The alliance recently held a meeting in Bairnsdale where more than 100 residents turned out to voice their concerns about local land management.

Attendees voted on the night to support three motions; for Premier John Brumby to treble the fuel reduction budget, to provide the Department of Sustainability and Environment and Parks Victoria with the resources to enable burning, and to make it easier for CFA brigades to conduct roadside burning.

Victorian Lands Alliance secretary Max Rheese said the plight facing Mr Taylor was also raised at the meeting.

Sawpit Creek Rd resident Mr Taylor is facing prosecution from Wellington Shire Council for removing native vegetation from a roadside reserve opposite his home.

Mr Taylor removed the tree limbs, sticks and dead native grass during this year's scorching summer because he was concerned it was a fire risk.

He had raised the issue with the CFA, DSE and the council but no work was done.

Mr Rheese said the alliance was sympathetic to Mr Taylor's concerns.

"We don't believe we should have every individual doing (fire hazard reduction themselves) but we support Bill Taylor in that he endeavoured to bring about a change and found no help from the authorities he approached,'' he said.

Mr Rheese said roadside reserves were in many cases the place where fuel loads were heaviest and more work needed to be done to manage the risk.

"The feeling of the meeting was that the local DSE wasn't being given the funding to do what's required,'' Mr Rheese said.

"The burns target for this year is exactly the same as last year and even that isn't much.

"Fuel reduction has never stopped a bush fire but it reduces the intensity of it and it allows the fire to be brought under control.

"The paradigm of public land management is obviously flawed and it needs to change, it's not producing the results the community want.

"We've been leaving it to Mother Nature for 30 years, we've given it a go but it's just not working.''