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Published by and available from Environmental Weeds Action Network (Inc), PO Box 380 Greenwood, 6924, Australia. www.iinet.net.au\~ewan © Individual artists for photographs and drawings © Environmental Weeds Action Network (Inc) Parts of this publication may be reproduced for educational purposes with appropriate acknowledgment. A copy of any report or publication using these materials should be lodged with the Environmental Weeds Action Network (Inc). National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry ISBN 0 9579001 1 2. Disclaimer Any recommendations in this book do not necessarily represent the policy or support of the sponsoring organisations. This book is intended as a source of information only. People should obtain independent advice before acting on information in this publication. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that any methodology adopted or adapted from this book is suitable for the purposes intended. Read the label of herbicides for further information and registration status. Consult the NRA website www.nra.gov.au to determine the status of permits for your situation or state. The publisher or the authors do not accept liability however arising, including liability for negligence, or for any loss resulting from the use of or reliance upon information in this book. Design, typesetting and print management by West Print Management, Mosman Park, Perth, Western Australia Cover photograph by Kate Brown – Late spring in the shrublands at Brixton Street Wetlands with Pink Feather Flower (Verticordia densiflora), Kunzea (Kunzea micrantha) and Purple Flag (Patersonia aff. occidentalis) in full flower. Cover illustrations by Libby Sandiford – Some of the weeds starting to invade the Wetlands: From left to right; Harlequin Flower (Sparaxis bulbifera), Black Flag (Ferraria crispa), African Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) and Perennial Veldgrass (Ehrharta calycina).
Acknowledgments This manual is the culmination of a five year project that has been supported by the Environmental Weeds Action Network. The project would not have been possible without the ongoing support of project manager, Margo O’Byrne, and the project team Bob Dixon, Rod Randall and the extraordinary financial manager, Gary Matthews. Liz Western generously stood in as manager for a year, supervising the project while Margo was away. Peter Nash and Patrick Piggott also contributed to project management. The Swan Catchment Centre provided office space and administrative support for three years. Sally Madden and Simone Tuten provided technical support in the early stages of the project. Production of the manual has been a collective effort. Kate Brown wrote the chapters on the project, managing weeds in bushland, the geophyte weeds, the other herbaceous weeds and with Kris Brooks, the mapping guidelines. Kris Brooks wrote the grasses, the woody weeds and the herbicides in bushland chapters. The maps were compiled by Kris Brooks and Kate Brown. Richard Groves, John Moore, Margo O’Byrne and Rod Randall provided valuable comments on various drafts, Bob Dixon on the woody weeds chapter and Bronwen Keighery the managing weeds in bushland chapter. Their comments greatly improved the final manuscript. Neil Gibson, Richard Groves and Janice Marshall proof read and provided comments on the final document. Throughout the project Greg Keighery, Bob Dixon, John Moore and John Peirce have generously shared their knowledge of bushland weeds with us. They also provided much of the information in the weed management tables. Community volunteers and Friends groups carried out much of the weed management work that forms the basis of case studies outlined in the manual. They also helped us map weeds, set up trials and collect data. We would like to thank The Friends of Shenton Bushland, in particular Janice Marshall and Dani Boase-Jelinek, Friends of Blue Gum Lake especially Marian Watson, Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands particularly Regina Drummond, Trevor Drummond, Nick Buters and Elizabeth Buters, Friends of Gingin Brook in particular Richard Diggins and Pauline Diggins, and Friends of Talbot Road Reserve, especially Mark Gloyn and Helen Gardiner. John Carter and Robyn Phillimore from Department of Conservation and Land Management, Grant McKinnon from the City of Swan, Wayne van Lieven from the City of Gosnells, Graznya Packowskya from the City of Melville and Steve McCabe from the City of Nedlands all went out of their way to provide invaluable on-ground support at bushlands under their management. The project was largely funded through a Natural Heritage Trust Grant, with the Lotteries Commission and the CRC for Weed Management also contributing. Kate Brown and Kris Brooks September 2002. All illustrations are by Libby Sandiford and all photographs by Kate Brown, unless otherwise noted. The Environmental Weeds Action Network (EWAN) is a community group formed in 1996 to: • Promote understanding of the threat of environmental weeds to bushland. • Provide information about weed control in native vegetation. • Convince governments at all levels of the need for appropriate legislation and funding for weed control. • Encourage research into methods of weed control. • Encourage community participation. i
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