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Figure 2-3A: Percentages of post-1994 Forests NSW hardwood plantations affected by selected agents 2007–2008 (statewide) 38 % affected 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 year 2004/2005 2005-2006 herbivorous and sap-sucking insects leaf and shoot fungi stem borers soil pathogens 2006-2007 2007-2008 Note: The percentages shown are calculated across the entire planted hardwood forest (post-1995) estate in all Forests NSW regions (predominantly within the forest agreement regions). Note that Forests NSW has not established hardwood plantations in Eden. Source: Forests NSW data Feral and pest animals Control and research by DECC In 2004–2005 and 2006–2007 PWG reported on this indicator for all regions using data from the SoP qualitative assessment so as to align the two reporting processes. As a SoP survey did not take place in 2007–2008, reporting on this indicator using SoP data did not occur. The NSW Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by the Red Fox (Fox TAP, see www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/pestsweeds/RedfoxApproved.pdf) identifies the threatened species that will benefit most from a reduction in fox predation and establishes monitoring programs to measure the effectiveness of control programs at priority sites. A review of the Fox TAP began in 2007–2008 and will include a critical assessment of the recovery of threatened species targeted for protection from foxes. An inter-agency working group is overseeing the review. Input from independent scientists will be sought before a revised draft is released for public comment in 2009 (page 75, Chapter 4: Protect and restore biodiversity and native vegetation, DECC Annual Report 2007–08). Many efforts under the Fox TAP in 2007–2008 monitored the success of fox control programs in maintaining or increasing populations of the threatened brush-tailed rock wallaby. Part of a fox baiting program in Watagans NP in the LNE region included a community education workshop in April 2008, to encourage neighbouring landholders to bait foxes on private lands (page 75, Chapter 4: Protect and restore biodiversity and native vegetation, DECC Annual Report 2007–08). NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
In 2007–08, DECC continued research to develop innovative control methods for foxes and wild dogs. These included techniques such as the M-44 ejector (a specially designed bait delivery device), llamas as livestock guarding animals, livestock protection collars, synthetic lures, night vision technology and correction collars (page 77, Chapter 4: Protect and restore biodiversity and native vegetation, DECC Annual Report 2007–08). Within the LNE region, a number of cooperative wild dog control programs were implemented with DECC, Forests NSW, various rural lands protection boards and wild dog control associations to reduce the impact of wild dogs on lands adjacent to Ben Halls Gap, Barrington Tops, Curracabundi NPs, and Wallabadah and Camerons Gorge NRs. These programs were also expanded to include the new Woolooma NP. Also in the LNE region, wild dog management plans were renegotiated with wild dog associations, 4 km of new dog fencing were supplied to protected area neighbours, and materials and planning support were provided for the Moona / Winterbourne Wild Dog Association wild dog exclusion electric fencing project. In the Southern Region in 2007–2008, the South Western Slopes Regional Pest Management Strategy 2008–2011 was completed and adopted. Cooperative Wild Dog Control Plans were implemented in the Brindabella and Wee Jasper Valleys, the Burrinjuck area, the Adaminaby/Yaouk area, the Goobragandra/Blowering locality of Kosciuszko NP, the East Gilmore Valley (including Wereboldera SCA), and the Hume area (including Woomargama NP). Also in the Southern Region in 2007–2008, specific control programs for feral pigs were implemented with the assistance of neighbouring landholders on Black Andrew NR, Brindabella NP, Kosciuszko NP, Tinderry NR and Woomargama NP. Deer browsing, trampling and wallowing are having a serious and increasing environmental impact on the Illawarra region. In 2007–2008, in Kangaroo Valley in the Southern region rural landholders formed a Landcare group in partnership with DECC to help control feral deer in specifically approved shooting zones in DECC estate and on adjoining properties (page 78, Chapter 4: Protect and restore biodiversity and native vegetation, DECC Annual Report 2007–08). Forests NSW Feral animal and introduced predator control efforts on State forests (all regions) took place over approximately 600 000 ha at a cost of $440 000 (table 2-3B). Six feral or pest animal species were targeted in 2007–2008, including Sus scrofa (pig), Capra hircus (goat), Felis catus (cat) and Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit). Wild cattle were the only listed potential pests not targeted in the current reporting period. As with the previous year, control efforts were most extensive in the Southern region, where an estimated $250 000 was directed at four species, pigs, foxes, wild dogs and rabbits. The bulk of this spending (approx. $185 000) was directed towards programs to control wild dogs. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS 39
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