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wood fires at Arapiles 9-Jun-2011 At 11:25:05 AM jezza

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On 9/06/2011 Wendy wrote:
>Collect your evidence to back up your view and see where it goes.

I think that's a good point. What is the evidence that camper's wood collecting has actually affected the environment at Arapiles? What about the evidence that banning fires would 'help' the environment at Arapiles?

I'm not talking about general statements like 'It's been shown that collecting wood disturbs creatures' habitats'. I'm talking about 'Wood collection within 10m of the Pines campground has been shown to affect species X & Y'. And 'When fires were banned during months A & B at Arapiles campgrounds, the following positive effects on the environment were seen to occur.....'

I'm asking because, without some evidence, I don't trust that there's a causal link. I suspect that bush bashing, and unnecessary accumulation of paths over the years, have caused a greater environmental impact than wood gathering, and that, relatively speaking, wood gathering is insignificant. I also suspect that the amount of rainfall has a vastly greater impact on the environment than wood gathering. As a result, we _could_ be focusing on controlling runoff, and the effect of water on roads, rather than being concerned about fires.

On 8/06/2011 Wendy wrote:
>I didn't realise there was such a market for sex tourism at Arapiles, Simey.

Really?