A parks and wildlife director says a planned fire that got through containment lines to encroach on Alice Springs was fuelled by an introduced species of grass that is in the region 'to stay'.
abc.net.au/news/national-parks-tjoritijia-west-macdonnell-fire-buffel-grass/102746024Bushfires and managed burns have left almost half of Central Australia's Tjoritija/West MacDonnell National Park burnt this year.Almost 50 per cent of the Tjoritija/West MacDonnell National Park burnt since the start of 2023Mr Day says the amount of buffel grass was underestimated in difficult terrain
"For example Mulga woodlands need a minium 20 year recovery just to get them back to an age to produce seed again.""From the aerial surveys, we can see that majority of the shrub and tree canopy is not scorched," he said.Bushfires NT chief fire control officer Tony Fuller said a fire encroached into Alice Springs last week
He said the weather conditions, terrain and amount of buffel grass were different at the Simpsons Gap site.
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