The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final
The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final
The Vertebrate Fauna of Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve: Final
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Management response Target areas or habitats Species affected<br />
Fire<br />
Revise current fire management strategy to<br />
incorporate new vegetation mapping for JKCR.<br />
In the absence <strong>of</strong> further information, assume the<br />
karst areas require a low fire frequency.<br />
High intensity fire should be avoided in the<br />
karst area.<br />
Fire mitigation outside <strong>of</strong> the karst catchment<br />
could be considered to reduce fire risk around<br />
the caves. A patchwork regime <strong>of</strong> low intensity<br />
autumn fire would be the most appropriate.<br />
Planned burns should be avoided within the<br />
karst and catchment system. In the event that<br />
planned burns are deemed essential they should<br />
be undertaken in spring in small patches.<br />
Planned burns should be avoided around<br />
important bat roosts.<br />
Planned burns should be avoided around caves<br />
where sooty owls are breeding.<br />
Planned burns should include generous<br />
exclusion zones around sites that pose an<br />
erosion risk to the cave system.<br />
Avoid high-intensity fire around the known<br />
barking owl nesting site and any other known<br />
owl or raptor nesting sites.<br />
Avoid felling or damage to hollow-bearing dead<br />
or live trees during control burn or mopping-up<br />
operations.<br />
Alert fire crews to the danger <strong>of</strong> introducing or<br />
spreading disease such as amphibian chytrid<br />
fungus, Phytophthora or myrtle rust.<br />
Competition for hollows with feral honeybees<br />
Remove honeybees that establish in known<br />
nesting hollows for threatened species.<br />
Predation by the black rat<br />
Continue reactive control <strong>of</strong> introduced rats<br />
when numbers are seen to be high.<br />
Promote baiting protocols that minimise the<br />
likelihood <strong>of</strong> secondary poisoning by<br />
rodenticides.<br />
Avoid baiting in or around caves where sooty<br />
owls are roosting to minimise the risk <strong>of</strong><br />
secondary poisoning by rodenticides.<br />
All. All.<br />
<strong>Karst</strong>. All cave-dwelling<br />
species.<br />
<strong>Karst</strong>. All cave-dwelling<br />
species.<br />
All except karst and catchment. All cave-dwelling<br />
species.<br />
<strong>Karst</strong> and catchment. Cave-dwelling bats.<br />
Paradox and Mammoth Caves. Eastern bentwing-bat,<br />
Eastern horseshoe bat.<br />
Key sites include Arch Cave,<br />
Nettle Cave and the Devil’s<br />
Coach House.<br />
Steep slopes and waterways<br />
upstream <strong>of</strong> caves.<br />
Sooty owl.<br />
All cave-dwelling<br />
species.<br />
Cave entrances. All cave-dwelling<br />
species.<br />
Barking owl nest site and other<br />
known nest trees.<br />
Barking owls and other<br />
threatened fauna.<br />
All. All hollow-dwelling<br />
fauna.<br />
All. All frogs, all forest<br />
fauna.<br />
Barking owl nest tree, other<br />
known nest trees.<br />
Caves where bats are known to<br />
roost.<br />
Barking owl and<br />
potentially any hollownesting<br />
mammal or bird.<br />
Cave-dwelling bats.<br />
All. Sooty owl.<br />
All. Sooty owl.<br />
Alteration to the natural flow regimes <strong>of</strong> rivers and streams, including sedimentation<br />
Continue to avoid activities which alter the<br />
natural water flow and/or increase erosion and<br />
sedimentation.<br />
Consider closing trails that are not required or<br />
that are unstable using barricades, fencing or<br />
plantings to reduce run-<strong>of</strong>f and sedimentation.<br />
Steep slopes and close to<br />
waterways upstream from the<br />
caves.<br />
Steep slopes and close to<br />
waterways upstream from the<br />
caves.<br />
Cave-dwelling bats, all<br />
aquatic or semi-aquatic<br />
species.<br />
Cave-dwelling bats, all<br />
aquatic or semi-aquatic<br />
species.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Vertebrate</strong> <strong>Fauna</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jenolan</strong> <strong>Karst</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong> 103