Fed: National park management may be overhauled after fires
By Shane Wright
CANBERRA, Jan 21 AAP - The management of national parks may be overhauled because ofthe Canberra bushfire disaster as forest industries today warned of further wild fires.
The National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) today wrote to Prime MinisterJohn Howard demanding changes to national park management, arguing the suburbs of Melbourneand Sydney could be the next to burn.
The call was backed by Territories Minister Wilson Tuckey who said the failure to reducefuel loads in national parks was one of the main reasons for the severity of Canberra'sfire.
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