Strategic management of Aleppo Pines on Lower Eyre

7.1.3 Setting control priorities
Each site received a recommended control priority. Control in this case refers to the local
eradication <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong> at a particular site.
The control priority designated was dependent on the desktop analysis and associated negative
or positive impacts on biodiversity for that particular site. Priorities are defined as:
• Control – High
• Control – Medium or Low
• Retain (and manage emergent seedlings where appropriate)
• Retain (P) where the P identifies sites on private land.
7.2 Results
7.2.1 Field survey
Raw data is shown in Appendix 3 and photo records <strong>of</strong> pine sites accompany this report on CD.
A total <strong>of</strong> 253 sites were surveyed. Just over half <strong>of</strong> the mapped <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine sites occur on private
land (127 <strong>of</strong> 253 sites). ‘P’ in the table in Appendix 3 identifies private land sites.
Visual representation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine site data is shown in Map 2 as number <strong>of</strong> trees per site and
Map 3 as percentage <strong>of</strong> burnt trees per site.
Every effort was made to document all pine sites, however some pines may have been
overlooked, especially on private land. If land managers identify an <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine site that has not
been mapped for this report, the criteria and guidelines outlined in Section 8 can still be applied.
Some <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong> on private land may have been removed since being surveyed.
7.2.2 Desktop analysis
Site impacts to biodiversity and control priorities are noted in Appendix 3. The number <strong>of</strong> sites
designated in each priority category is shown in Table 8.
Table 8 Number <strong>of</strong> sites in control priority categories
Control priority Number <strong>of</strong> sites
Control - High 56
Control - Medium 18
Control - Low 72
Retain (& manage if applicable) 43
Retain (P) 64
TOTAL 253
Map 4 displays a control boundary with three priority areas identified as priorities for <strong>Aleppo</strong>
control (Sleaford Mere, Kellidie Bay and Coulta) as well as each site’s control priority.
Map 1 shows EPYTBC distribution across lower EP, overlaying EPYTBC breeding and <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine
feeding records with <strong>Aleppo</strong> Pine sites (showing the number <strong>of</strong> trees per site). Eyre Peninsula
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo distribution across the whole <strong>of</strong> the Eyre Peninsula is shown in
Figure 3.
20 <strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>management</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aleppo</strong> <strong>Pines</strong> on Lower Eyre Peninsula to maximise biodiversity conservation outcomes