Tender for the Programme - South West Catchments Council

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DRAFT South West Regional NRM Strategy – Ancillary Document Comments: Refers to its recreational values for locals (highly valued); see also Spearwood Swamps; has good Reedia beds. 5.3.1.46 Lower Blackwood 2 Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Low Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Dieback and other pathogens; climate change; introduced aquatic species; weeds; feral animals; degradation of vegetation on river banks; erosion; fire management practises; salinity; bushfires; human use (4WDs; motorbikes) Comments: Refers to its biodiversity and natural values; includes a strip 5-10 km wide each side of the river. 5.3.1.47 Geographe Bay Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Low Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Pollution (nutrient run-off); climate change; introduced species (continual risk); urban development; clearing; land and fire management practises and human use Comments: Urban run-off is highest risk; risk also of major urban run-off due to summer storms. 5.3.1.48 Stirling wetlands Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Moderate Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Pollution; climate change; introduced species; weeds; feral animals; urban development; drainage; salinity; erosion; human use; water management and land management practises (many linked to private ownership) Comments: Little knowledge of values, so need for surveys; multiple owners makes management complicated; reasonable water supply; very heavily grassed at boundaries; less diversity than Vasse- Wonnerup. 5.3.1.49 Vasse-Wonnerup wetlands Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: High Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Pollution (nutrients from farming, industry and sewerage); climate change; water extraction; introduced species; weeds; feral animals; urban development; clearing; degradation of vegetation on banks; land management practises; erosion; fire management practises; salinity; bushfires; human use and water level management through floodgates Comments: Water level is dropping and greatly impacted by lack of flow of water through the system; peppermint decline; State/local laws reduce development threat; as seawater doesn’t come in any more; 94
DRAFT South West Regional NRM Strategy – Ancillary Document so the salt-tolerant vegetation has disappeared and is replaced with species that require fresher water over an 80-year period – if open again, will kill off the latter and should return to original, natural state; bird numbers high though some species decreasing; of international significance; environment is degrading. 5.3.1.50 Beach and dune ecosystem Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Moderate Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Climate change; weeds; urban development (Holy Mile); clearing; land management practises (particularly measures to stabilise coast with breakwaters causing sedimentation up-current and erosion down-current; erosion and human use Comments: Social and recreational values important; buffer against sea level rise. 5.3.1.51 Wonnerup-Tutunup Railway Reserve Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Moderate Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Dieback and other pathogens; climate change; water extraction; introduced species; weeds; feral animals; land management practises; bushfires; human use and fire management practises Comments: Full of rare and endangered plants; one of only two corridors across the Swan Coastal Plain south of Perth; all fenced off; in spite of 100+ years of continuous burning off annually, STILL important flora. 5.3.1.52 Engaewa habitat Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Moderate Asset identifiable: Partially SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Pollution; climate change; water extraction; weeds; urban development; clearing; land management practises and fire management practises Comments: Lack of knowledge about species distribution and biology. 5.3.1.53 Remnant vegetation on Whicher Range 1 Asset value: Exceptional Threat score: Moderate Asset identifiable: Yes SMART goal for actions: xx Will proposed action make real difference: xx Likely private intervention if required: xx Likely public intervention if required: xx Identified threats: Dieback and other pathogens; climate change; water extraction; weeds; feral animals; urban development; degradation of vegetation on river banks; land management practises; erosion and fire management practises and bushfires Comments: Refers to private land only; biodiversity values (cockatoo nesting sites). 95
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