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Barmah firewood snapped up

By Geoff Adams

Sep 30, 2024

Firewood ready for collection on Barmah Island.

Only sawdust remains of the firewood recovered from the Barmah National Park.

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Northern Victorian residents scooped up the firewood moved by the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Change out of the park and into the nearby Barmah Island State Park.

Barmah residents reported all of the firewood was taken on Friday, the first day it was offered for free.

The residents had complained that no firewood was available in the region for heating and cooking.

The department was planning to burn off more than 100 piles of timber that had been piled up in preparation for a fire break.

Northern Victorian MPs have criticised the lack of readily available firewood.

They have also supported the protests by Barmah residents, when it was discovered the piles of wood were originally to be burned in the national park.

The department has since moved the piles out of the park to the state park, where it was quickly snapped up by northern Victorian residents.