Dr James Barker

@robdashworth Next one’s in Melbourne lol

@EcolJim Didn’t have anything to present this time and missed the boat for seeing if work would pay for it 🥲 will try for the next one though

I don’t think a conference dinner gets any better than this #ESAus23

@robdashworth You should have come!

@EcolJim What a view!

@frewecologist I was not expecting that at all when we got on the bus

Conference dinner view does not disappoint #ESAus23

#Breaking - The Victorian grassland earless dragon, not sighted since 1969 and once feared to be extinct, has been rediscovered at a secret location. Full story here: au.news.yahoo.com/first-pictures…

@EcoloGee_ @DrDirtGirl I’ll be there

@EcoloGee_ I’ll be waiting

@EcoloGee_ Exciting!

@wildfire_craig For sure! Over here burning is usually just in the news if something goes wrong or Sydney gets covered in smoke

@EcolJim We have a wildfire toolbox of different tactics for different scenarios, we can’t always use fire but it’s a useful tool when we can. I think any news coverage is good news and we can take the public on a journey 👍🏻

Standard practice in Australia, newsworthy in the UK Interesting to see how people are having to adapt to changing fire regimes. Headline makes it sound kinda negative though

We released the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for Winter 2023 today, showing above normal fire potential across much of Central Australia and parts of NSW, as well as below normal fire potential in parts of the Great Dividing Range. afac.com.au/auxiliary/publ…

New paper of planned burning during Black Summer. "During extreme fire events, recent fuel reduction burning can aid wildfire suppression locally but will have a highly variable effect on the extent and severity of wildfires at larger scales." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Looking forward to the NCC 2023 Bushfire conference. Come say hello at the DPE Science, Economics and Insights display. #NSWBFNHRC

There's an official government petition to raise the PhD stipends in Australia to $45k. Their current rate of less than $30k makes it impossible to focus on research and will have long term impacts on Australian trained scientists. Sign it! aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe…

The UK is experiencing a shift in fire regime & it's happening faster than many of us expected. We're making strides in preparedness & response thanks to strong leadership @CFOAfire & other communities/stakeholders, but we're still playing catch up @UKFDRS theguardian.com/world/2023/may…

If the time between fires (intervals) is too short, plants have insufficient time to grow seeds. Without seeds, some plants are at "immaturity risk" if another fire occurs. But do these "immaturity risk" intervals depend on fire severity? 1/ fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Grooming

Please congratulate your 2023 #EucalyptoftheYear, the spectacular Sydney Red Gum, Angophora costata! The Sydney Red Gum is synonymous with the sandstone escarpments of coastal NSW. This is the first year that an Angophora has taken out the gum gong! #NationalEucalyptDay

Come and work with us at the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre. We are hiring: Research Centre Manager: uws.nga.net.au/?jati=CA185A39… Project and Communications Coordinator: uws.nga.net.au/?jati=6EB8CB58… Both based at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment.

Meet the node leads of the new NSW Bushfire & Natural Hazards Research Centre #NSWBFNHRC @MatthiasBoer @ooist7 @OwenBushfire @Myebra12 @DrNickGill @trentpenman @DrJKWeir @Rachael_H_Nolan All excited to work with 8 NSW agencies to tackle Bushfire Enquiry recommendations