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A HAZARD-REDUCTION burn took place in the Arakwal National Park at Byron Bay Tuesday Feb 7 as part of efforts to protect endangered heathland plants.
National Parks and Wildlife Service area manager Sue Walker said the environmental burn was part of the restoration plan for the Endangered Ecological Community Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath.
‘The one hectare burn took place in the north of Arakwal National Park next to the Milne Street entry into the park,” Ms Walker said.
‘The park contains approximately 64 percent of the Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath and environmental burns help secure this important endangered ecological community.
‘The park is habitat for threatened flora and fauna including the endangered orchids Byron Bay Diuris byronensis and Pink Nodding Orchid Geodorum densiflorum and the endangered shrub Allocasuarina defungens.