VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN for Bidjigal Reserve - Land

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Vegetation Management Plan - Bidjigal Reserve7.8 Indigenous Revegetation .................................................................................................. 1407.8.1 Site Preparation ......................................................................................................... 1407.8.2 Selection of Appropriate Flora Species ....................................................................... 1417.8.3 Seed Collection .......................................................................................................... 1427.8.4 Densities and Spatial Arrangement............................................................................. 1427.8.5 Planting Aids .............................................................................................................. 1437.8.6 Irrigation.................................................................................................................... 1447.9 Revegetation Methods...................................................................................................... 1447.9.1 Tubestock Planting..................................................................................................... 1447.9.2 Hand Sowing .............................................................................................................. 1447.9.3 Brush Layering (Brush Matting) .................................................................................. 1458 IMPLEMENTATION & REVIEW ................................................................................................ 1498.1 Policy & Performance ....................................................................................................... 1498.2 Review.............................................................................................................................. 1498.3 Works Program................................................................................................................. 1498.3.1 Licences and Permits Required................................................................................... 1498.3.2 Implementation and Timing of Works ........................................................................ 1508.3.3 Site Maintenance ....................................................................................................... 1508.4 Labour and Resources....................................................................................................... 1518.4.1 Contractors ................................................................................................................ 1518.4.2 Bushcare Volunteers .................................................................................................. 1518.4.3 On-Site Supervision/Project Management.................................................................. 1518.5 Monitoring and Assessment.............................................................................................. 1528.6 Performance Indicators..................................................................................................... 1528.7 Indicative Timetable for Bushland Management ............................................................... 1549 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... 15810 APPENDICES .......................................................................................................................... 162List of FiguresFigure 1.1: Regional Positioning of Bidjigal Reserve ........................................................................... 3Figure 1.2: Site Details....................................................................................................................... 6Figure 2.1: Soil Landscape Groupings (DLWC) .................................................................................. 18Figure 3.1: Diagrammatic representation of Sections, Management Zones and Management Units forBidjigal Reserve ............................................................................................................................... 30Figure 3.2: Study Area showing Different Sections and their Respective Management Zones........... 31UBM Ecological Consultants Pty Ltdix
Vegetation Management Plan - Bidjigal ReserveFigure 3.3: Survey Effort and Location (UBM 2008) .............................................................................36Figure 4.1: Vegetation Mapping (Tozer et al. 2006) .............................................................................50Figure 4.2: Vegetation Mapping (UBM 2008).......................................................................................51Figure 4.3: Fauna Habitat Mapping ......................................................................................................59Figure 4.4: Location of Threatened Flora and Fauna within Bidjigal Reserve ......................................65Figure 4.5: Wildlife Corridors and Connectivity at a Regional Scale.....................................................67Figure 4.6: Bushland Condition Overview Map for Bidjigal Reserve ....................................................71Figure 4.7: Priority Ranking Map for Bidjigal Reserve ..........................................................................75Figure 5.1: Location of Management Zones and Units within the Northern Section...........................77Figure 5.2: Location of Management Zones and Units within the Central Section..............................87Figure 5.3: Location of Management Zones and Units in the Eastern Section.....................................98Figure 5.4: Location of Management Zones and Units within the Southern Section.........................108Figure 8.1: Indicative Timetable of Works ..........................................................................................155List of TablesTable 1.1: Priority Ranking Results ........................................................................................................ iiiTable 1.1: Summary of Environmental Policies, Planning & Legislative Requirements .........................8Table 2.1: Site Definition for Bidjigal Reserve.......................................................................................13Table 2.2: Summary of the Services, Infrastructure and Facilities for the Study Area.........................14Table 2.3: Geophysical Setting of the Subject Site ...............................................................................16Table 3.1: Location of Management Sections, Zones and Units within Bidjigal Reserve .....................28Table 3.2: Criteria for Priority Ranking of Sites for Bushland Regeneration & Associated Works .......39Table 3.3: Score & Weightings of Criteria used to Determine Priority Ranking for Management Units..............................................................................................................................................................43Table 4.1: Comparison of Different Vegetation Community Names....................................................45Table 4.2: Results of Analysis of Survey Plot Data (data source DECC 2008 & UBM 2008)..................47Table 4.3: Table of Locations for Threatened Species ..........................................................................52Table 4.4: Threats and Recovery Strategies for the Powerful Owl known to Occur within BidjigalReserve, Baulkham Hills LGA (Sourced from DECC 2008b)...................................................................61Table 4.5: Threats and Recovery Strategies for the Eastern Bentwing-bat known to Occur withinBidjigal Reserve, Baulkham Hills LGA (Sourced from DECC 2008b)......................................................62Table 4.6: Threats and Recovery Strategies for the Grey-headed Flying-fox known to Occur withinBidjigal Reserve, Baulkham Hills LGA (Sourced from DECC 2008b)......................................................63Table 4.7: Priority Ranking Results .......................................................................................................73Table 5.1: Summary of Northern Section Landscape & Ecology ..........................................................76Table 5.2: Significant Weeds in Management Unit 2: Candlebush Cres. Urban-Bushland Interface ..78Table 5.3: Significant Weeds in Management Unit 3: Excelsior Creek Riparian & Trail to TheHermitage Access..................................................................................................................................79Table 5.4: Significant Weeds occurring in Management Unit 4: Trail to Candlebush Crescent ...........79Table 5.5: Significant Weeds in Management Unit 5: Coachwood Creek Riparian..............................79Table 5.6: Significant Weeds in Management Unit 6: Grangewood Place Urban-Bushland Interface.80Table 5.7: Significant Weeds in Management Unit 2: Eric Mobbs Reserve Urban-Bushland Interface..............................................................................................................................................................82UBM Ecological Consultants Pty Ltdx
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Hibbertia superans (a low spreading
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Parks & Landscape ServicesBushland
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1. IntroductionThese guidelines hav
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Appendix B. Mapping ExampleKMC Bush
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