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Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan Management Objective Increase awareness of the role of estuarine habitats such as mangroves, saltmarshes, seagrasses, wetlands and riparian vegetation and the link provided by groundwater C.3 Management Area A, B, C, D, E, F Action No C.3.1 C.3.2 C.3.3 Action Hold community education field days on a regular basis with talks and guided tours of local areas with significant habitat value Utilise community group newsletters and the GLC website to disseminate information on the physical features and ecological roles of estuarine habitats and groundwater Prepare an education information pack or similar on the physical features and ecological roles of estuarine habitats and distribute to residents around the estuary Indicative Cost Priority Responsibilities Progress $1,500 Medium (B5) GLC, DPI per year Staff time Medium (B5) GLC $15,000 Medium (B5) GLC Comments Educational material should identify the following attributes of mangrove, saltmarsh, seagrass, wetland and riparian vegetation habitats: • physical and structural features (eg soft versus hard substrate, vegetated versus unvegetated, sub-tidal versus inter-tidal) • ecological role and biological processes (eg recycling of nutrients, bank stabilisation, provision of juvenile habitat, source of organic matter), and • weeds versus native species. [See NSW DPI 1999 for information] In response to community concern in regards to wetland areas, information should be provided on natural mosquito control and on smell. Information should also be provided on seagrass ecology including shedding of leaves. NB: This strategy augments action 2.7 of the WLCMP to ‘develop and implement a community education program to highlight the value of wetlands’. 88
Wallis Lake Estuary Management Plan [Figure 4.18: Example of an educational diagram illustrating the ecological importance of seagrass beds as a food source and as habitat for juvenile fish (Source: NSW DPI 1999)] 89
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