VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN for Bidjigal Reserve - Land

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Vegetation Management Plan - Bidjigal ReserveGOVERNMENTLEVELRELEVANT POLICY /LEGISLATIONNoxious Weeds Act 1993Rural Fires Act 1997 /Amendment Act 2002State Environmental Planning PolicyNo. 44 – Koala Habitat ProtectionState Environmental Planning PolicyRELEVANCE TO MANAGEMENT IN BIDJIGAL RESERVEfox, Eastern Bentwing-bat and Powerful OwlThe Act (as Amended 2006) aims to streamlineadministration and improve the implementation ofnoxious weed control. It has a strong emphasis on urbanand environmental weeds. The NW Act allows for thedeclaration of noxious plants in five (5) classes – thesebeing grouped according to the control actions required(see Appendix 7).Where noxious plants (as identified by the Act) arepresent on private land, the landholder has a legalresponsibility to control them and to prevent theirspread to adjoining land.Similarly, noxious plants occurring on public land mustalso be controlled, with local and State governments alsorequired to comply with the Act.10 noxious weeds were recorded in Bidjigal Reserveduring the current survey. Of these, three (3) are Weedsof National Significance (‘WONS’) – Lantana, Blackberry,and Bridal Creeper.Section 50 of the Act requires a Bushfire RiskManagement Committee (BRMC) to develop a firemanagement plan for the district in which it isconstituted. Section 52 of the Act requires that thesebush fire management plans must include a plan ofoperations and a bush fire risk management plan.The local BRMC has prepared a Bushfire Risk AssessmentMap for its area of operations. Bushland in the Reserve amapped in BHSC Bushfire Prone Land Map Sheet 04(11/7/2004) as Bushfire Prone Land Category 1.Where residential development occurs within Category 1or 2 lands (as mapped), including their buffers,landowners (including developers) must comply with theguidelines set out in Planning for Bushfire Protection(NSW Rural Fire Service, 2001).Section 63 of the Act requires owners, occupiers, orpublic authorities managing lands, to take practicablesteps to prevent the occurrence of bushfires, and tominimise the danger of the spread of bushfires. TheTrust is the body responsible for the management of thebushfire hazard in the Reserve.Baulkham Hills Shire is not listed under Schedule 1 of theSEPP. Therefore, SEPP 44 does not apply to land withinthe Shire.SEPP-19 aims to protect and preserve bushland withinUBM Ecological Consultants Pty Ltd 10
Vegetation Management Plan - Bidjigal ReserveGOVERNMENTLEVELCommonwealthRELEVANT POLICY /LEGISLATIONNo 19 – Bushland in Urban AreaEnvironment Protection andBiodiversity Conservation Act 1999RELEVANCE TO MANAGEMENT IN BIDJIGAL RESERVEthe Sydney Metropolitan area, and in other areas of theState that nominate for the inclusion under the terms ofthe Policy.The Policy only protects bushland on land zoned orreserved for public open space (i.e. community land).Most Council-managed reserves are so classified.As Community Land/Natural Area (Bushland), the aims,objectives and requirements of SEPP-19 apply to thenative bushland in Bidjigal Reserve.Clause 9 of the Policy also requires Council to becognisant of the aims of SEPP-19 when consideringdevelopment on adjoining land.The EPBC Act includes mechanisms for the protectionand recovery of ecological communities and speciesthreatened with extinction.There are no threatened flora species, populations orecological communities listed under the EPBC Act knownfor Bidjigal Reserve.The Grey-headed Flying-fox is the only fauna speciesfound in the Reserve which is listed under the EPBC Act.UBM Ecological Consultants Pty Ltd 11
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Parks & Landscape ServicesBushland
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1. IntroductionThese guidelines hav
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