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3. Encourage shires and the local community to take responsibility for weed control, feral animal
control and visual resource management on adjoining lands.
4. Encourage and assist in the formation of a self-administering Friends of Dryandra group to
undertake volunteer programs within the Woodland, including assisting with interpretation
programs, nature conservation works, and monitoring.
5. Continue to inform the community about fox baiting.
6. Continue to inform the community about the values of bush corridors and roadside reserve
initiatives.
7. Promote and provide advisory services to local communities on issues impacting on Dryandra.
RESEARCH AND MONITORING
27. INVENTORY, RESEARCH AND MONITORING
BACKGROUND
Dryandra Woodland offers many opportunities for research, both to enable better management of its
biological, cultural, recreational and economic resources, and to provide information about the
natural environments in the central western wheatbelt of which it forms an important remnant.
Monitoring is necessary to measure changes over time. At Dryandra, the effect of management
actions, timber harvesting and climate change should be monitored in order to provide early warning
of significant changes and allow management response.
The Woodland has already provided the location for a significant body of research. This has been
carried out in Dryandra for a number of reasons. These include:
- the fact that Dryandra is the largest remnant of native vegetation in the central western wheatbelt,
and provides the best example of the natural environment in that region. Several studies have
been based there (Serventy 1970 -woodland ecology; Mc Arthur et al. 1977 - soil and
landforms; and P. Brown pers comm. - Wandoo dieback);
- Dryandra possesses significant populations of several species of rare fauna. Research has
included studies on the the Numbat (Calaby 1960, Friend 1990a and 1990b), and Woylie
(Kinnear 1992);
- research required to provide information to assist in the management of Dryandra itself (Butler
1965, Burbidge 1977, Christensen 1978, CALM 1985, and Ninox 1991); and
- the proximity of the Woodland to Perth, availability of accommodation, and the preexisting body
of knowledge have made Dryandra an ideal location for student field studies (Majer 1985, L.
Thomas pers comm.).
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