Across the NSW Far South Coast, traditional fire management is helping to rejuvenate land that Indigenous people believe has not been managed properly for 250 years.
The crew have used traditional fire management to regenerate land owned by the land council west of Batemans Bay, and documented the return of biodiversity and vulnerable species after the burns.
Their work on Julie Taylor Mills's property was the first cultural burn they have conducted for a private, non-Indigenous landholder. "It's reading Mother Nature, understanding the environment, understanding the animals that live in that area, understanding all aspects of the area that you're burning.Mr White said much of the coastal areas of the Far South Coast held cultural meaning for traditional owners."A lot of these headland areas, and the coastal areas, are really significant to the mobs up and down the coast," he said.
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