Conservation Plan Hughes Creek Landscape Zone - Strathbogie ...

10.0 MONITORING
Monitoring is a fundamental component of all management activities and an important tool, which can
be used to enhance the knowledge of biodiversity assets and manage for their on-going protection
(Robinson in prep.). The following table (Table 4) provides a basis for monitoring in Hughes Creek
Landscape Zone. Where possible, this information will feed in to the various Goulburn Broken
Catchment monitoring programs. It identifies a general monitoring outline, including actions that may
be conducted to determine progress towards achieving catchment biodiversity targets. It identifies the
key biodiversity asset, key indicators for monitoring and the suggested frequency/intensity of
monitoring.
It is important to note that many of the monitoring activities listed below are already taking place,
through a variety of mechanisms (eg. collection of data via local/catchment and Statewide databases
and processes). Where existing mechanisms are already in place, they will continue to be used.
However, there are other monitoring activities that are needed, to provide useful information and allow
for accuracy assessment of the Catchments progress, towards meeting the Biodiversity Resource
A wide variety of monitoring actions are listed below. However this does not result in a binding
commitment of those organisations (eg. time or funding), to undertake all of the monitoring. Rather,
this table is intended to be a source of ideas for agency staff and community groups (eg. community
groups may be interested in conducting future surveys). Interested persons can contact the Goulburn
Broken Catchment Management Authority, Yea, or the Department of Primary Industries and
Department of Sustainability and Environment Offices, Alexandra, to discuss ideas and to ensure a
coordinated approach (refer to Section 10.0 for contact information).
Whilst Table 4 outlines monitoring actions, evaluation of the BAP process also needs to occur, to
evaluate the effectiveness of the BAP process (eg. in engaging people and prioritising works). An
evaluation plan is therefore being developed to provide an overarching evaluation process for BAP in
the Goulburn Broken Catchment.
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