4wd track makes a fire break

Submitted: Thursday, Jan 22, 2004 at 14:09
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Hi guys,
Last year a fire started within the Lorne Angahook National Park. I took photos from outside the park of blackened forest.
The fire covered a large area but was contained by a perimiter road and an old 4wd track that started at the top of the hill and ran down south toward the sea,down heart of the park.
The fire was clearly contained and stopped at edge of this 4wd track. I was able to stand on my roof rack and record a blackened forest on the right side of the picture and green forest on left with the track in the middle running off down the hill into the distance.
If the fire had of jumped this track it was only a short distance to many homes that are in thick bush throughout Anglsea.
To me this showed that the debate on keeping tracks open for fire prevention had to be right.
I emailed the wilderness society and got a reply, but when I presented the detail above and asked for there comments, if they believed my assumption was wrong, I got no reply.I again respectfully asked them to please reply, but they have not.
Maybe the facts are too close to real truth that 4wd tracks kept open do stop fires from spreading.
Regards
Joe
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