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Executive Summary Bulwinkel Park and Surrounding Reserves Alstonville Vegetation Restoration Plan Acknowledgements This plan has been prepared for Ballina Shire Council by EnviTE Environment to guide vegetation restoration work at Bulwinkel Park, Alstonville. Photos: Dan Cox EnviTE Environment First Floor, 56 Carrington St, LISMORE NSW 2480 PO Box 1124, LISMORE NSW 2480 Ph: 02 6621 9588 Fax: 02 6622 2518 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.envite.org.au Map Preparation: Dan Cox Report Preparation & Editing: Dan Cox & Georgina Jones 2015 EnviTE Environment i Bulwinkel Park and Surrounding Reserves Alstonville Vegetation Restoration Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................. 6 2 SITE ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 LOCALITY INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 7 2.2 WEEDS .................................................................................................................................. 9 2.3 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES (THREATS) ............................................................................. 10 2.4 CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE - THREATENED SPECIES AND COMMUNITIES .......................................... 10 3 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY & ACTIONS .................................................................................. 12 3.1 RESTORATION APPROACH ........................................................................................................ 12 3.2 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT WORK PLAN ................................................................................... 12 3.2.1 ZONE 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.2 ZONE 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.3 ZONE 3 ........................................................................................................................................ 17 3.2.4 ZONE 4: ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.2.5 ZONE 5: ....................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.6 ZONE 6 ........................................................................................................................................ 19 3.2.7 ZONE 7 ........................................................................................................................................ 21 3.2.8 ZONE 8 ........................................................................................................................................ 21 3.2.9 ZONE 9 ........................................................................................................................................ 22 3.2.10 ZONE 10 ................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2.11 ZONE 11 ................................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.12 ZONE 12 ................................................................................................................................... 24 3.3 MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ......................................................................................................... 26 4 LEGISLATION ........................................................................................................................ 31 4.1 THREATENED SPECIES ............................................................................................................. 31 4.2 CHEMICAL USE ...................................................................................................................... 31 4.3 BUSH REGENERATION CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................... 31 4.4 VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 32 5 MONITORING & EVALUATION ............................................................................................... 33 5.1 RECORDING FIELD DATA USING PHOTOPOINTS ............................................................................... 33 5.2 MONITORING BUSH REGENERATION ACTIVITIES ............................................................................. 33 6 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 34 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 34 APPENDIX 1: NATIVE PLANT LIST .................................................................................................... 35 EnviTE Environment iii Bulwinkel Park and Surrounding Reserves Alstonville Vegetation Restoration Plan APPENDIX 2: WEED PROFILES ........................................................................................................ 37 WWW.PLANTNET.RBGSYD.NSW.GOV.AUAPPENDIX 3: WEED CONTROL TECHNIQUES ................................... 43 APPENDIX 4: WEED CONTROL METHODS .......................................................................................... 47 APPENDIX 5: RECOMMENDED SPECIES FOR PLANTING .......................................................................... 51 APPENDIX 6: DAILY RECORD SHEET ................................................................................................. 53 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: BULWINKEL PARK LOCATION BALLINA LGA ........................................................................................................ 8 FIGURE 2: BULWINKEL PARK AND SURROUNDS WORK ZONES .......................................................................................... 13 FIGURE 3: BULWINKEL AND SURROUNDS NORTHERN ZONES .............................................................................................. 14 FIGURE 4: BULWINKEL PARK AND SURROUNDS SOUTHERN ZONES ...................................................................................... 20 LIST OF PLATES PLATE 1: KEN DUNSTAN PLAQUE PLATE 2: BULWINKEL PARK SIGNAGE ....................................... 15 PLATE 3: (LEFT) LARGE-LEAVED PRIVET SEEDLINGS AMONGST NATIVE BASKET GRASS ............................................................ 15 PLATE 4: (RIGHT) TIBOUCHINA MEMORIAL TREE .............................................................................................................. 15 PLATE 5: MAGUIRES CREEK RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF ZONE 2 (RIGHT) WITH CAMPHOR LAUREL DOMINATING THE CANOPY. ... 16 PLATE 6: MATURE CAMPHOR LAUREL IN THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF THE ZONE WITH SCATTERED EXOTICS IN THE LOWER STRATA. 16 PLATE 7: NORTH-EASTERN EDGE OF ZONE 2 WITH LARGE CAMPHOR IN THE CANOPY. OCHNA, NIGHT BLOOMING CESTRUM AND LARGE-LEAVED PRIVET OCCUR IN THE LOWER STRATA. .............................................................................................. 17 PLATE 8: ZONE 3 LOOKING NORTH EAST TOWARDS THE WEIR ............................................................................................ 17 PLATE 9: LOOKING ACROSS THE WEIR FROM ZONE 2 TO ZONE 4. ........................................................................................ 18 PLATE 10 (LEFT): CATS CLAW CREEPER CLIMBING NATIVE TREES ON EASTERN EDGE. .............................................................. 18 PLATE 11 (RIGHT): GOOD NATIVE DIVERSITY IN WESTERN EDGE OF ZONE 4. .......................................................................... 18 PLATE 12. EXAMPLES OF SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL WEEDS IN ZONE 6 RIPARIAN VEGETATION. ................................................. 19 PLATE 13. ZONE 7 PLANTING (LEFT), RIPARIAN VEGETATION (CENTRE) AND AGRICULTURAL GRASSES (RIGHT) .............................. 21 PLATE 14. (LEFT) MADEIRA VINE AND EXOTIC GRASSES LOCATED IN THE STORM WATER DRAIN. (RIGHT) LARGE-LEAVED PRIVET AND OCHNA LOCATED UNDER NATIVE CANOPY IN SMALL REMNANT BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND RETIREMENT VILLAGE. .............. 22 PLATE 15. EXTENSIVE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL WEEDS IN ZONE 10. CAMPHOR DOMINATED CANOPY (LEFT), LANTANA PATCH (RIGHT) . ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 PLATE 16. SOUTHERN EDGE OF ZONE 11 REMNANT VEGETATION WITH MOWN AREA IN BACKGROUND. ...................................... 23 PLATE 17: NORTH WESTERN EDGE OF ZONE 12 WITH PLANTED EUCALYPTS, RAINFOREST AND EXOTICS. ..................................... 24 PLATE 18. EXTENSIVE INFESTATION OF SYNGONIUM GROWING OVER NATIVE VEGETATION (LEFT). LARGE REMNANT INDIVIDUAL OF HARD QUANDONG (RIGHT). ............................................................................................................................... 25 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES FOR RESTORATION OF VEGETATION COMMUNITIES AT BULWINKEL PARK ............................. 6 TABLE
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