PHOTO: NPWS teams will be conducting hazard reduction burns across hundreds of hectares of the Pilliga this weekend as part of standard preparations for the return of bushfire season. PHOTO: Will Harvey.
PARTS of the Pilliga forest in the Warrumbungle shire are expected to be blanketed in smoke this weekend as the local National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) conducts a hazard reduction burn in the area.
The burn will be covering more than 650 hectares of the Yarrigan National Park between Baradine and Bugaldie from Friday 29 July to Sunday 31 July.
NPWS Area Manager John Whittal said the purpose of the burn was to reduce potential bushfire risk in the Pilliga by shrinking available fuel loads.