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Roadside cattle grazing can increase fire risk, warns ecologist John Morgan
Roadside grazing seems to be an obvious win-win situation — hungry stock access feed, and the fire risk beside the road is reduced.
Key points:
- Some councils argue that roadside grazing of cattle assists in reducing the fire load
- However, an ecologists says the practice does more harm than good
- Moyne Shire Council is seeking an exemption to federal environment laws that prevent roadside grazing
But an ecologist is warning that droving cattle in some parts of Victoria would increase fire fuel loads.
Moyne Shire Council in south-west Victoria has written to the federal environment minister Sussan Ley seeking an exemption that would allow grazing on roadsides where there is native vegetation in order to reduce fire risk.
A council report…
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