Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

Summary of General Comments Officer Comments Reference for
Items Actioned
possible to determine when it was adopted and whether it should
be reviewed.
The recommendation that the ‘Flood and Stream Management
Policy (ENV 4)’ be considered during subdivision, the structure
planning process and also after subdivision has occurred is not
included in Section 12 Biodiversity Conservation Actions for
Implementation.
Recommend actions relating to the ‘Flood and Stream
Management Policy (ENV 4)’ are included in the list of
Conservation Actions for Implementation. The action can include
a review of the existing policy, its effectiveness and a training
program for staff on the use of the Shire’s Policies relating to
biodiversity protection.
All Shire policies are utilised in assessing applications for
development proposals. The recommendation has not
been included in Section 12 as an action for
implementation as it is already part of standard operating
procedures.
Comment noted. Considered in the development of the
Local Biodiversity Strategy.
Box 8 on page 46, Due to the rapid spread of invasive weeds on
waterways, it is imperative that all invasive weeds be prohibited
from a buffer zone on all waterways. If this is not done, then it is
simply a matter of time before the waterways of moderate to
high value are threatened and destroyed. Our Friends Groups
reserves on creeklines face this challenge constantly due to a lack
of policy of this kind.
The Shire’s Weed Control Strategy (2002) targets priority
weed species many of which occur in creeklines. Where
the weeds occur on private land the Shire has no real
grounds to action any weed removal.
Public education is an important tool in an attempt to
identify and control weeds. The Shire promotes resident
and community weed control through its brochure: Making
Weed Control a Priority – which acts as a guide to the top
ten priority weeds in the district and supports the Shire of
Kalamunda’s Weed Control Strategy. Friends Groups are
vital in the battle to control weeds and are supported
through various Shire Initiatives. Effective control is
compounded as people’s perceptions of what an
See Section
11.9.2 Targeted
Weed Control and
Update the Weed
Control Strategy
page 86
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