EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE RESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES (Referred from Planning and Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 - Item 5.1) · Attachment 1 EBFRMP 2023 Draft Final

Reserve and general community information
Information about the values of naturally vegetated foreshores and the EBFRs may help the
general community further appreciate the importance of natural foreshores for recreation,
conserving urban biodiversity and for helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change.


Dogs
Improving communication and community understanding about where unleashed or leashed dogs
can go on the beach, the important of keeping limited areas dog and off leash dog free, and how
dog owners can help protect turtles and the environment is an important priority. Clearer, more
prominent, and more attractive signage about dogs is important, including more information
available for short term accommodation visitors and residents online and elsewhere.

Dogs and cats in dunes
Dogs in dunes can cause erosion on steep slopes and fragile front dunes and scare or attack
wildlife. Their droppings can discourage wildlife, spread disease and make working in the dunes
very unpleasant for our bush regenerators and Bushcare volunteers. Cats can scare and attack
wildlife and their droppings introduce and spread deadly diseases like toxoplasmosis to wildlife.


EBFRMP Management Activities
The following actions are identified for implementation:
Prioritisation:
• Immediate: < 1 year
• Medium:1 year – 3 years
• Long: 3 years – 5 years
• Continuing: Commenced and ongoing.

 Action                                                     Responsibility       Priority
 14.1. Regularly deliver “be a good bushland neighbour”     Environmental        Immediate
 material to residential and non-residential neighbours,    Services
 long term renters, rental managers, and landscaping
 and maintenance companies.

 14.2. Provide general community information about the      Environmental        Immediate
 cultural and environmental values of dunes, native         Services
 vegetation and foreshores, and their role in managing
 climate change impacts online, on-reserve and nearby.

 14.3. Develop and resource an environmental                Environmental        Immediate
 communication materials package for online, signage,       Services
 paper-based and other formats for a range of
 stakeholders.
 14.4. Provide visitor information material about EBFR      Environmental        Medium
 recreation online, on-reserve and nearby.                  Services

 14.5. Regularly deliver foreshore reserve management       Environmental        Medium
 planning and activity updates to residential and non-      Services
 residential neighbours.




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