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Recovery Team Annual Report RECOVERY TEAM ANNUAL REPORT THREATENED SPECIES AND/OR COMMUNITIES RECOVERY TEAM PROGRAM INFORMATION Recovery Team Great Southern District Threatened Flora and Communities Reporting Period DATE FROM: 1/01/2012 DATE TO: 31/12/2012 Submission date 31 March Current membership Member Representing Peter Lacey DEC Great Southern District, Narrogin Chair Kris Brooks/Marie Edgley DEC Great Southern District, Narrogin Exec Officer Brett Beecham DEC Wheatbelt Region Members Greg Durell DEC Great Southern District, Narrogin Andrew Brown DEC Species and Communities Branch Anne Rick Lakes District Rare Flora Group, Landholder Jill Richardson NRM Groups – Katanning Landcare Zone, Blackwood Basin Group Val Crowley Volunteer/Community Groups Judy Williams Volunteer/Community Groups Anne Cochrane DEC Science Division, Flora Conservation and Herbarium Program Bob Dixon Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority Wendy Chow DEC Species and Communities Branch Julian Murphy Local Government Authorities 12/10/2012 Dates meetings were held Highlights of achievements for the • Recovery Team members and executive officer’s discovered an previous 12 months suitable for additional three populations of threatened flora and two publication in WATSNU and populations of priority flora during 2012. contribution to DEC annual report. • Threats of grazing and habitat destruction by rabbits continue to Provide 1-2 paragraphs summarising be managed at 31 DRF sites. total number of new populations • Research into the fire response of DRF species continues with located, surveys completed, list fire being introduced at two sites and pre and post fire monitoring major management actions etc being conducted for Acacia insolita subsp. recurva. • The Executive Officer’s continue to improve monitoring techniques, with quadrats being installed at one additional population to capture population dynamics and recruitment. • A new project commenced in the Great Southern District in 2012 that will be funded by Caring for our Country and implemented by Kris Brooks. The research project aims to determine the level of critical habitat senescence at 28 threatened flora populations and develop tools to identify and prioritise senescent populations that would benefit from the introduction of fire for recruitment and critical habitat recovery. • A morphological study of the Banksia mucronulata subspecies was completed and a paper has been published in Nuytsia. • The Executive Officer’s reviewed seven IRPs. Three of these have been endorsed by the Recovery Team. List of recovery actions coordinated by Recovery Team Detail under the headings below the recovery actions undertaken during the reporting period. Provide separate detail for each species/community against each action. For species/community-specific recovery teams, the generic activity types below can be replaced by the specific recovery actions from the recovery plan where appropriate. Monitoring and survey of existing and Monitored 24 populations: new populations/ occurrences, targeted Hemigenia ramosissima 2 populations surveys, critical habitat mapped etc. Acacia gemina 1 population (new) Acacia oncinophylla subsp. oncinophylla 1 population (new) Grevillea scapigera 3 populations Banksia cuneata 1 population Hakea aculeata 1 population Calectasia pignattiana 9 populations (3 new) Gastrolobiujm lehmanii 1 population Eremophila verticillata 1 population Acacia brachypoda 4 populations Threat amelioration eg weed Controlled rabbits at 31 sites to ameliorate the threats of grazing and control/mapping, fencing/ repairs, fire habitat destruction for the following species: management Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus disease management, feral/ introduced Banksia cuneata animal control, installation of roadside Banksia ionthocarpa subsp. chrysophoenix markers Banksia oligantha Calectasia pignattiana Conostylis drummondii Conostylis setigera subsp. dasys Eremophila subteretifolia Gastrolobium lehmanii Lechenaultia laricina Tribonanthes purpurea Verticordia fimbrilepis subsp. fimbrilepis Replaced/repositioned rare flora markers as required Conservation and research e.g. Introduced fire to manage biodiversity at Tutanning NR (Boronia capitata fire research, translocation, ex-situ subsp. capitata) and East Yornaning NR (Acacia insolita subsp. recurva). conservation, Planned for future fire management at Dragon Rocks NR (Grevillea revegetation/rehabilitation etc involucrata), Highbury Block, Dryandra Woodland (Calectasia pignattiana) and Pallarup NR (Eremophila subteretifolia). Carried out threatened flora habitat senescence monitoring as part of a research project implemented in the Great Southern District by Kris Brooks which aims to determine the level of senescence in critical habitat for 28 threatened flora species. Collected seed from Banksia oligantha Population 3 Implemented recruitment monitoring at one population of Tetratheca aphylla subsp. megacarpa Continued to implement an adaptive management project to investigate the effect of disturbance regimes and rabbit grazing on survival and recruitment of Gastrolobium lehmannii. Data collected on Acacia insolita ssp recurva seed production and population dynamics in the late 1990’s was analysed and a paper is in preparation (RT: Anne Cochrane, Leonie Monks, Kris Brooks). A taxonomic study of the Adenanthos pungens subspecies was undertaken and a paper is in review (RT: Andrew Brown) A morphological study of the Banksia mucronulata subspecies was undertaken and a paper has been published in Nuytsia. Liaison, education/provision of Mailed information to all Shires in the District identifying the current advice e.g. promotional material inc location of threatened flora and the purpose of DRF markers on lands newspaper/ magazine articles, liaison vested in their shire. We also offer assistance to Shires for with land managers/ owners, input to management operations that involve DRF species. impact assessment, development of Distributed fridge magnets for three threatened species Adenanthos specific management plans, velutinus and Caladenia luteola to landowners via selected Post volunteers assisting with surveys/ Offices in order to increase community awareness and locate new monitoring etc. populations. Jill Richardson and Anne Rick have continued to work with community volunteers throughout the year. Developing and maintaining the interest of the community in flora conservation. Land use/tenure changes e.g. covenants, acquisitions, changes in land use or listed purpose etc. Conservation status reviews for Gathered information (mapping, monitoring, community assistance and taxa/TECs e.g. surveys) to review the status of Trymalium monospermum, Calectasia nominations for additions, deletions or pignattiana and Eremophila subteretifolia. change in status to state threatened or priority lists; changes to EPBC list Recovery plans e.g. Endorsed the following IRP reviews: recovery plans/ IRPs drafted, Banksia mucronulata subsp. retrorsa approved, reviewed or updated Eremophila subteretifolia Eremophila verticillata Recommendations from the Banksia mucronulata subsp. mucronulata review led to this taxon being reduced to a synonymy under Banksia mucronulata which is not threatened. Reviewed the following IRPs, which are ready for comment and endorsement at the next Recovery Team meeting: Caladenia graniticola, Drakaea isolata, Goodenia integerrima and Hemigenia ramosissima Other actions completed RECOVERY TEAM ANNUAL REPORT THREATENED SPECIES AND/OR COMMUNITIES RECOVERY TEAM PROGRAM INFORMATION Recovery Team Toolibin Lake NDRC Recovery Team Reporting Period DATE FROM: 1/1/2012 DATE TO: 31/12/2012 Submission date 31 March Current membership Member Representing Greg Durell Department of Environment and Conservation Chair (DEC) Exec Officer Felicity Bunny Department of Water members Wendy Chow DEC Species and Communities Branch Trevor Lacey Department of Agriculture and Food Michael Coote DEC Wetlands Branch Michael Schultz South West Catchments Council Alan Leeson Shire of Wickepin Ross Giles Catchment landholders Keith Parnell Catchment landholders Ron Knox Catchment landholders Felicity Astbury Facey Group No meetings were held during the year. Dates meetings were held Highlights of achievements for the The process of preparing a revised recovery plan continued in previous 12 months suitable for 2012. Values were identified with stakeholders in the previous publication in WATSNU and year. A core group of DEC staff from Great Southern district contribution to DEC annual report. facilitated by Natural Resources Branch, Senior Planning Officer Provide 1-2 paragraphs summarising nutted out each step of the process. total number of new populations located, surveys completed, list Among the District staff is over forty years of experience and major management actions etc knowledge of Toolibin Lake. Elements were identified early on in the process and ground- truthing of various elements confirmed during the process. Staff completed various steps of the process as individuals and met as a group to discuss and finalise decisions before moving onto the next step. At this time a draft recovery plan with management actions is expected in 2013. List of recovery actions coordinated by Recovery Team Detail under the headings below the recovery actions undertaken during the reporting period. Provide separate detail for each species/community against each action. For species/community-specific recovery teams, the generic activity types below can be replaced by the specific recovery actions from the recovery
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