The areas around our property which were burned in the past few years are far less impacted by the recent fires than the forest stands where fuel was allowed to accumulate year after year. Gary Nairn's work is also under regarded. he is still heavily engaged in regenerative management of the land. Let us hear these people and not the shrill voices of the uninformed.

Listen to those that know, with plenty of experience as well as the fact he's the one at risk living in the bush.

It is great to see what a single man can achieve without millions of dollars in funding. That is where governments get it wrong. Oh we will give a university so many million to tackle a certain problem, but most of the situations that occur can be solved with simple common sense. All the academics achieve is to split hairs at there final result.

For about $80,000 I can get the victims of fires' blocks cleaned up and put a fire and cyclone proof dwelling on a block in 14 days, thus getting communities together again. I have put my whole plans to the top emergency agencies with most replies being "wow, very good, but we cannot help you" and redirected me to another government body. Very frustrating. Keep up the good work Barry.

Under the present Wildlife and Conservation Scheme Bushfire Recovery devised by the state government to be carried out by the NPWS the planned action for feral animal control animal control part of the plan is summed up as: 1500-2000 hours of aerial shooting; localised follow-up of ground shooting; up to 60,000km of aerial baiting; deployment of one million baits.

The weapon of choice in this war on wildlife is 1080 poison, a controversial poison that endangers the birds that may feed on poisoned carrion, as well taking the lives of species such as the spotted quoll, lizards,and dingos, and contaminating the soil and drinking water. 1080 poison is so dangerous it has been banned in most developed countries. Not even introduced animals branded as "feral" deserve to be killed in such a cruel and barbaric way.

The unpublicised, undemocratic and falsely named 'Recovery Plan' authorises ground-based shooting, trapping and baiting of feral animals and extensive aerial baiting in burnt areas, and in unburnt refuge areas.

Although entitled to protection as a native animal, the dingo has been removed from protection for the purpose of this plan and targeted for an ugly death as a wild dog, even though it is a different species from the dog, and has evolved in Australia over thousands of years and has a vital role in the natural eco-system.

The largely unpublicised plan ignores the considered opinion of 248 scientists, ecologists who wrote to the Prime Minister urging strong leadership to arrest the rapid decline in the number of native species and the break-down of the natural eco-system.

The government plan also fails to consider spiritual beliefs of Indigenous Australians who say we all must share responsibility for the land, as we all ultimately depend on it. Conservation and animal welfare groups have also not been be consulted.

More publicity needs to be given to the fate of animals in the wild, so that alternative ways can be introduced to protect farmers' livestock and the sustainability of their pastoral land.