{"id":11515,"date":"2026-07-16T11:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/?p=11515"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:02:36","slug":"11515-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/11515-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience &#8211; Dean Freeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Landcare-Led Lanscape Resilience &#8211; Dean Freeman<\/h3>\n<p>Dean Freeman is a Wiradjuri man and senior officer at Riverina Local Land Services, where he leads cultural burning programs across New South Wales. He works closely with local communities to restore traditional land management practices, particularly cultural burning, to enhance biodiversity, support native plant growth, and reduce wildfire risks. 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