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ASSESSING THE VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NSW TRAVELLING STOCK RESERVE • Provide comment/feedback on project plan • Advise on communication and consultation • Identify future management options and structures • Provide comment/feedback/input to decision matrix and assessment criteria 2.3 Identification and validation of TSRs The Crown Account spatial layer was used to select TSRs within the project boundary. TSRs were defined as being ALL reserves held in Trust by the Rural Lands Protection Board and any reserves for the Purpose of Travelling Stock held by other agencies (generally LPMA). A full schedule of TSRs within the project boundary is shown in Appendix A. The LPMA (Lands) undertook a basic status check of each parcel to ensure that it was Crown land and currently reserved as a TSR. The validation of status comprised a search of: 1. The Certificate of Title 2. The Parish Map – showing map notations prior to digitised records (pre 2007) 3. The LPMA (Lands) Cadastral Records Viewer (for map notations post 2007) 4. The LPMA (Lands) Crown Lands Information Database The details and status of any Land Claim lodged over the reserve was also noted. All reserves were identified and assigned a name corresponding to that found in “The long paddock: a directory of travelling stock routes and reserves in NSW” (RLPB 2001). This directory was used as the standard for naming TSRs for the project. 2.4 Delineation of Mapping Units If required the TSR was divided into separate zones, called mapping units, for assessment. The mapping units were based primarily on characteristics of topography, vegetation and land use, from interpretation of imagery, remote sensing, other data/maps or field survey. Each mapping unit is generally subject to uniform land management recommendations and as such can be regarded as a management zone. If a reserve has similar vegetation, landform, land use and/or land capability throughout, then it would have only one mapping unit present. 2.5 Data Gathering As the assessment methodology is based primarily on a desktop assessment the importance of quality land attribute data and aerial imagery cannot be understated. Spatial information together with administrative support systems and survey data from related studies were combined to provide details on each site. In addition to recent (less than 10 years old) high resolution imagery the key data sources included: Ecological values • Vegetation maps and surveys • Flora and Fauna records including threatened species • National Parks and Wilderness areas • Key habitats, corridors and landscape values REPORT ON METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS AUGUST 2009 Page 17 of 88
ASSESSING THE VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NSW TRAVELLING STOCK RESERVE Catchment Values & topographic features • Watercourses, wetlands and groundwater – including prescribed streams and SEPP 14 wetlands • Soils mapping, including erosion hazard and presence of acid sulphate soils • Contours, slope and State Protected Lands mapping • Rural Land Capability mapping • Contaminated lands Heritage • Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS)* • Local, State and Federal Heritage registers • Community consultation Infrastructure *NOTE: It is acknowledged that AHIMS is an incomplete account of sites of indigenous significance. The central west based component of this trial involved liaison with an aboriginal community at Molong who had expressed interest in TSRs in terms of cultural significance and places of significance. Where these interests exist, the process advocated here will consider them in a structured way as part of formal assessment of values and future management. Management partnerships will be considered where aboriginal interests are well acknowledged. • Towns • Roads • Railways • Utilities, such as power, gas and water supply Administrative information • Cadastral information and status of Crown land, including tenures, Land Claims, expressions of interest • LEP zoning & relevant SEPPs • Management boundaries – Local Government Area, Interim Biogeographical Regionalisation Area/Subregion, Livestock Health and Pest Authority, National Parks and State Forests, Commonwealth Land • Walking tracks and trails, e.g. Bicentennial Trail A list showing the spatial datasets used in the project is located in Appendix J. 2.6 Field assessment Field inspections were undertaken to ground truth individual assessments and to validate the desktop assessment methodology. Due to resource constraints it was necessary to prioritise reserves for field assessment based on the following: • Lack of quality data or inconsistency in data (such as vegetation mapping), especially if the absence of the additional information may result in a different management outcome • Where TSRs may contain native grassland communities REPORT ON METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS AUGUST 2009 Page 18 of 88
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