THE scalded black scars from a massive blaze that burned across 430,000 hectares of Central Queensland will diminish in time, but the aftereffects will be felt for decades to come, landholders who battled the behemoth for over a month say.
The inferno turned vast areas of valuable grass being kept in reserve for summer into smouldering ash, leaving many animals without feed and producers with very few options to feed them, while also “burning to death” national parks, in the words of one nearby producer.
Conversations with local landholders and their representatives over the past…
