2019-06-11 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 2 - Environment Strategy Implementation Plan

Biodiversity
Activity/project                                                 Council’s role        Strategies       New initiative/    Year
                                                                                                        ongoing work
Protect and enhance existing ecosystems, vegetation networks and habitats
Undertake environmental restoration activities throughout        Provider              1.1, 1.3, 2.1,   Existing program   1,2,3
Council’s conservation reserves. Prepare Bushland                                      2.2, 4.3
Operational Assessments (BOAs) for Council reserves to
monitor the success of work.
Reduce the threat of priority biosecurity risks, such as pest    Partner, educator,    1.1, 1.3, 2.2,   Existing program   1,2,3
plants and animals, on Council land and support private          provider, regulator   4.3
landholders to do the same.
Implement rehabilitation programs of former forestry areas in     Partner, funder      1.1, 1.2, 1.3    New initiative     1,2,3
the Yurol and Ringtail State Forests, in preparation for the land
to be transferred to National Park.
Expand vegetation networks and habitat
Support private landholders to achieve environmental             Partner, enabler,     1.2              Existing program   1,2,3
outcomes on their property through an expanded Land for          educator, funder                       expanded
Wildlife and Voluntary Conservation Agreement Program.
Identify priority land parcels that enhance landscape            Planner, provider     1.1, 1.2, 2.2,   Existing program   As needed
connectivity and seek to have them managed for                                         4.1
environmental outcomes, either through direct purchase by
Council, or utilising other appropriate protective mechanisms.
Undertake an urban environmental education program to            Partner, funder       1.2, 1.3         New initiative     2,3
improve environmental outcomes for urban wildlife in strategic
locations.
Improve long-term survival for threatened species and ecological communities
Undertake detailed biodiversity assessments across different     Partner, researcher, 1.1, 1.3          New initiative     3
Broad Vegetation Groups, with a view to understanding and        funder
monitoring the health of biodiversity across the Shire.
Scope and undertake monitoring programs on populations of        Partner, researcher, 1.1, 1.3          New initiative     2,3
6-8 key representative threatened species, to mitigate against   funder
local extinctions.
Implement propagation programs that grow threatened plant        Partner, researcher, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3     New initiative     1,2
species and result in new populations at appropriate, low-risk   provider, funder
locations.
Undertake targeted wild dog control in key Koala Habitat         Partner, provider     1.1, 1.3         Existing program   1,2 existing
Areas as identified in Koala Threat Mapping.                                                            with potential     program,
                                                                                                        expansion          potential
                                                                                                                           expansion
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