Muirburn Code Review - January Update

Activity has continued over the festive period and drafting work on the Code has continued at a pace.  This will be made available in printed form before the workshops and also on the www.muirburncode.co.uk website - there is a technical problem with the website at the moment, but this will be resolved in the next few days.

Additional Information

The amount of additional information we will be providing as part of the Code is increasing.  

• It had always been anticipated that some more detail on muirburn for grazing management would be useful, and this was endorsed by the Steering Group during the meeting last month and a sub-group is working to develop this.  
• I will be meeting with SEPA, this week, and this may identify a need for further guidance on water management.
• Although some of the items on the list in the latest version of of the Code may not be completed initially, the full list of proposed Additional Information is at the bottom of this post.

Workshops

There is a good level of interest in the workshops from a  diversity of delegates - see the flyer for more details.  There is still space for more delegates, but we need to remember that the aim of these workshops is capture views from people with experience of muirburn, therefore I am not looking for large numbers.  It may be the case that a small number of experienced people will provide a better outcome than larger numbers.  An outreach programme to promote the messages contained in the revised Code will be considered separately.  Currently, the numbers attending (including the 'home' team) are:

Carfraemill	17
Skye	21
Edinglassie	19
Battleby	16

List of planned Additional Information

1	To burn, to cut or to do nothing	Drafted
2	Offences & Legislation	Drafted
3	Water management	Requirement TBC
4	Fire Behaviour and Effects, and the Relationship with Wildfire.	Drafted
5	Burning Plan / Ignition options	In draft
6	Muirburn on Peatland	Drafted
7	Muirburn for grazing management	To be drafted
8	Grouse moor management	Drafted
9	Burning Equipment	Add Photographs / video clips
10	Cutting Equipment	Link to MF Heather Cutting project
11	Glossary	By hyperlink in web-based version
12	List of References	To be drafted?
13	Reading List	Link to MB Code website