Fire management is an important aspect of rural life, and one local organisation is training the next generation in the traditions of their forefathers.
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The Bega Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) held a cultural burning day last week on its property near Wallagoot Lake.
“This was a successful day, where local Aboriginal people have made a start on bringing our country alive again, using cultural burning practices,” Bega LALC CEO Glenn Willcox said this week.
Thirty local experts and volunteers from the Rural Fire Service, South East Local Land Services, Bega Valley Shire Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service joined community members to to help develop a fire management plan for the area.
The program will create a mosaic of unburned and burned patches of forest across the property, reducing fire risk while promoting improvements in native plant and animal life, Mr Willcox said.
The program also aims to provide income and employment opportunities to the local community.
