The Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 devastated an estimated 28,320 hectares of private land in the Port Phillip and Westernport region of Victoria.

Click on the links to You Tube below to view this series of short videos about the most common land management issues faced by the community after the Black Saturday bushfires. The six short documentaries cover native vegetation, weeds, native fauna, erosion, farm productivity and community recovery.

Each documentary includes interviews with land management experts and locals about the steps they have taken to help their properties and environment recover.

Bushfire recovery for private land

A snapshot of environmental management

Native Vegetation

Weeds

Native Fauna

Erosion

Farm Productivity

Community Recovery


Transcripts of the six documentaries are available here.

To listen to the ABC Gippsland radio interview with PPWCMA's Kacie Melfi, click here.

If you are unable to view these documentaries via You Tube please contact the PPWCMA by Telephone: (03) 8781 7900 or Email: enquiries@ppwcma.vic.gov.au.