Annual Report 2009/2010 - Hawkesbury City Council - NSW ...

Future directions
Council has several Plans of Management still to implement. These will give direction in the management
strategies that should be in place. Some reserves have vegetation management plans implemented. It is
of future importance that all reserves identified with threatened species undergo a vegetation
management plan, if a Plan of Management has not been drafted or implemented.
Protection of Threatened Ecological Communities
Introduction
According to Council's mapping system there are 23 threatened ecological communities out of 53
identified vegetation communities in the LGA. In the past 12 months Shale Plains Woodland and Shale
Hills Woodland are now listed as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community and Western Sydney Dry
rainforest is now also listed as a Vulnerable Ecological Community. These are 2 new editions to
threatened species listing as per the Threatened Species Act 1995.
Measures of Performance
Measure
1. Proportion of total number of flora
species in the Hawkesbury that are listed
as threatened.
How is the Hawkesbury performing?
There has been a 2% increase in
listed threatened fauna for the LGA
Current status and trends
The information in the graphs below are from the Wildlife atlas website provided by DECCW.
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