NPWS commissions survey on fires' devastating impact on Killarney National Park 

The Parks and Wildlife Service has issued a tender for the comprehensive survey of the impacts on lands burned over the past four decades

Jimmy Sweetman, Killarney Water Rescue Search and Recover, assessing the fire burning in Killarney National Park in April. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) wants a survey conducted on the impact of fires on biodiversity in Killarney National Park, including the devastating blaze there this April.

The NPWS has issued a tender worth €300,000 for the comprehensive survey of the impacts on lands burned over the past four decades, as well as surveys in unburned areas, in the 26,000 acre park.