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Protect the Tingles from prescribed burning
Red Tingles are a large, ancient tree species that are only found in a small area on WA’s Southcoast. They can live for more than 400 years and reach heights over 55 metres and provide critical habitat to many threatened plants and animals. They are vulnerable to frequent fire.
In December 2024, Giants East, a Tingle forest block not far from Walpole in the famed Valley of the Giants, was torched as part of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA)’s prescribed burning program.
More than 100 giant trees collapsed in the intense burn, with flames reaching the tops of many trees in one of the worst outcomes seen by WA’s prescribed burning program.
This summer, DBCA is planning to burn three more Tingle-Karri blocks, Nornalup, Coalmine and Mount Clare.
If the burns go ahead, these blocks could face the same fate.
Over time, Tingle forests self-thin and become naturally less flammable. Much of the planned burn area is in a mature stage of growth, and burning these areas will reset the clock, making the areas more flammable for the future.
In a drying climate that is increasingly prone to bushfires, it’s important to be bushfire ready, but prescribed burning shouldn’t be the only tool in our bushfire prevention kit. It is vital that the Southwest’s prescribed burning practices reflect current science and a changed climate, and funding is directed towards rapid detection and suppression of bushfires.
It is of the highest priority that the Tingles are protected from fire, before it is too late.
Please contact the Premier, relevant Ministers and DBCA using our template to urge them to remove Tingle forests from the burn plan. Enter your details to start writing your email.
Read more about the Giants East burn or about rapid suppression technology.
Tell the Government to reject Alcoa’s expansions
Alcoa’s destructive forest mining expansion plans recently received 59,000 public submissions to the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), setting a new record.
The EPA will release its report and recommendations in mid 2026, but it is abundantly clear the public doesn’t want to lose even more precious Northern Jarrah Forest.
It’s important that we keep the pressure on as a community and show the Cook and Albanese Labor Governments that Alcoa’s expansions cannot go ahead. Send your email now to call on key decision makers to reject this proposal when it reaches their desk.
Enter your details and click start writing to edit your email. For more information on Alcoa’s bauxite mining expansion plans in the Northern Jarrah Forest visit endforestmining.org.au/learn-more
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