by Dr Phil Zylstra was very useful in explaining the results of peer-reviewed research that shows how the present ‘prescribed burning’ regime is causing our forests to become much more flammable than they would if left alone to become naturally self-thinned as they mature over at least 25 years. The data shows that 96% of our fires are from prescribed burning and the other 4% are naturally-ocurring. He showed how we can restore forests to this mature low-risk state by simply not burning them and instead use rapid fire detection and suppression resources to fight the 4% of all fires which naturally occur. More information is available at the Fire and Biodiversity Forum 2021 website https://www.fabwa.org.au/fab-forum and soon an update on the Fire and Air Forum 2023 website https://www.fabwa.org.au/fire-and-air-forum-2023

Kind regards,
Steve Gates

President, NRPG Bushcarers