State of the Environment Report for the City of Blue Mountains

Increasing our understanding
Selected time series data (trends) for our biodiversity resources
Pressures on our biodiversity resources
What are we monitoring 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006
Number of declared noxious weeds which
occur in the City of Blue Mountains
30 – – – 30 – 36
Amount of public land subject to
mechanical fuel reduction works metres 2 – – 235,600 285,345 286,500 314,299 299,650
The State of our biodiversity resources
What are we monitoring 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006
Number of threatened ecological
communities
2 3 4 4 4 – 6
Number of threatened plant and
animal species 55 67 67 67 70 – 69
Responses in looking after our biodiversity resources
What are we monitoring 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006
Number of Landcare and Bushcare groups 35 42 46 46 52 52 61
Total Bushcare volunteer hours 5,040 6,000 7,000 7,100 7,200 6,517 7,437
Council’s Environmental Weeds Team
(Bush Regeneration Team) – total area
– – – 15,629 30,384 21,553 18,999
weeds removed metres 2
Number of noxious weeds notices issued
(private property) 440 755 831 1,355 1,454 1,818 2,260
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2005–2006 Supplementary State of the Environment Report for the City of Blue Mountains