Work will get underway in the coming weeks to reduce the coverage of the locally invasive giant rush (Juncus ingens) in areas of Moira Lake and Reed Beds wetlands through targeted burns.

Forests NSW operations forester, Mick Lalor, said a team of Forests NSW staff and RFS volunteers from Moama, Mathoura and Deniliquin would be undertaking the burns when suitable conditions occur red during the next two weeks.

"The burns will take place in isolated patches of giant rush and control lines will be established to protect sensitive breeding areas and fringing red gums.

"Smoke warning signs will be erected on the Cobb Highway, Picnic Point Road and forest entrances, although the burns are not expected to interfere with local traffic," he said.

Forests NSW floodplain ecologist, Karen Hudson, said that giant rush, while native, had become locally invasive.

"Historical records of these areas show that giant rush would only have occupied a small amount of these wetlands," she said.

Ms Hudson said that Moira Lake and Reed Beds wetlands were part of the Barmah-Millewa Forests Icon Site, which is part of the Living Murray Program.

"Burning is one of a range of tools we use to rehabilitate these wetland areas, increase plant diversity and increase the foraging habitat for a range of waterbird species," she said.

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