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Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan The WLEMC that has supervised the development of the WLEMP will be re-elected and become the Wallis Lake Estuary Management Implementation Committee (WLEMIC). It may be necessary to recruit representatives from new stakeholder groups to the committee eg. to represent the Hunter/Central Rivers CMA. The WLEMIC will be responsible for guiding the implementation of management actions. It is recommended that an investment strategy is developed upon formal adoption of the WLEMP for actions requiring ongoing annual funding, and a detailed implementation program is developed for each financial year in consultation with the relevant government bodies. Funding should be sought to employ a project coordinator to oversee the implementation of the plan. This person would be based at Great Lakes Council in the Natural Systems and Estuaries branch and would be responsible for liaisons between stakeholders and data acquisition and management for performance assessments of the recommended strategies. This will ensure coordinated action in implementing the plan by all levels of government and the community. 5.2 Order of implementation The priority rank designated to each action determines the approximate timeframe in which the actions are to be implemented (see section 3.2). However, some of the actions represent a stepwise progression towards achieving an overall outcome and therefore the order in which they are implemented is important. The following diagrams illustrate the order in which these actions must be implemented. W.2.2 U.3.1 M.7.1 Continue to provide incentive Ensure ongoing commitment to Encourage sustainable stock schemes to protect and enhance MOU restricting waterskiing and management practices in riparian vegetation power boat activities on the Wallamba River riparian zones It is important that a coordinated effort be made to implement actions W.2.2, U.3.1 and M.7.1 in concert. This is because landholders are reluctant to fence if waterskiing and power boat activities continue to exacerbate erosion, resulting in the fences having to be moved back from the shoreline in the near future. Sustainable stock management practices will need to be adopted to ensure riparian vegetation is free from trampling and grazing by stock. E.1.1 E.7.1 W.6.1 Develop Wallis Lake wetland Develop Shorebird assessment Establish baseline water management strategy and marine values data quality conditions compilation program M.1.1 Management plan for the foreshores, estuarine islands and coastal beaches The results of actions E.1.1, E.7.1 and W.6.1 will strongly influence the foreshore management plan for the Wallis Lake foreshores, estuarine islands and coastal beaches (action M.1.1). 94
Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan E.2.1 Identify ‘proceed with care’ zones in areas of shallow seagrass beds E.2.2 Communicate ‘proceed with care’ zones via signage at boat ramps and pamphlets E.2.3 Consider deploying demarcation buoys at ‘proceed with care’ zones U.1.1 Develop and implement a Wallis Lake boating plan of management The ‘proceed with care’ zones (actions E.2.1-3) will contribute to the development of the Wallis Lake boating plan of management (action U.1.1). E.3.2 Assess impacts of sediment from stormwater and run-off on seagrass W.1.4 Assess recently constructed SQIDs and the need for any new SQIDs If nearby stormwater drains (action E.3.2) are shown to be compromising the health of seagrass beds, then these areas should be considered when assessing the need for any new SQIDs (action W.1.4). M.3.1 M.3.2 M.8.1 Identify and prioritise bank protection Conduct repairs on retaining walls and Repair foreshore paths that in need of repair and identify areas construct new bank protection structures have slumped as a result of in need of further protection where necessary undercutting bank erosion Bank protection structures should be identified (M.3.1) and repaired (M.3.2) prior to any repairs to footpaths that have slumped as a result of undercutting bank erosion (M.8.1). 95
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