13.2 The Wallis Lake Estuary Management Committee - Great Lakes ...

Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan
6 Monitor and review process
The WLEMIC will be responsible for directing the monitor and review process. This process will assess the
performance of the WLEMP and ensure it is continually updated and improved. Table 6.1 proposes an integrated
monitoring and assessment program showing the relationships between recommended actions, performance
indicators to be monitored, data interpretation methodology, and targets for actions where baseline data is
available.
Upon formal adoption of the plan, the WLEMIC will be required to develop and fully cost a more thorough
and detailed monitoring and review program consistent with NHT/CMA reporting protocols clearly defining
estuary and management targets and, where possible, providing a cost-benefit analysis for each action.
This may result in the designated priority of actions being reassessed to incorporate their cost
effectiveness.
A standardised reporting format should be utilised on an annual basis to briefly evaluate the progress of the plan
and the efficiency and effectiveness of management actions implemented over each annual reporting period. The
results of the monitoring program should become part of routine SoE reporting and also reported to the wider
community via local media, GLC’s web page and community newsletters.
Every 5 years a formal review of the WLEMP should identify any new issues and conflicts concerning the Wallis
Lake estuary and ensure their incorporation into a revised plan. A program for the following 5 years should be
developed by designating priority to any new actions and reassigning priority to the remaining actions. Commitment
by the signatories to the SOJI should also be renewed and should include any new signatories where necessary.
The review process should assess the progress of implementation, expenditure and performance indicators of the
WLEMP. Where possible, a cost-benefit analysis of implemented actions should be conducted during the review to
reflect their cost effectiveness and their contribution to achieving estuary management targets. The development of
catchment/estuary functional models configured for the Wallis Lake estuary would greatly assist in the review
process by guiding future planning/development activities and would also allow for optimisation assessment of
management actions.
The revised WLEMP should recognise any decision support tools for management of the Wallis Lake estuary that
may not have been available at the time of the initial plan development.
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