207-161 Fire and Water Management

The subject covers the areas of:

• basic fire chemistry, behaviour and suppression;

• personal fire safety;

• principles of water movement in forested catchments and management of catchments for conservation of hydrologic and riparian values;

• assessment of physical and chemical fertility of Australian soils;

• soil texture, structure, organic matter, organisms, water and pH;

• soil degradation problems and control;

• soil acidity, salinity and erosion; and

• nutrient cycles and the selection, application and handling of fertilisers.

One 2-hour written examination worth 30% of final marks, three assignments: two the equivalent to 2500 words and worth 25% of final marks, the other the equivalent of 2000 words worth 20% of final marks.