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education institutions and land management organisations involved in research.
        On-ground strategy
        2.  Manage fire
2.1     Inappropriate fire regimes
2.1.1   Update or establish fire management plans at local and landscape scales. Where appropriate, incorporate traditional patch burning around Malleefowl habitat (for fuel-reduction burning and to promote patchiness), wildfire control (to prevent large scale or frequent fire) and no-burn areas. Consider limiting the establishment of fuel breaks and access tracks, as they promote the movement of exotic animals.  In general, Malleefowl habitat should not be intentionally burnt, however it may be appropriate to control-burn a small proportion of habitat to protect the remaining habitat from wildfire. In central Australia, patch burning should be applied around Malleefowl habitat to protect it, rather than burning the habitat patches themselves. Habitat structure is very important for Malleefowl because they require overhead cover and trees to roost in. In mallee, fire tends to go straight to the crown, so fire management should focus on retaining the habitat structure.   Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), State governments, parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, State Recovery Groups, NRM organisations, rural fire services
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Where control and patch burning takes places, investigate the impacts of limited and patchy burns on Malleefowl habitat.
2.1.2   Identify Malleefowl habitat areas requiring special fire management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Such as fire management to reduce fire frequency in mallee patches within desert heath habitat which burns frequently.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), State governments, parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, State Recovery Groups, NRM organisations

2.1.3   Identify, map and prioritise Malleefowl habitat patches for:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Map Malleefowl habitat age class (time-since-fire).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), State governments, parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, State Recovery Groups, NRM organisations
        Fire exclusion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Establish annual fire history map layers for all Malleefowl habitats within all regions.
        Fire suppression                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Map rainfall of Malleefowl habitat to assist determining climate change impacts and Malleefowl responses.
        Prescribed burns
2.1.4   Implement fire management plans.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Land manager/s/Custodian/s to determine approach, method, and timing to suit circumstances at location.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), State governments, parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, NRM organisations, rural fire services
2.1.5   On Indigenous lands, promote and support Traditional Owners to incorporate Malleefowl needs into their fire management plans and to implement those plans                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Provide resource materials and technical support to assist planning and implementation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Traditional Owners, NRM and Landcare organisations, environmental Non-Government Organisations
2.1.6   Control buffel grass in areas where it may distort the usual fire regime or where fire may encourage its spread into Malleefowl habitat.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Buffel grass is a rapid coloniser of disturbed ground, responds positively