The National Parks and Wildlife Service had helicopter surveillance flights and ground patrols in operation during the current spell of dry weather.The NPWS helicopter surveillance flights began last year to allow the NPWS to respond to fires rapidly and aid rangers on the ground."We're looking for plumes of smoke," explained Andrea Webb, conservation ranger at Wicklow Mountains National Park.
"What’s really significant about fires on the ground is they can just destroy ground nesting birds. They can destroy badger sets, cooking the badger’s underneath, it can destroy invertebrate species... it’s really very harmful.""I don’t think the landowner really took into account that there was an orange fire warning and misjudged the situation," Ms Webb said of the fire.
Leinster Regional Wicklow
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
EirGrid agrees terms to provide national grid connection for proposed data centre in WicklowDeal comes amid tension in energy sector over regulatory constraints on data centres, which consume huge amounts of electricity
Source: IrishTimes - 🏆 3. / 98 Read more »
Ireland’s first marine national park to incorporate newly-acquired Conor PassDetails of Co Kerry amenity to be announced in Dingle to coincide with Earth Day
Source: IrishTimes - 🏆 3. / 98 Read more »
Ireland's first marine national park includes iconic site featured in Star WarsIt covers 70,000 acres of land and sea and also incorporates Conor Pass, which was recently bought by the State
Source: IrishMirror - 🏆 4. / 98 Read more »
Ireland's first marine national park including iconic landmarks announcedIreland's first maritime national park has been announced, covering 70,000 acres of land and sea in county Kerry.
Source: JOEdotie - 🏆 31. / 51 Read more »
Jamison Gibson-Park looking forward to the Croke Park experienceFor most of the Leinster players the venue for the Champions Cup semi-final with Northampton Saints will be something new
Source: IrishTimes - 🏆 3. / 98 Read more »
The Irish Times view on the new national park: marine in name onlyThe question of how to comply with EU legislation on protecting Ireland’s waters remains to be answered
Source: IrishTimes - 🏆 3. / 98 Read more »