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Aboriginal areas National parks Area (ha) Area (ha) Area (ha) Area (ha) Appletree 4 Abercrombie 19,000 Dunggir 2,500 Mutawintji 68,912 Finchley 4 Arakwal 185 Eurobodalla 2,627 Myall Lakes 44,200 Howe 7 Bago Bluff 4,023 Fortis Creek 7,838 Nangar 9,196 Lennox Head <1 Bald Rock 8,883 Gardens of Stone 15,010 Nattai 48,944 Mooney Mooney 8 Bangadilly 2,141 Garigal 2,203 New England 71,299 Mount Ku-ring-gai <1 Barakee 3,230 Georges River 335 NSW Jervis Bay 4,211 Murramarang 60 Barool 11,214 Ghin-Doo-Ee 3,650 Nightcap 8,080 Nambucca 2 Barrington Tops 73,884 25,346 Nowendoc 8,820 Nungumirar 122 Basket Swamp 2,820 Goobang 42,080 Nymboi-Binderay 16,870 Pindera Downs 11,433 2,830 Goonengerry 440 Nymboida 31,566 Stonewoman 2 Benambra 1,399 Goulburn River 70,323 Oxley Wild 120,394 Total 11,643 Ben Boyd 10,260 Gourock 7,873 Peery 41,680 Ben Halls Gap 2,500 Gulaga 4,673 Popran 3,970 Biamanga 13,749 Gundabooka 43,592 Ramornie 3,160 Historic sites Bimberamala 4,396 72,946 Richmond Range 15,420 Bindarri 5,321 Hat Head 7,363 Royal 15,080 Area (ha) Biriwal Bulga 4,690 Heathcote 2,251 Scheyville 920 Cadmans Cottage <1 Blue Mountains 264,848 Indwarra 940 Seven Mile Beach 898 Clybucca 459 Bongil Bongil 978 Jerrawangala 4,013 Single 2,559 Davidson Whaling Station 27 Boonoo Boonoo 4,377 Junuy Juluum 945 South East Forest 115,372 Hartley 13 Booti Booti 1,567 Kanangra-Boyd 68,661 Sturt 310,634 Hill End 134 Border Ranges 31,683 Kinchega 44,260 Harbour 393 Koonadan 22 458 Kings Plains 6,919 Tallaganda 16,727 Maroota 33 Bouddi 1,216 Kooraban 11,643 Tapin Tops 10,976 1,357 Bournda 2,563 Koreelah 5,270 8,074 Mutawintji 486 Brindabella 18,472 Kosciuszko 674,376 Thirlmere Lakes 630 Throsby Park 74 11,455 Kumbatine 13,029 Tomaree 2,318 Tweed Heads 8 Broadwater 4,204 Ku-ring-gai Chase 14,894 Tooloom 4,380 Wisemans Ferry 21 Budawang 23,787 Kwiambal 1,301 Toonumbar 14,991 Yuranighs Aboriginal Grave 2 Budderoo 7,120 Lane Cove 601 Towarri 4,787 Total 2,635 Bugong 1,022 Livingstone 1,919 Ulidarra 680 Bundjalung 20,116 Macquarie Pass 1,064 Wadbilliga 97,761 Bungawalbin 3,730 Mallanganee 1,144 Wallingat 6,557 Butterleaf 3,000 Mallee Cliffs 57,969 Warra 2,031 Capoompeta 3,900 Maria 2,335 Warrabah 3,471 Carrai 11,397 Marramarra 11,759 Warrumbungle 23,198 Cascade 3,620 Maryland 890 Washpool 60,068 Cathedral Rock 8,839 Mebbin 3,800 Watagans 7,751 Cattai 424 Meroo 3,641 Weddin Mountains 8,361 Chaelundi 10,125 Mimosa Rocks 5,779 Werakata 2,140 Clyde River 1,278 Minjary 1,462 Werrikimbe 31,488 Cocoparra 8,358 Monga 25,144 Willandra 19,386 Conimbla 7,590 Mooball 1,160 Willi Willi 29,025 Conjola 8,737 Morton 189,668 Woko 8,598 Coolah Tops 10,578 Mount Clunie 1,426 Wollemi 492,976 Coorabakh 1,840 Mount Imlay 4,822 Woomargama 23,577 Cottan-Bimbang 26,861 Mount Jerusalem 5,149 Wyrrabalong 621 Crowdy Bay 9,948 36,817 Yabbra 8,890 Cudmirrah 2,326 Mount Nothofagus 2,180 Yanununbeyan 3,488 Culgoa 22,006 Mount Pikapene 2,630 Yengo 152,229 Cunnawarra 15,751 Mount Royal 6,920 Yoorigan 1,830 Deua 117,557 2,379 Yuraygir 30,406 Dharug 14,850 Mummel Gulf 12,220 Total 4,470,010 Dooragan 1,042 Mungo 27,847 Dorrigo 11,872 Murramarang 11,977

All areas rounded to the nearest hectare 105 2001 2002 Annual report

Nature reserves Area (ha) Area (ha) Area (ha) Area (ha) Agnes Banks 107 Bungabbee 169 Fifes Knob 553 Kybeyan 432 Andrew Johnston Big Scrub 21 Bungawalbin 467 Fishermans Bend 160 Lake Innes 3,526 Arakoola 3,180 15 Five Islands 27 Lake Urana 302 Araluen 656 Burnt-Down Scrub 364 Flaggy Creek 72 Langtree 235 Avisford 2,437 Burnt School 285 Flagstaff Memorial 18 Limeburners Creek 9,224 228 270 Freemantle 361 Limpinwood 2,647 Baalijin 1,211 Burrinjuck 3,248 Gads Sugarloaf 477 Linton 640 735 Byrnes Scrub 705 Gamilaroi 114 Lion Island 8 Badja Swamps 561 Cambewarra Range 1,088 Ganay 355 Little Broughton Island 36 Bagul Waajaarr 520 Camels Hump 545 Georges Creek 1,190 Little Llangothlin 258 Ballina 721 Camerons Gorge 1,318 Gibraltar 161 Little Pimlico Island 16 Bamarang 370 Captains Creek 2,290 Girralang 640 Long Island 73 Bandicoot Island 30 Careunga 469 Good Good 20 Loughnan 385 Banyabba 15,210 Castlereagh 490 Goonawarra 437 Macquarie 12 Barrengarry 21 Cecil Hoskins 47 Goonook 930 Macquarie Marshes 18,192 Barren Grounds 2,024 Cedar Brush 190 Goorooyarroo 266 Mann River 6,594 Barton 529 Chambigne 798 Gubbata 162 Manobalai 3,759 Bees Nest 584 Chapmans Peak 72 Gulguer 359 Marshalls Creek 112 Bell Bird Creek 53 Clarence Estuary 120 Guy Fawkes River 1,534 Melville Range 843 Belowla Island 4 Clarkes Hill 2,139 Hattons Bluff 18 Meringo 49 Berkeley 8 Cockle Bay 44 Hattons Corner 4 Mernot 320 Bermaguee 818 Cocopara 4,647 Hayters Hill 8 Merriangaah 5,669 Big Bush 640 Comerong Island 660 Hexham Swamp 900 Midkin 359 Billinudgel 737 Coocumbac Island 5 Hogarth Range 853 Mills Island 61 Bimberi 10,886 Cook Island 5 Hortons Creek 330 Moffats Swamp 151 Binjura 707 Coolbaggie 1,793 Illawong 51 Monkerai 865 Binnaway 3,699 Coolongolook 198 Iluka 136 Monkeycot 1,612 Bird Island 7 Coolumbooka 1,529 Imbota 218 Montague Island 82 Black Andrew 1,559 Cooperabung Creek 325 Ingalba 4,012 Moonee Beach 336 Black Ash 89 Coornartha 1,184 Inner Pocket 236 Moon Island 1 Bluff River 1,793 Copperhannia 3,494 Ironbark 1,604 Moore Park 15 Boatharbour 24 Coramba 8 Ironmungy 713 Mororo Creek 80 Bobundara 204 Corrie Island 164 Jaaningga 975 Morrisons Lake 312 Bogandyera 8,752 Couchy Creek 218 Jagun 100 Mother Of Ducks Lagoon 97 Boginderra Hills 554 Courabyra 239 Jasper 355 Mount Clifford 306 Bolivia Hill 1,782 Coxcomb 73 Jerilderie 37 Mount Dowling 513 Bollanolla 650 Cudgen 671 Jerralong 341 Mount Hyland 2,519 Bondi Gulf 1,800 Cullendulla Creek 126 Jingellic 2,137 Mount Mackenzie 141 Boomi 156 Cumbebin Swamp 40 Joadja 832 Mount Neville 5,821 Boomi West 149 Cuumbeun 709 Jobs Mountain 702 Mount Nullum 99 Boonanghi 3,753 Dalrymple-Hay 11 John Gould 26 Mount Seaview 1,704 Boondelbah 9 Dananbilla 2,242 Julian Rocks <1 Mount Yarrowyck 170 Boorganna 390 Dangelong 1,966 Juugawaarri 2,149 Mucklewee Mountain 355 Booroolong 865 Dapper 999 Kajuligah 13,660 Mudjarn 591 Boronga 195 Darawank 575 Kangaroo River 126 Muldiva 10 Bournda 5,862 Davis Scrub 14 Karuah 2,742 Mulgoa 138 Bowraville 61 Deer Vale 181 Kattang 58 Mullengandra 150 Bretti 2,725 Demon 900 Kemendok 1,043 Mundoonen 1,359 Brigalow Park 202 Devils Glen 41 Khappinghat 3,514 Munghorn Gap 5,934 Brimbin 40 Dharawal 347 Khatambuhl 694 Munro Island 14 Broken Head 98 Downfall 496 Killabakh 2,644 Muogamarra 2,274 Broulee Island 43 Duval 240 Killarney 435 Mutawintji 6,688 Brundee Swamp 230 Eagles Claw 1 Kooragang 2,926 Muttonbird Island 8 Brunswick Heads 204 Egan Peaks 2,145 Koorawatha 961 Myalla 143 Brush Island 47 Ellerslie 1,278 Koorebang 465 Nadgee 20,671 Buddigower 327 120 Kororo 11 Narrandera 71 Bugan 1,530 Evans Crown 425 Koukandowie 1,283 Narran Lake 5,538 106 Appendix A

Nature reserves – cont Regional parks Area (ha) Area (ha) Area (ha) Area (ha) Narrawallee Creek 878 Stony Batter Creek 564 Wingen Maid 1,077 Berowra Valley 3,870 Nearie Lake 4,347 Stony Creek 80 Wingham Brush 8 Leacock 34 Nest Hill 759 Stormpetrel 8 Wogamia 277 5 Newington 48 Stotts Island 142 Woggoon 6,565 Penrith Lakes <1 Ngadang 160 Strike-a-Light 407 Wollondilly River 862 Rouse Hill 43 10,555 Susan Island 23 Wongarbon 99 Western Sydney 582 Ngulin 1,250 Tabbimoble Swamp 1,070 Woodford Island 374 William Howe 43 Nimmo 724 Tabletop 104 Woollamia 452 Wolli Creek 7 Nocoleche 74,000 Talawahl 3,150 Wooyung 87 Yellomundee 485 Nombinnie 70,000 Tallawudjah 1,247 500 Total 5,070 North Obelisk 36 Tapitallee 95 Worrigee 232 North Rock 4 Tarawi 33,573 Wullwye 155 North Solitary Island 20 The Basin 2,318 Yahoo Island 47 Karst North-West Solitary Island 4 The Castles 2,720 Yanga 1,773 conservation Numeralla 435 The Charcoal Tank 86 Yanununbeyan 40 reserves Numinbah 858 The Glen 2,750 Yaouk 2,924 Oak Creek 404 The Rock 347 Yarravel 318 Area (ha) Pambalong 35 Tilligerry 120 Yathong 107,241 Abercrombie 1,434 Parma Creek 3,486 Tinderry 14,533 Yatteyattah 19 Borenore 136 Paupong 1,838 Tingira Heights 18 Yessabah 10 Jenolan 2,422 Pee Dee 441 Tollgate Islands 12 Yina 100 Wombeyan 417 Pelican Island 40 Tollingo 3,232 Total 798,033 Total 4,409 Pilliga 80,239 Tomalla 605 Pitt Town 46 Towibakh 62 Planchonella 717 Towra Point 386 State recreation Summary as at Pucawan 274 Triplarina 158 areas 30 June 2002 Pulbah Island 69 Tuckean 919 Pulletop 145 Tucki Tucki 4 Area (ha) No. Category Area (ha) Quanda 854 Tuggolo Creek 645 Arakoon 114 11 Aboriginal areas 11,643 Queanbeyan 2 Tweed Estuary 59 Bargo 5,660 13 Historic sites 2,635 Queens Lake 991 Tyagarah 800 Barnunj 164 4 Karst conservation reserves 4,409 Quidong 750 Ukerebagh 150 Bents Basin 48 162 National parks 4,470,010 Rawdon Creek 560 Ulandra 3,931 Bungonia 3,977 363 Nature reserves 798,033 Razorback 2,595 Undoo 19 Burragorang 17,642 9 Regional parks 5,070 Red Rocks 669 Uralba 288 Cape Byron 99 22 State recreation areas 127,544 Regatta Island 102 Valla 30 Colymea 1,674 Total area *5,419,344 256 Victoria Park 18 Corramy 856 Rileys Island 46 Wadjan 92 Dharawal 5,814 *Represents 6.76% of land area of NSW. Robertson 5 Wallabadah 1,132 Garawarra 900 Rodway 83 Wallamba 1,160 1 Round Hill 13,630 Wallaroo 2,780 Glenrock 516 Running Creek 910 Wallis Island 473 1,504 Saltwater Swamp 215 Wallumatta 6 Lake Macquarie 667 Scabby Range 4,982 132 1,673 Scott 151 Wambina 54 Mullion Range 1,025 Sea Acres 76 Wambool 194 Munmorah 1,462 Seaham Swamp 11 Wanna Wanna 33 Nattai 3,383 Seal Rocks <1 Waragai Creek 186 Parr 38,121 Serpentine 723 Watsons Creek 1,260 Torrington 30,052 Severn River 4,290 Wee Jasper 631 Yerranderie 12,192 Sherwood 4,724 Weelah 38 Total 127,544 Skillion 691 Weetalibah 613 Snapper Island 13 Wiesners Swamp 103 Snows Gully 34 Willi Willi Caves 8 South-West Solitary Island 3 Wilson 27 Spectacle Island 36 Winburndale 10,048 Split Solitary Island 4 Windsor Downs 363

All areas rounded to the nearest hectare 107 2001 2002 Annual report

Declared wilderness in NSW Crown land occupied by the at 30 June 2002 NPWS under reserves or lease for Wilderness area NPWS reserve Total various management purposes at (containing declared wilderness) declared (ha)* 30 June 2002 Barrington Barrington Tops, Mt Royal NP 54,259 Locality Reserve Area (m2) Purpose Bimberi Kosciuszko NP, Bimberi and Armidale R 89685 1,256 Workshop Scabby Range NR 27,489 Armidale Sp.L.1989/4 2,753 Depot Bindery-Mann Nymboida, Gibraltar Range NP 44,235 R 230017 1,125 Residence Bogong Peaks Kosciuszko NP 27,307 Cobar R 92637 749 Staff Accommodation Brogo Wadbilliga NP 39,895 Eden (Wirriga Street) R 91136 1,145 Workshop Budawang Morton, Budawang NP, freehold (VCA) 75,839 Gol Gol R 91509 2,023 Workshop Burra Oulla Deua NP 17,776 Narooma R 95616 1,992 Workshop Byadbo Kosciuszko NP 78,018 Rylstone R 190042 2,491 Depot Ettrema Morton NP 66,739 Tibooburra R 96931 1,012 Workshop Genoa South East Forest NP 6,161 Tibooburra R 91376 2,023 Workshop Goobarragandra Kosciuszko NP 30,205 Tibooburra R 95882 1,799 Workshop/depot Grattai Mount Kaputar NP 4,180 Ulladulla R 180018 3,661 Workshop/office Grose Blue Mountains NP 37,788 Walcha R 98162 3,862 Workshop/depot Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes River NP 49,909 Jangungal Kosciuszko NP 61,746 Kanangra-Boyd Blue Mountains, Kanangra-Boyd NP, Lands acquired under the provisions of Yerranderie SRA 114,416 the National Parks and Wildlife Act Kunderang (part) Oxley Wild Rivers NP 20,692 1974, and held for management Lost World Border Ranges NP, Limpinwood NR 8,849 purposes (not reserved) at Macleay Gorges Oxley Wild Rivers NP 59,289 30 June 2002 Mutawintji Mutawintji NP 47,896 Locality Area Purpose Nadgee Nadgee NR 19,349 Boambee 4725m2 Workshop/Depot Nandewar Mount Kaputar NP 13,182 Bombala 4900m2 Workshop/Depot Nattai Nattai NP 29,040 Bourke (Short St, Anson St and Tudor St ) 3036m2 Staff accommodation New England New England NP 54,359 Broken Hill 475m2 Regional office Pilot Kosciuszko NP 76,798 Bucketty 6731m2 Workshop Rusden Mount Kaputar NP 12,637 Bulga 35.8ha Office/Depot Warrazambil Border Ranges NP 7,228 Cobar (61 Bradley St) 563m2 Staff accommodation Werrikimbe Werrikimbe NP 27,123 Dorrigo 5210m2 Workshop/depot Willi Willi Willi Willi NP 23,307 Dungog 2104m2 Depot Woila Deua Deua NP 18,007 Ebor 1700m2 Workshop/Depot Wollemi Wollemi, Blue Mountains NP 359,984 Eden 4196m2 Workshop/Depot Yowrie Wadbilliga NP 16,027 Gloucester 7245m2 Depot Total (33 declared areas) 1,578,744 Griffith 1808m2 Workshop/depot *In 2001 the NPWS adopted a standardised method of calculating and reporting on Jindabyne (Munyang and Cobbon Sts Staff Accom/Visitor wilderness statistics, using the NPWS digital mapping system. The figures quoted here and Ave) 1.0825ha centre cannot be compared with those before 2001, where data were derived from a variety of Khancoban (Gray St; 1, 5 and sources. Note that sizes in hectares are approximate values. 13 Douglas St; 1 and 3 Blackburn St; 8 Whitehead St; Scammel St; 19 Read St; and 24 Sheather St) 1.4056 ha Staff accommodation Menindee 2023m2 Staff accommodation Narooma 2665m2 Workshop/depot Nowra 646m2 Staff accommodation Nowra 7954m2 Workshop/depot Oakdale 4274m2 Depot Oberon 1701m2 Office Peak Hill 4023m2 Workshop/Depot Rylstone 2188m2 Depot Scone (Waverley St) 2023m2 Workshop/Depot Scone (Hayes St) 4529m2 Workshop/depot Talbingo (35, 44 and 55 Groves St and 21 Bowman St) 3540m2 Staff accommodation Tenterfield 2023m2 Depot Tibooburra (Sturt St) 1012m2 Staff accommodation Tibooburra 506m2 Office accommodation Tibooburra 506m2 Visitor centre Total area 46.52ha 108 Appendix A

Lands acquired Park/locality Area (ha) Park/locality Area (ha) Park/locality Area (ha) under the Coffs Hbr/Solitary Island 35 Marramarra NP 27 Towarri NP 574 provisions of the Coolah Tops NP 2,586 Maynggu Ganai 16 Towra Point NR 48 National Parks Crowdy Bay NP 271 Mimosa Rocks NP 23 Wadbilliga NP 761 and Wildlife Act Cudgen NR 52 Montague Island NR <1 Wambina NR 3 1974, pending Dangelong NR 464 Morton NP 1,217 Warrabah NP 510 reservation/ Deua NP 241 Mount Neville NR 754 Washpool NP 4,065 dedication, at Eurobodalla NP 265 Mulgoa NR 76 Watchimbark 1,264 30 June 2002 Fortis Creek NP 122 Myall Lakes NP <1 Willi Willi NP 845 Gandangara 7 Narran Lake NR 3,547 Wollemi NP 93 Park/locality Area (ha) Garawarra SRA 2 New England NP 805 Wolli Creek RP 2 Athlone 4,045 Georges River NP 2 Nombinnie NR 56,296 Woomargama NP 609 Barnunj SRA 0 Goulburn River NP 16 NSW Jervis Bay NP 22 Yaegl (Maclean) 313 Ben Boyd NP 14 Gundabooka NP 20,734 Nymboi-Binderay NP 388 Yanununbeyan NP 32 Berowra Valley RP 4 Guy Fawkes River NP 27,581 Nymboida NP 8,239 Yarringully (Bungawalbin) 285 Billinudgel NR 2 Hartley HS <1 Nymboida NP (Mann River) 446 Yengo NP 1,107 Blue Mountains NP 357 Hat Head NP(Smokey Cape) 33 Oolambeyan 21,980 Yuraygir NP 2,379 Boambee <1 Hayters Hill NR <1 Oxley Wild Rivers NP 10,529 Total 421,430 Bongil Bongil NP 348 Heathcote NP 3 Patches Beach 6 Boona 142 Hill End HS 4 Peery NP 130,829 Border Ranges NP 46 Illawarra Escarpment SRA 106 Prospect Lower Canal 55 Botany Bay NP <1 Kaaruu (Coonavitra) 29,164 Quanda NR 3,925 Lands vested in Bournda NP 13 Kemps Creek 129 Richmond Range NP 290 the Minister Brigalow Park NR 51 Kirramingly 1,297 Seven Mile Beach NP 52 administering the Brisbane Water NP 19 Kooragang NR 61 South Solitary Island NR 11 National Parks Broadwater NP 21 Koorawatha NR 98 Stockton Bight 111 and Wildlife Act Bundjalung NP 222 Kororo NR <1 Sturt NP 28,955 1974 by virtue Bungonia SRA 29 Kuma 181 Sydney Harbour NP <1 of Act 1996 Cataract 1,471 Kwiambal NP 2,085 Tamboroora 10 No 131 (Forestry Captains Creek NR 544 Kybeyan Crown Reserve 1,245 Taringa 1,339 Revocation and Chaelundi NP 3,146 Lake Innes 422 Thilta karra (Tilpilly) 24,225 National Park Claremont 202 Ledknapper 16,338 Tinderry NR 89 Reservation Act). Clybucca HS 8 Majors Creek Reserve 23 Tomaree NP 30 Total area About 452 hectares

South East Forest National Park. B Wrigley/NPWS 109 2001 2002 Appendix B Annual report Significant statutory bodies and committees

National Parks At 30 June 2002 the council consisted National Parks Central West Region and Wildlife of the following members: and Wildlife Dr Juliet Corish Advisory Council Mr Brian Gilligan Service Advisory Mr Sydney Craythorn The National Parks and Wildlife Director-General Committees Mr Borry Gartell Advisory Council was established National Parks and Wildlife Service National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Mrs Yvonne Hutton Mrs Jennifer Kenna under Section 22 of the National Parks Ms Margaret Combs Committees are constituted by the Mr Phillip Kingsley-Miller and Wildlife Act 1974. It has specific Hartley Historic Site Advisory Minister for the Environment to make Mr Kenneth Rogers functions under the Act with special Committee recommendations to the National responsibility for considering plans of Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council, Mr David Towney management for national parks, nature Ms Christine Ferguson the Director-General, or the Mrs Sue Wakefield reserves and historic sites before NSW Aboriginal Land Council appropriate regional manager on the Mr Graham Williams adoption of the plans. It is also Mr David Hodgkinson measures to improve the care, control Far South Coast required to consider any NSW Farmers’ Association and management of those national Region representations received in response parks, nature reserves, historic sites, Mrs Diana Hoffman to public exhibition of the plans. state recreation areas or regional parks Mr John Aveyard Far West Region Advisory Committee The council considers matters referred for which they are appointed. Mrs Maureen Baker to it by the Minister for the Dr Gul Izmir At 30 June 2002 there were 20 Cr Allan Brown Environment, the NPWS Director- Department of Land and Water advisory committees, with Mrs Elaine Garvey General or advisory committees, and Conservation membership as follows: Mrs Genevieve Reid Mrs Wendy Rose provides advice on various matters, Mr Roger Lembit Blue Mountains Mr Robert Ross including those relating to the care, Nature Conservation Council control and management of NPWS Region Mr David Shaw Dr Stephen Lord Mr Fergus Thomson areas. In addition to the Director- Mr Warwick Armstrong National Parks Association of NSW Mr Trevor Threlfo General, the council has up to 15 Mr Joseph Banffy Mr David Wauchope members who represent various Dr Michael Mahony Ms Luciana Bowen conservation, educational, scientific University of Newcastle Mr Roy Cameron Far West Region and natural resource management Dr Richard Major Mr Grahame Douglas Mr Robert Algate organisations with an interest in the Australian Museum Mrs Helen Drewe Mr Peter Beven management and use of NPWS- Mr Kevin Field Mrs Diana Hoffman managed areas and who are appointed Mr Ron Mathews Mrs Glenys Gilling Mr Richard Holland by the Minister. Four-Wheel Drive Association Mr Andy Macqueen Mrs Mavis Jackson Ms Jean Rice Ms Fiona Meller Mr Richard Kelly International Council on Mr Bill Shields Mrs Dorothy Kiely Monuments and Sites Mr Michael Sweeney Mr Neil McGarry Mr John Tolhurst Ms Wendy Rose Mrs Francis McKinnon Mr Ian Tucker Far South Coast Region Advisory Mrs Suzanne O’Halloran Committee Central Coast Hunter Mr Roland Smith Mr Arthur Vann Professor Robert Whelan Range Region University of Wollongong Mr Daryl Bower Hartley Historic Site Ms Narelle Howard Dr Kent Williams Mrs Margaret Combs Mr Nicholas Jacomas Commonwealth Scientific and Mr Ross Fragar Mrs Dellas Johnstone Industrial Research Organisation Mrs Marian Kinnear Mr Robert Kelly Mr John Luchetti Mr Ian Woods Mr Ian Paul Mr Gerard Martin NSW Aboriginal Land Council Mrs Helen Sharrock Mr Bob Morris Mrs Beryl Strom Mr David Peters Dr Kenneth Zimmerman 110 Appendix B

Hunter Region South Coast Region Sydney South Region Mr Leonard Anderson Region Mr William Barnetson Mrs Sheelah Boleyn Mrs Freeda Archibald Mr Jeremy Buultjens Ms Sally-Ann Gray Mr Timothy Carroll Mr David Brooker Mre Ken Cockburn Mr Mark Hurley Mrs Glenda Chalker Cr Helen Brown Ms Raylee Delaney Mrs Denise Lutui Ms Kerrie Christian Mr Michael Elfick Mr Phillip Falk Dr Kevin Mills Mr Phillip Costa Mrs Margaret Francis Mr Stephen Fletcher Mr Robert Pallin Ms Sharyn Cullis Mrs Linda Gill Ms Sandra Heilpern Mr David Phelps Mrs Dawn Emerson Mr Roderick Kidd Mr Douglas Jardine Miss Lynne Robinson Mr Mervyn Ryan Mr John LeMessurier Mrs Stephanie Lymburner Mr Robert Snedden Mr Philip Sansom Mr Bradley Lewis Mr Terrance Moody Mr David Tranter Mr Peter Stitt Mr George McKay Mr Hugh Nicholson Cr Joyce Wheatley Ms Miriam Verbeek Mr Geoffrey Moore Mr Alan Rich Mr Shayne Williams South-West Slopes Cr Kathryn Rodgers Region Upper Darling Region Region Mr Robert Apps Mr Victor Bartley Ms Megan Benson Region Mrs Sue a’Beckett Mr Peter Bradley Mr Len Blacklow Mrs Patricia Ainsworth Mr Timothy Cathles Mr Philip Cameron Mr Frazer Gorley Sir Owen Croft Mr Adrian Davey Mr Michael Davis Mr Frank Harrison Mrs Barbara Graham Mr Paul Davies Mr Paul Gordon Ms Margaret Howard Mr John Griffiths Mr Russell Dunn Mr Wayne Leigh Dr Philip Holberton Dr Robin Gunning Mrs Margery Smith Mr Leslie Le Lievre Mr Max Ingram Ms Lynne Hosking Mr Peter Southwell Mr Colin McDonald Ms Isabelle Lee Dr Alan Jackson Mr William Wells Mr Cecil Miller Mrs Wendy McKeogh Mr Craig Klinger Mr Ken Wilson Clr Isabell Pretty Mr Stephen Read Mr Peter Metcalfe Cr Gene Vanzella Mr Craig Roberts Mr Clark Valler Dr Nick Reid Ms Marie Russell Sydney Region Mr Peter Wall Mrs Dianne Roberts Trusts Mr Allen Strudwick Mrs Beverley Batros North Coast Region Mr John Taylor Mr Gerry Beasley Trusts have been appointed under the Mr Graham Ashton Mr Peter Caldwell National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, Mr Geoffrey Bridger Region Ms Barbara de Rome charged with the care, control and Mr Robert Coutts Mrs Enid Atkinson Ms Brigid Dowsett management of the state recreation Mrs Barbara Fahey Mrs Debra Collins Ms Shirely Jenkins area or regional park for which each Ms Kay Jeffery Mr Ian Lockhart Ms Helen Lochlead has been appointed. The members of Dr Alan Llyod Cr Robert McMartin Mr Gary McIlwaine the two trusts established as at Mr Peter Morgan Mr Arthur Milthorpe Ms Pauline McLeod 30 June 2002 were as follows: Mrs Judith Mortlock Mr William Moller Mr Zenon Michniewicz Mr Bob Piper Mrs Lilian Parker Ms Christine O’Brien Berowra Valley Ms Debbie Repschlager Mr Neville Rose Regional Park Trust Sydney North Region Mr James Tedder Mr Micaheal Schultz Cr Matthew Benson Mrs Diane Campbell Mrs Della Walker Mr Roy Stacy Ms Carole Ford Mr Bruce Foott Mr John Sullivan Mr Graham Ireland Northern Plains Mrs Patricia Giles Mr Ian Thompson Mr Chris McIntosh Region Mrs Rosyln Gillies Cr Graham Orr Mr Robert Dick Mr Doug Macdonald Cr Susan White Mrs Meryl Dillon Region Mr Gary McBain Ms Stella Whittaker Ms Kay Durham Mr Ashley Blondel Ms Gabrielle O’Donnell Mrs Margaret Harris Dr Robert Creelman Cr Steven Pringle Cape Byron State Mrs Gillian Hogendyk Mr Kurt Cremer Mrs Jill Reardon Recreation Area Trust Mrs Jane Judd Mrs Gaynor Epstein Mr Robert Salt Mrs Yvonne Stewart Mr Geoffrey Mitchell Mr Peter Mitchell Mrs Diane Waring Mr Tony McCabe Ms Judy Peet Ms Ellen Mundy Mr Terry Wilson Mrs Lorna Kelly Mrs Joan Treweeke Mrs Noreen Pendergast Ms Bo Raphael Mr Ken Prendergast Ms Merran Morrison Ms Anne Reeves Ms Jan Barham Ms Dianne Thompson Mr Peter Parker Ms Janice Walker Mr Roger Buck Mr Geoffrey Waters Mr Mark Johnston Mr Paul Massey-Reed 111 2001 2002 Annual report

NPWS representation on significant statutory bodies and inter-departmental committees

Officer Position Body or committee Mr Brian Gilligan Director-General • Marine Parks Authority • Farming for the Future Board of Management • Koala and Endangered Species Trust • NSW Heritage Council • Resource and Conservation Assessment Council • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Leaders Forum • Steel Industry Steering Committee • Natural Resources Service Centre Project Steering Committee

Ms Sally Barnes/Ms Donna Rygate Director, Education and Community Programs • NSW Council on Environmental Education • Board of the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife • Board of NSW Nature Conservation Trust

Mr Bob Conroy Director, Central • NSW Bushfire Coordinating Committee • Sydney Harbour Federation Trust • Australasian Fire Authorities Council

Dr Tony Fleming Director, Southern • Illawarra-South East Regional Coordination Management Group

Mr Terry Korn Director, Western • Western Lands Advisory Board • Regional Coordinators Management Group

Mr John O’Gorman Director, Northern • Board (Chairperson) • CERRA Steering Committee

Mr Michael Wright Director, Policy and Science • Native Vegetation Advisory Council • Salinity Senior Officers Group • Marine Parks Advisory Council • Natural Resources Deputies Taskforce • NSW Coastal Council

Mr John Allen Conservation Planning Officer, Northern Directorate • Northern Tablelands Regional Vegetation Committee

Mr Jason Ardler Manager, Cultural Heritage Division • NSW Heritage Council (Deputy member) • NSW State Heritage Register Committee (NSW Heritage Council) • Aboriginal Advisory Committee (NSW Heritage Council) • NSW State Reconciliation Committee • Senior Officers’ Working Party on the Future Management of Aboriginal Heritage in NSW

Dr Tony Auld Principal Research Scientist • NSW Scientific Committee • ANZECC Endangered Flora Network

Ms Linda Bell Conservation Planning Coordinator • Native Vegetation Advisory Council Strategy Sub-committee • Sustainable Agriculture Policy Review Group

Mr Stuart Blanch Project Officer, Water Reforms • Northern Rivers Water Management Committee • Upper North Coast Water Management Committee • Mid North Coast Water Management Committee

Ms Olivia Bush Environmental Planning Officer • Lower Macquarie-Castlereagh Regional Vegetation Committee

Mr Matt Cameron Manager, Threatened Species Unit, Western Directorate • Walgett Regional Vegetation Committee

Mr Tom Celebrezze Senior Policy Officer • State Catchment Coordinating Committee Policy and Planning Subcommittee • Catchment Management Inter-agency Technical Reference Group

Mr Matthew Clarke Acting Pest Management Officer, North Coast Region • North Coast Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee

Mr Tom Bagnat Manager, Central Coast Hunter Range • Central Coast Catchment Management Board 112 Appendix B

NPWS representation on significant statutory bodies and inter-departmental committees – cont

Officer Position Body or committee Mr Mark Conlon Acting Manager, Major Programs Group • Western Regional Assessment Steering Committee • Southern Comprehensive Regional Assessment Working Group • Biological Diversity Advisory Council • Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Group

Mr Greg Croft Mid North Coast Regional Manager • Yarrahapinni Wetlands Trust (Ministerial appointment) • Mid North Coast Catchment Board

Mr Peter Croft Senior Ranger, Biodiversity • Inverell-Yallaroi Regional Vegetation Committee •Tenterfield Regional Vegetation Committee

Mr Liam Dagg Coordinator, Lower Hunter Estuary Rehab. Program • Kooragang Wetland Rehabilitation Project Steering Committee

Mr Brendan Diacono Manager, Conservation Planning Unit • Lower North Coast Water Management Committee

Mr Wayne Dornbusch Northern Plains Regional Manager • Border Rivers Catchment Management Board

Mr Terry Evans Manager, Barrington Tops Area • Nundle Regional Vegetation Committee

Dr Mike Fleming Manager, Operational Support and Coordination Unit • Mid Lachlan Regional Vegetation Committee

Mr Bob Friederich Northern Tablelands Regional Manager • Gwydir Catchment Management Board • North West Heads of Government

Mr Robert Gibbs Manager, Hunter Coast Area • Hunter Regional Vegetation Committee

Mr Denis Gojak Historic Archaeologist • Archaeological Advisory Panel (NSW Heritage Council)

Ms Jo Gorman Manager, Lower Darling Area • Southern Mallee Regional Planing Committee

Mr Christian Hampson Aboriginal Heritage Officer (Southern) • Liaison Committee

Mr Bob Harden Senior Project Officer • Animal Research Review Panel

Mr Paul Houston Aboriginal Sites Registrar • National Indigenous Heritage Officers Network

Mr Alan Jeffery North Coast Regional Manager • Upper North Coast Catchment Management Board

Mr Bill Johnson Water Reform Specialist • Central West Catchment Management Board • Central West Unregulated River Management Committee • Central West Unregulated River Management Committee Inter-Agency Working Group • Management Committee • Gwydir River Management Committee Flows Sub-committee • Gwydir River Management Committee Planning Working Group • Gwydir Unregulated River Management Committee • Gwydir Wetlands Ramsar Management Group • Macquarie Marshes Environmental Flow Reference Group • Macquarie Marshes Ramsar Management Group • Macquarie- Management Committee • Namoi Unregulated River Management Committee

Mr John Martindale Conservation Planning Officer, Northern Region • Manning Regional Vegetation Committee 113 2001 2002 Appendix C Annual report Infringements and prosecutions 2001-2002

Offence categories Prosecutions Infringements

National Parks & Wildlife Act 1974 P Green/NPWS Domestic/feral animals – 1 Fail to give details/false details 1 224 Breach licence conditions 4 6 Protected fauna 26 4 Protected fauna – marine mammal – – Protected native plant – – Relics – – Threatened species – fauna 11 – Threatened species – flora 8 –

National Parks & Wildlife (Land Management) Regulation 1995 Protection of animals 4 1 Camping – 12 Damage/destroy/deface part of park 1 5 Domestic animals in park 1 3 Fires – 10 Littering – 5 Offensive conduct 1 13 Other (chainsaw, risk safety) 1 4 Parking 6 391 Traffic/access 3 175 Damage vegetation in park 2 4 Weapons – 4

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 Littering 1 45 Total 70 907

Diamond Head, . 114

Appendix D Consultants engaged 2001-2002

A consultant is an organisation or individual engaged for a defined period of time solely to provide an expert opinion or recommendations to the NPWS on a specific issue or task. Summary of consultancies costing $30,000 or more Consultant name Brief description of project Cost ($) Community Solutions Model grassy box woodlands 40,000 DLWC Soil Services Fire trail rehabilitation assessment – Warragamba and metropolitan catchments 43,782 Department of Public Works and Services Management of revised Perisher Range resorts masterplan 575,908 Economic Insights Pty Ltd Regional economic study of Solitary Islands Marine Park 37,464 GHD – Longmac Pty Ltd Geotechnical advice on Snowy Mountains region 49,294 IBM Australia Development of design specifications for new NPWS website 83,966 Ingrid Roepers Public Relations Professional fees associated with organisation review conference 36,727 Out in the Open Bonnievale masterplan 31,425 Risk and Reliability Associates Review of risk management 38,671 Storm Consulting Perisher Creek rehabilitation 99,783 University of Canberra significance and water quality monitoring of resorts areas 33,986 University of Sydney Review of procedures for culling feral populations 32,500 URS Australia Pty Ltd Perisher Range resorts environmental management system 75,417

Summary of consultancies costing less than $30,000 $ Finance and accounting/tax 5 27,205 Information technology 5 28,827 Legal 6 47,905 Management services 26 91,127 Environmental 233 900,831 Engineering 27 70,163 Organisational review 17 75,997 Training 45 166,450 The NPWS engaged 364 consultants to undertake projects costing less than $30,000 in 2001- 2002 at a total cost of $1,408,505. 115 2001 2002 Appendix E Annual report Employee statistics 2001-2002

Employees by category Numbers reported are the equivalent full-time (EFT) employees at the

relevant date. G Robertson/NPWS

Category (refer to notes below) 30/06/99 30/06/00 30/06/01 30/06/02 Senior Executive Service 9 9 9 10 Senior managers/Senior officers 34 40 39 43 Clerical officers/Clerks 454 476 527 550 Legal officers 5445 Technical staff 55 51 48 67 Rangers/Snr rangers/Trainee rangers 238 237 258 253 Assistant/Area/District managers 97 74 74 79 Pilots/crew 5677 Project officers/Research scientists 245 273 308 329 Librarians 2122 Interpretive assistants 2798 Law enforcement officers 3456 Field officers 443 465 532 552 Trades persons 10 11 13 13 Total 1,602 1,658 1,835 1,924 Notes: Senior Executive Service – excludes one unattached staff member as at 30 June 2002. Clerical Officers/Clerks – includes finance, human resources, media, policy officers and public relations, stores officers and café assistants. Technical staff – includes technical officers, survey draftspersons, engineers, architects, cartographers and departmental professional officers. Field officers – includes field officers, senior field officers, field supervisors, senior field supervisors and trainee field officers.

Sturt National Park. 116 Appendix E

Proportion of total staff by salary level 2001-2002 The table below was extracted from the EEO report submitted to ODEOPE as part of departmental reporting requirements. The numbers shown are permanent staff only based on headcount, not EFT.

Number

Level Total Respondents Men Women Aboriginal People from People whose People with People with staff people & racial, ethnic, language first a disability a disability Torres Strait ethno-religious spoken as a requiring Islanders minority child was work-related groups not English adjustment < $27,606 000000000 $27,606-$36,258 228 195 177 51 31 13 6 10 2 $36,259-$40,535 291 239 205 86 16 11 7 11 4 $40,536-$51,293 304 256 165 139 10 10 18 10 3 $51,294-$66,332 473 404 299 174 12 26 19 14 4 $66,333-$82,914 192 158 127 65 5 11 9 7 3 > $82,914 (non-SES) 41 35 32 912220 > $82,914 (SES) 11 10 8302000 Total 1,540 1,297 1,013 527 75 75 61 54 16 Note: Figures for EEO groups other than women have been adjusted to compensate for the effects of non-response to the EEO data collection. EEO statistics reported in years before 1998 may not be comparable due to a change in the method of estimating EEO group representation.

Proportion of total staff by employment basis 2000-2001 The table below was extracted from the EEO report submitted to ODEOPE as part of departmental reporting requirements. The numbers shown are based on headcount, not EFT.

Number

Employment basis Total Respondents Men Women Aboriginal People from People whose People with People with staff people & racial, ethnic, language first a disability a disability Torres Strait ethno-religious spoken as a requiring Islanders minority child was work-related groups not English adjustment Permanent full-time 1,426 1,208 998 428 74 71 56 50 16 Permanent part-time 118 92 12 106 12540 Temporary full-time 382 299 207 175 9 14 15 6 0 Temporary part-time 87 64 28 59 13300 Contract – SES 11 10 8302000 Contract – non SES 00000000 Training positions 17 14 14 391111 Retained staff 00000000 Casual 414 261 170 244 18 8 10 11 3 Total 2,455 1,948 1,437 1,018 112 101 90 72 20

Subtotals Permanent 1,544 1,300 1,010 534 75 73 61 54 16 Temporary 469 363 235 234 10 17 18 6 Contract 11 10 8 3 2 Full-time 1,808 1,507 1,205 603 83 85 71 56 16 Part-time 205 156 40 165 2584 Note: Figures for EEO groups other than women have been adjusted to compensate for the effects of non-response to the EEO data collection. EEO statistics reported in years before 1998 may not be comparable due to a change in the method of estimating EEO group representation. 117 2001 2002 Annual report

Employees by location at NPWS Executive 30 June 2002 The NPWS Executive management team at 30 June 2002 comprised: Location Number Proportion (%) Director-General Head Office 378 19.7 Central Directorate 425 22.1 Brian Gilligan BA, Dip Ed, MA (Biogeography) Northern Directorate 505 26.2 Director Central Southern Directorate 414 21.5 Western Directorate 202 10.5 Bob Conroy BA, Dip Env Studies, M Mgt Total 1 924 100.0 Director Corporate Services Arthur Diakos B Bus, FCPA Number of SES positions at Director Education and Community Programs 30 June 2002 Sally Barnes BA, Dip Ed, Grad Dip Inf Sc (until April 2002) Level 30/06/00 30/6/01 30/6/02 Donna Rygate BEc (Hons), M Plan (acting from April 2002) 6111 Director Legal Services 5000 4111Vivienne Ingram BA (Hons) LLB 3555Director Northern 2223 1000John O’Gorman BSc, BSc (Tech), M Mgt Total 9 9 10 Director Policy and Science The number of SES positions held by women at 30 June 2002 was two (the same Michael Wright BA, B Comm as in 2000-2001). Director Southern Tony Fleming BSc (Hons), PhD (Forestry)

Director Western Terry Korn BA (Biol Science), M Appl Sci, Dip Ag

Acting Director Cultural Heritage Jason Ardler BEc

Pilliga National Park. W Goldstein/NPWS 118

Appendix F Performance Statement

Director-General of the National Parks and Wildlife Service J Winter/NPWS

NAME: Brian Gilligan POSITION: Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife Service PERIOD: 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002

Results During the year Mr Gilligan provided strong leadership and sound management to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, building on the reform program of the past few years to achieve substantial progress in key areas. During this period there was a heavy diversion of resources to bushfire fighting over the summer season.

Key achievements over the reporting period included: • strategic acquisitions to enhance the NSW reserve system, particularly in the under-represented bioregions in the west of the state; • establishment of diverse and innovative joint management arrangements with Aboriginal communities; and • active collaboration with rural and regional communities to control feral animals, including wild dog programs and implementation of the Fox Threat Abatement Plan.

Other major issues dealt with by Mr Gilligan included: • continuing implementation of the government’s Biodiversity Strategy; • development of a strategic program to enhance the integration of cultural heritage values in NPWS policies and programs; • completion of Western Regional Assessment projects for the Brigalow Belt South bioregion to ensure finalisation by December 2002; • reviewing and overhauling NPWS fire management procedures; and • strengthening and refining corporate governance systems.

Bob Debus 30 June 2002

Fitzroy Falls, 119 2001 2002 Appendix G Annual report Statement of Affairs and Freedom of Information

Statement of Affairs Aboriginal Sites Register Under the Freedom of Information Act 1989, the NPWS prepares a Statement of The NPWS maintains information on known Aboriginal sites in Affairs for the organisation which, as at 30 June 20002, includes the designated in a register, which details the type and location of sites, reports and slides. Some agencies of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (agency number 32), the information is available on a computer database. Access to the register is available National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council (agency number 1743), advisory to Aboriginal groups, researchers and interested members of the public although committees (agency number 1824) and the Director-General of the National Parks due to the sensitivity of some matters access may be restricted in some cases. The and Wildlife Service (agency number 2255). NPWS undertakes computer searches of the register for a fee but restrictions may apply. For more information contact the Aboriginal Sites Registrar, Cultural The National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001 specifies activities which Heritage Division, Hurstville on (02) 9585 6444. may or may not take place within areas managed by the NPWS. These include protection of plants and animals, historic structures, relics and Aboriginal areas; Historic Places Register collection of scientific specimens; many activities undertaken by visitors in parks; the use of vehicles; prohibition of domestic animals; and impounding of cattle. The NPWS maintains information on known historic places on Service land in a register, which details the type and location of historic places, reports and other The NPWS is responsible for the issue and administration of the following archival material. Some information is available on a computer database. Access licences: to the register is available to researchers and interested members of the public. Licence Section of Act For more information contact the Database Coordinator, Cultural Heritage General licence (S 120) Division, Hurstville on (02) 9585 6444. Game licence (S 122) Trapper’s licence (S 123) Public registers Fauna dealer’s licence (S 124) The NPWS holds registers of conservation agreements and interim protection Skin dealer’s licence (S 125) orders, which are maintained by the Conservation Management Unit, and Import and export (from NSW) licences (S 126) wilderness protection agreements, which are maintained by the Conservation Licence to liberate animals (S 127) Assessment and Priorities Unit. The NPWS also has a register of critical habitat Aviary registration certificates (S 128) declared under the provisions of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, Licence to pick native plants for scientific or commercial purposes (S 131) which is maintained by the Biodiversity Management Unit. These units are located Licence to grow native plants for sale (S 132) at Hurstville and may be contacted on (02) 9585 6444. Occupier’s licence (S 121) Other documents The NPWS monitors developments likely to have adverse impacts on Aboriginal relics and places. The NPWS may issue permits for investigation of Aboriginal The Business Development Division of the NPWS maintains a list of Service sites, or consents allowing destruction of certain sites unless assessment of leases and other forms of tenure, which are registered with the Land Titles Office. significance of the sites justifies their permanent conservation. Leases and The unit can provide a reference number, which should be quoted at the licences may also be granted for erection or occupation of buildings for certain Land Titles Office in order to view a document. The unit may be contacted on purposes or to carry out trades and businesses within certain NPWS areas. (02) 9585 6444. Easements may be granted for the provision of public utilities through NPWS Inquiries regarding access to maps and plans of NPWS-managed areas should areas. The NPWS is also responsible for issuing threatened species licences be referred to the Conservation Management Unit. The Service’s photographic under section 91 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. and film library is available to the public and other agencies under certain conditions and inquiries should be directed to the Publications Unit, Hurstville Documents held by the NPWS on (02) 9585 6444. The NPWS holds documents in its Hurstville and regional and area offices. The listing of a document does not mean that it is available automatically for Publications inspection. Some documents may not be available unless a formal freedom of The NPWS produces a range of books, guides, teachers’ kits, information information application has been received. pamphlets and posters relating to national parks, historic sites and flora and fauna in New South Wales. NPWS publications may be obtained over the counter or by Files mail from the National Parks Centre at the Rocks or from many regional offices, Most NPWS documents are stored as files, including those relating to: area offices and visitor centres. Many items are also held by the NPWS Library at Hurstville. Recovery plans and threat abatement plans for threatened species are • administration – budget and financial matters, general correspondence, available for public inspection by contacting the Biodiversity Management Unit accommodation; on (02) 9585 6444. • function – issues relating to the management of each area, new area proposals, policies, interpretive and educational programs, wildlife management, licences, offences, preservation and protection of historical and Aboriginal areas; • staff matters – recruitment and training of staff and staff members’ personal files; and • NPWS policies – the Service’s policy documents. 120 Appendix G

Freedom Of Information Section H – Costs and fees of requests for The Freedom of Information Act 1989 provides members of the public with a completed applications legally enforceable right to access documents held by the National Parks and Assessed costs Fees received Wildlife Service, subject to certain exemptions which are specified in the Act. A All completed applications $14,555.25 $2,097.00 summary of the applications processed and completed during the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002 is set out below. Section I – Discounts allowed Discounts were allowed on 20 applications on public interest or other grounds. Section A – Number of new Freedom of Information (FOI) applications Section J – Days to process Personal Other Total Elapsed time Personal Other New applications 0 37 37 0-21 days 0 23 Applications brought forward 1 3 4 22-35 days 1 10 Total to be processed 1 40 41 over 35 days 0 1 Completed 1 34 35 Total 1 34 Transferred out 0 0 0 (Elapsed time may include the additional time taken to undertake third party Withdrawn 0 2 2 consultation, and internal/external review) Total processed 1 36 37 Unfinished (carried forward) 0 6 6 Section K – Processing time Section B – Results of FOI applications Personal Other Total Personal Other Total 0-10 hours 1 29 30 Granted in full 0 18 18 11-20 hours 0 2 2 Granted in part 1 14 15 21-100 hours 0 3 3 Refused 0 2 2 Total 1 34 35 Deferred 0 0 0 Completed 1 34 35 Section L – Reviews and appeals Number of internal reviews finalised 2 Section C – Ministerial certificates Number of Ombudsman reviews finalised 1 Number of appeals to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal 0 There were no Ministerial certificates issued during the period. The Ombudsman finalised an application in relation to internal working Section D – Formal consultations documents withheld from disclosure to the applicant. Through consultation and During the period there were 17 applications requiring consultations which led to negotiation all of the relevant documentation that had been exempted from approximately 134 formal consultations with third parties. released under clause 9, internal working documents, was released in full to the applicant.

Section E – Amendment of personal records Comparative Statistics 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 During the period there were no applications for amendment of personal records. Personal 3 1 0 Other 20 16 37 Section F – Notation of personal records Applications brought forward There were no applications for notation of personal records during the period. Personal 0 0 1 Other 3 1 4 Section G – FOI applications granted in part Decisions or refused Full access granted 13 10 19 Access to documents was refused for 2 applications (all non-personal Partial access granted 3 5 14 applications) on the following clauses in the FOI schedule: Access refused 4 3 2 Access deferred 1 0 0 • Clause 22 – failure to pay advance deposit within the time allowed Review of decision requested (1 application) Internal review 4 0 1 • Clause 25 – unreasonable diversion of agency’s resources (1 application) Referred to Ombudsman 0 1 1 Access was partially refused for 14 applications based on the following clause or Referred to Administrative Decisions combination of clauses in the FOI schedule : Tribunal (previously District Court) 2 0 0 • Clause 1 – Cabinet documents (2 applications) • Clause 4 – law enforcement and public safety (1 application) • Clause 5 – inter-governmental relations (1 application) • Clause 6 – personal affairs (10 applications) • Clause 7 – business affairs (6 applications) • Clause 9 – internal working documents (4 applications) • Clause 13 – confidential material (3 applications) • Clause 15 – financial/property interests (1 application) • Clause 16 – management of agency (1 application). 121 2001 2002 Appendix H Annual report New NPWS publications 2001-2002

Brochures Fact sheets Grey headed flying fox colonies New or revised park brochures were produced for Habitat Facts Barrington Tops National Park and adjacent reserves How can I get involved in conserving wildlife? Berkeley Nature Reserve Little tern (endangered species profile) Bongil Bongil National Park Myall Lakes National Park camping restrictions Northern Aboriginal Heritage (five information sheets) Bungonia State Recreation Area Chaelundi National Park Teachers Kit worksheets Aboriginal culture of south-east NSW The Great Lakes national parks: Myall Lakes, Booti Booti and Wallingat Animals and plants of the sandstone Hill End Historic Site Bush safety Illawarra Escarpment State Recreation Area Glossy black cockatoo Koala Rainforest wildlife Kwiambal and Kings Plains national parks Throsby Park Historic Site (also covers Stonewoman Aboriginal Area) Traditional Aboriginal use of plants Murramurrang National Park Newsletters and magazines Annual review – a summary of the year's achievements for park neighbours and Tapin Tops National Park the general community in the Northern Tablelands Torrington State Recreation Area Atlas of NSW Wildlife News (2 issues) Towra Point Nature Reserve Behind the Scenery newsletter (3 issues) for neighbours, advisory committee, Weddin Mountains National Park schools and other stakeholders in the Coonabarabran area Woko National Park Bio Bits (Issue no. 4) for landholders and stakeholders in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion

Other park-related brochures From canvas to cabins (2 issues) newsletter for the cabin communities Bongil Bongil National Park: driving on the beach Bundanoon – Morton National Park Gondwana magazine (2 issues) Bynguano Range and Homestead Creek Adventure (self drive tour) Guy Fawkes National Park (2 issues) – newsletter for neighbours and stakeholders Kinchega and Menindee Self Drive Tour IM&T News (1 issue) to update NPWS staff on the work/projects being undertaken plant list by Information Management and Technology Division Mutawintji National Park bird list Issues papers for Ngambaa Nature Reserve, Clarence Estuary Nature Reserve, Valla and Jagun nature reserves, and Bellbowra Nature Reserve – for neighbours Mutawintji National Park history and stakeholders National parks and reserves around the Hunter Napawi – staff magazine (2 issues) National parks along the Oxley Highway, Walcha Northern Tablelands Region Achievements 2001-02 – a summary of the year’s National parks of the Waterfall Way, Armidale achievements for community stakeholders Southern Highlands Highlights (Morton and Budderoo national parks) NPWS Annual Review 2000-01 Visitor Guide: Northern Rivers Region national parks and reserves Over the Fence – a newsletter for park neighbours and the general community in Other brochures and maps the Northern Tablelands Discovery program guides – produced regionally for each school holiday period Torrington News (2 issues) for village residents and neighbours of Torrington Environmental Agencies Consortium State Recreation Area Keep Wildlife Wild – a brochure to discourage the feeding of native animals Willow Control News for neighbours and interest groups associated with the Goulburn River Willow Control Project Living with Magpies, Living with Kangaroos, Living with Bats, Living with Dingoes – a series of four brochures addressing seasonal wildlife issues in the Woodland Wanderings (2 issues) newsletter of the Grassy Box Woodlands North Coast Region Conservation Management Network Paddock Trees: Who will miss them when they are gone? – a brochure to Year in Review 2000-01 produced by Northern Plains Region encourage the retention of isolated trees and small patches of remnant vegetation. Part of a joint campaign between DLWC, Greening Australia and the NPWS. Paroo River: draft Intergovernmental Agreement Privacy: you and the NPWS – a guide to protecting personal information held by the NPWS Spokeswomen’s Program Threatened plants of the Illawarra 122 Appendix H

Posters and postcards Draft Fire Management Plan for Botany Bay National Park Kurnell Peninsular Precinct. NPWS (2001) Hunter Region postcard series featuring 15 postcards on Booti Booti, Myall Lakes, Tomaree and Barrington Tops national parks and Glenrock State Recreation Area Draft Fire Management Plan for Dharawal Nature Reserve and State Recreation Area. NPWS (2001) National parks of New England Draft Fire Management Plan for Georges River National Park. NPWS (2001) Northern Aboriginal Heritage Unit Draft Fire Management Plan for Royal, Heathcote National Parks and Garawarra Paddock Trees: Who will miss them when they are gone? – a poster to encourage State Recreation Area, Vol 1 and Vol 2. NPWS (2001) the retention of isolated trees and small patches of remnant vegetation. Part of a joint campaign between the DLWC, Greening Australia and the NPWS, produced Five Islands Nature Reserve Issues/Discussion Paper. NPWS (2002) by NPWS Graham Brookes and Associates Pty Ltd, Ian Perkins Consulting Services, Mary Recovery planning for threatened species Dallas Consulting Archaeologists, Spackman and Mossop, Landscape Architects, Dana Mider, Historical Archaeologist (2002) Draft Conservation Management Plan Shared histories of the pastoral industry in NSW for Royal National Park Coastal Cabins Areas. Willow posters to promote willow control, raise community awareness of the Henderson, MK and Keith, DA (2002) Grazing and burning of the Wilderness Area impacts of willows in riparian systems in Guy Fawkes River National Park: impacts of past management and monitoring effects of management change. NPWS. Books, booklets and manuals Horneman, LN (2002) Oxley Wild Rivers National Park Visitor Study A Multicultural Landscape: national parks and the Macedonian experience (Wollomombi Gorge section). NPWS. (co-published with Pluto Press Australia) North Coast Region National Parks and Wildlife Service Fuel Management Report. Fire Management Manual (2001) A report to the Bush Fire Management Committees on what North Coast Region had done in the way of fire trail maintenance and hazard reduction in the last bush Guide to NSW National Parks (2001 edition) fire management period and what was proposed for the next period. Life in the Darling Riverine Plains: a landholder’s guide to native wildlife and their North Coast Region Pest Management Strategy. habitats (by Jo Smith, 2002) North Coast Region Regional Incident Response Procedures 2001-2002. Memorandum of Understanding between the NSW National Parks and Wildlife NPWS (2002) Service and National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Committees (2001) Pardoe, C and Martin, S (2001) Murrumbidgee Province Aboriginal Cultural NPWS Annual Report 2000-2001 Heritage Study. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Regional Studies. Report to the State of the Parks 2001 – initial report on development of reporting indicators for NPWS and Aboriginal communities of the region. NPWS, Sydney. national parks (also published as a CD) Peter Freeman Pty Ltd (2001) Former Kinchega Station Sites Kinchega National Threatened species of the Upper North Coast of New South Wales: fauna (2002) Park Conservation Management and Cultural Tourism Plan. Threatened species of the Upper North Coast of New South Wales: flora (2002) Peter Freeman Pty Ltd (2001) Visitor Interpretation Centre and Associated Facilities Kinchega National Park Feasibility Study. Threatened species: – a landholders guide – (Central West NSW) Rawdon Creek Nature Reserve Fauna Survey. NPWS (2002) Review of Environmental Factors for Garie Surf Lifesaving Club Building. Reports NPWS (2002) 1080 Ground Baiting Soft-jaw Trapping Wild Dog Management Program. Rufous Scrub Bird Monitoring Report. NPWS (2002) NPWS (2002) Vertebrate Fauna of Avisford Nature Reserve. NPWS (2002) Aerial Spraying of Bitou Bush at Diamond Beach, Khappinghat Nature Reserve. NPWS (2002) Vertebrate Fauna of Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve. NPWS (2002) Aerial Spraying of Bitou Bush at Dunbogan Beach, Crowdy Bay National Park. NPWS (2002) Multimedia Aerial Spraying of Bitou Bush at Point Plomer & Queens Head, Limeburners NPWS (2001) WISE Barwon-Darling Catchment Rivers and Wetlands CD-ROM. Nature Reserve. NPWS (2002) WISE Project Team. Berkeley Nature Reserve Issues/Discussion Paper. NPWS (2002) NPWS (2001) WISE Hacking Catchment Rivers and Wetlands CD-ROM. Christiansen, GR and Conner, NP (2002) The Economic Value of Recreational Use WISE Project Team. in Protected Areas – Collected Studies from New South Wales. NPWS, Sydney. NPWS (2001) WISE Namoi Catchment Rivers and Wetlands CD-ROM. Clancy GP (2001) The Fauna of Susan Island. A report prepared for the Susan and WISE Project Team. Elizabeth Islands Trust and NPWS by a fauna consultant. NPWS. See also Plans of Management (Conservation Planning chapter) and Cooperabung Creek Nature Reserve Fauna Survey. NPWS (2002) Recovery Plans (Appendix K) Deer Management Plan for Royal National Park and NPWS Reserves in the Sydney South Region. Published in conjunction with the Royal National Park Deer Working Group. NPWS (2002) Draft Fire Management Plan for Barrington Tops National Park and Nearby Reserves. NPWS (2002) 123 2001 2002 Appendix I Annual report Papers published by NPWS staff 2001-2002

Akcakaya, HR, Ferson, S, Burgman, MA, Keith, DA, Mace, GM and Gibbons, P and Lindenmayer, DB (2002) Tree hollows and wildlife Todd, CR (2000) Making consistent IUCN classifications under uncertainty. conservation in Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. Conservation Biology 14:1001-1013. Gibbons, P, Briggs, S and Shields, J (2001) How many credits is your Auld, TD (2001) The ecology of the Rutaceae in the Sydney region of property worth? Australian Landcare, December 2001:20-21. south-eastern Australia: poorly known ecology of a neglected family. Gibbons, P, Briggs, SV and Shields, JM (2002) Are economic instruments Cunninghamia 7:213-239. the saviour for biodiversity on private land? Pacific Conservation Biology Auld, TD and Denham, AJ (2001) Flora conservation issues at Kinchega 4:223-229. National Park, western NSW. Cunninghamia 7:27-41. Gibbons, P, Lindenmayer, DB, Barry, SC and Tanton, MT (2002) Auld, TD and Denham, AJ (2001) Predispersal seed predation in shrubs of Hollow selection by vertebrate fauna in forests of south-eastern Australia and Grevillea (Proteaceae) from south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of implications for forest management. Biological Conservation:103:1-12. Botany 49:17-21. Henderson MK and Keith DA (2002) Report on the grazing and burning Auld, TD and Denham, AJ (2001) The impact of seed predation by mammals project in the north-west section of Guy Fawkes River National Park. on post-fire seed accumulation in the endangered shrub Grevillea caleyi Unpublished report to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service,Sydney. (Proteaceae). Biological Conservation, 97:377-385. Henderson, MK and Keith, DA (2002) Correlation of burning and grazing Auld, TD, Keith, DA and Bradstock, RA (2000) Patterns in longevity in soil indicators with the composition of the woody understorey flora of dells in a seedbanks in the Sydney region of south-eastern Australia. Australian temperate eucalypt forest. Austral Ecology 27:121-131. Journal of Botany 48:539-548. Keith, DA (2000) Sampling designs, field techniques and analytical methods for Ayers, D, Melville, G, Szigethy-Gyula, J, Read, D, Rees, R and systematic plant population surveys. Ecological Management and Atkinson, A (2001) Woody weeds and biodiversity in western New South Restoration 1:125-139. Wales. WEST 2000. Dubbo. Keith, DA (2002) A compilation map of native vegetation for New South Wales. Ayers, D, Melville, G, Bean, J, Beckers, D, Ellis, M, Mazzer, T and NSW Biodiversity Strategy. NSW government, Sydney. Freudenberger, D (2001) Woody weeds, biodiversity and landscape Keith, DA (2002) Population dynamics of an endangered heathland shrub, function in western New South Wales. WEST 2000. Dubbo. Epacris stuartii (Epacridaceae): recruitment, establishment and survival. Briggs, S, Freudenberger, D, Seddon, J, Drew, A, Doyle, S, Ryan, P, Austral Ecology 27:67-76. Reid, J, Taws, N and Ozolins, A (2002) Optimising Conservation of Keith, DA, Auld, TD, Ooi, MKJ and Mackenzie, BDE (2000) Sensitivity On-Farm Woodlands. Report to the Natural Heritage Trust, NSW National analyses of decision rules in World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List Parks and Wildlife Service and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Canberra. criteria using Australian plants. Biological Conservation 94:311-319. Brown, DM, Hines, HB, Ferrier, S and McKay, K (eds) (2001) Keith, DA, McCaw, WL and Whelan, RJ (2001) Fire regimes in Australian Establishment of a biological information base for regional conservation heathlands and their effects on plants and animals, in RA Bradstock, planning in north-east New South Wales. Phase 1, 1991-1995. NSW JE Williams and AM Gill (eds) Flammable Australia: the fire regimes and National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. biodiversity of a continent, pp 199-237. CSIRO, Melbourne. Burgman, MA, Possingham, H, Lynch AJJ, Keith, DA, McCarthy, MA, Keith, DA, Tozer, MG and Hunter, S (2000) Evaluation of vegetation survey Hopper, SD, Drury, W, Passioura, J and DeVries, RJ (2001) and map data for the Priority 5 Mapping Area. NSW National Parks and A decision support protocol for setting plant conservation targets. Wildlife Service, Sydney. Conservation Biology 15:603-616. Keith, DA, Williams, JE, and Woinarski, JCW (2001) Biodiversity Sandro Condurso, S (2002) Surveying and Mapping in Australasia. conservation: principles and approaches for fire management, in RA Measure and Map 20:20-22. Bradstock, AM Gill and JE Williams (eds) Flammable Australia: the fire Dickman, CR and Lunney, D (eds) (2001) A Symposium on the Dingo. regimes and biodiversity of a continent, pp 401-425. CSIRO, Melbourne. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney. Kingsford, RL, and Norman FI (2002) Australian waterbirds: products of the Dickman, CR and Lunney, D (2001) Last howl of the dingo: the legislative, continent's ecology. Emu 102:47-69. ecological and practical issues arising from the kill-or-conserve dilemma, Kingsford, RT (2001) Management of our inland rivers: a matter of choice. in CR Dickman and D Lunney (eds), A Symposium on the Dingo. Environmental Law News 44:9-12. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney. Kingsford, RT (2001) Management of our inland rivers. Riprap, River and Dickman, CR, Lunney, D and Matthews, A (2001) Ecological attributes and Riparian Lands Management Newsletter 18:6-8. conservation of dasyurid marsupials in New South Wales, Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 7:124-133. Kingsford, RT (2002) Inland Rivers and Floodplains. Fact Sheet 8. Land and Water Australia, Canberra. Dickman, CR, Whish, GL and Pressey, RL (2002) Mammals of particular conservation concern in the Western Division of New South Wales: Kingsford, RT, Jenkins, KM and Porter, JL (2002) Waterbirds and effects of distributions, habitats and threats. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service river regulation on the of the in arid Australia. Occasional Paper No. 22. Report to the Department of Land and Water Conservation, Buronga. Dorfman, E and Kingsford, RT (2001) Movements of cormorants in arid Kingsford, RT, Thomas, RF, and Curtin, AL (2001) Challenges for the Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 49:677-694. conservation of wetlands on the Paroo and Warrego Rivers. Pacific Conservation Biology 7:21-33. 124 Appendix I

Kodela, PG, Tindale, MD and Keith, DA (2001) Acacia stellaticeps Pressey, RL and Cowling, RM (2001) Systematic conservation planning for (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia, the Subtropical Thicket Ecosystem Planning (STEP) project: a conceptual and to Tanami, Northern Territory. Nuytsia 13:483-486. methodological basis. Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit Report No. 32, University of Port Elizabeth. Lombard, AT, Johnson, CF, Cowling, RM and Pressey, RL (2001) Protecting plants from elephants: botanical reserve scenarios within the Addo Pressey, RL and Taffs, KH (2001) Sampling of land types by protected areas: Elephant National Park, South Africa. Biological Conservation 102:191-203. three measures of effectiveness applied to western New South Wales. Biological Conservation 101:105-117. Lunney, D (2001) The NSW ‘State of the Environment 2000’ report: a rallying call for zoologists. Australian Zoologist 31:529-532. Pressey, RL and Taffs, KH (2001) Scheduling conservation action in production landscapes: priority areas in western New South Wales defined by Lunney, D (2002) How the environment figured in the 2001 federal election. irreplaceability and vulnerability to vegetation loss. Biological Conservation Australian Zoologist 32:101-111. 100:355-376. Lunney, D (2002) Shaking the foundations: a response to Recher’s challenge to Pressey, RL, Whish, GL, Barrett, TW and Watts, ME (2002) Effectiveness the conservation movement. Australian Zoologist 32:130-138. of protected areas in north-eastern New South Wales: recent trends in six Lunney, D and Dickman, CR (2002) A zoological revolution: rethinking our measures. Biological Conservation 106:57-69. interactions with native fauna to increase the conservation options, in Prober, SM, Thiele KR and Higginson E (2001) The Grassy Box Woodlands D Lunney and CR Dickman (eds) A Zoological Revolution, pp 3-13. Conservation Management Network: Picking up the pieces in fragmented Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman and the Australian Museum, woodlands. Ecological Management & Restoration 2:179-188. Sydney. Roshier DA, Robertson AI, Kingsford RT, and Green DG (2001) Lunney, D and Dickman, CR (2002) A zoological revolution: utilising wildlife Continental-scale interactions with temporary resources may explain the to conserve wildlife and landscapes, in D Lunney and CR Dickman (eds) paradox of large populations of desert waterbirds in Australia. A Zoological Revolution, pp 166-174. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Landscape Ecology 16:547-556. Mosman and the Australian Museum, Sydney. Scott, JM, Murray, M, Wright, RG, Csuti, B, Morgan, P and Pressey, Lunney, D and Matthews, A (2001) The contribution of the community to RL (2001) Representation of natural vegetation in protected areas: capturing defining the distribution of a vulnerable species, the spotted-tailed quoll, the geographic range. Biodiversity and Conservation 10:1297-1301. Dasyurus maculatus. Wildlife Research 28:537-545. Shaughnessy, PD, Briggs, SV and Constable, R (2001) Observations on Lunney, D, Coburn, D, Matthews, A and Moon, C (2001) Community seals at Montague Island, New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 23:1-7. perceptions of koala populations and their management in Port Stephens and Coffs Harbour local government areas, New South Wales in K Lyons, Smith, J (2002) Life in the Darling Riverine Plains. NSW National Parks and A Melzer, F Carrick and D Lamb (eds) The Research and Management of Wildlife Service, Dubbo. Non-urban Koala Populations, pp 48-70. Koala Research Centre of Central Turbill, C, Doyle, S, and Briggs, S (2001) Habitat structure and condition of Queensland, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton. vegetation remnants within the Mid-Talbragar catchment: indicators of Lunney, D, Matthews, A and Grigg, J (2001) The diet of Antechinus agilis biodiversity. Report to TARGET project. NSW National Parks and Wildlife and A. swainsonii in unlogged and regenerating sites in Mumbulla State Service, Sydney and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra. Forest, south-eastern New South Wales. Wildlife Research 28:459-464. Lunney, D, O’Neill, L, Matthews, A and Sherwin, WB (2002) Modelling mammalian extinction and forecasting recovery: koalas at Iluka (NSW, Australia). Biological Conservation 106:101-113. Murphy, MJ (2002) Mollusc conservation and the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995: the Recovery Program for Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail Thersites mitchellae. Australian Zoologist 32(1):1-11. Murphy, MJ (2002) Critical habitat listing for the Australian Camaenid Land Snail Thersites mitchellae. Tentacle 10:13-14. Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN. Oliver, DL (2001) Activity budget of the Regent Honeyeater, Xanthomyza phrygia, in northern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Zoology 49:695-712. 125 2001 2002 Appendix J Annual report Overseas visits by NPWS staff 2001-2002

Dr David Keith, Principal Research Scientist, Vegetation Dynamics, attended the Mr Ray Jasper, Manager Fire Management Unit, Landscape Conservation final meetings of the Extinction Risk Working Group at the US National Center for Division, attended the ‘Bushfire 2001 Conference’ in New Zealand from 3-6 July Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara from 19-28 July 2001 and presented a paper on fire management practices and principles. 2001 and 9-19 February 2002. This international working group is carrying out a Ray also attended relevant workshops and lectures relating to current thinking on set of research projects to develop and evaluate methods for assessing species’ fire management practices and principles. Costs were met by the NPWS. extinction risks. After the July meeting Dr Keith travelled with other members of Dr Liz Sutherland, Ecologically Sustainable Management Coordinator, the working group to present preliminary findings of the research to the Society Conservation Planning Unit, Landscape Conservation Division, attended a for Conservation Biology’s annual conference in Hawaii (29 July-4 August 2001). meeting of the Working Group on National Parks and Protected Areas Costs of airfares and accommodation in Santa Barbara were met by NCEAS, while Management (NRM Ministerial Council) in New Zealand from 24-26 April 2002. the Service met the cost of accommodation in Hawaii. Costs were met by the NPWS. Dr Ross Bradstock, Principal Research Scientist, Bushfire Research, Mr Rob McKinnon, Area Manager, Bombala, Far South Coast Region and Biodiversity Research and Management Division, attended the ‘Bushfire 2001’ Mr Nicholas Conner, Manager Conservation Economics Unit, Strategic Policy conference in July 2001 at Christchurch, New Zealand to present papers on Division travelled to Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia in 2001 and 2002 as part of aspects of NPWS fire research. Costs were met by the NPWS. the Lower Mekong Protected Areas Review Project Team led by the International Dr Bob Pressey, Principal Research Scientist, Biodiversity Research and Center for Environmental Management (ICEM). Rob McKinnon travelled from Management Division, engaged in collaborative work on conservation planning for 1-25 September 2001 and 1-14 May 2002, Nicholas Conner travelled from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, from 2-27 July 2001. Costs were met by 1-27 September 2001 and 18 October-8 November 2002. The team undertook a the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Dr Pressey also attended the annual critical review of protected areas and their role in socio-economic development in meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Hawaii, from 31 July-8 August countries of the Lower Mekong River region. The costs of the project were shared 2001. Travel and accommodation were met by the Society for Conservation between ICEM and the NPWS. Biology and World Wildlife Fund, with meal allowance met by the NPWS. Mr Grant Brewer, Ranger Merimbula Area, Far South Coast Region, is Dr Pressey was also involved in meetings for consultancy to World Wildlife Fund, participating in an international exchange program with Mr Paul Hibberd, Forest Canada and USA, from 10-18 September 2001. Travel and accommodation costs Ranger New Forest National Park, England. Grant travelled to England on were met by WWF, with meal allowance met by the NPWS. Dr Pressey was also 13 March and will be located with the UK Forestry Commission for the duration involved in collaborative work on a case study in conservation planning for the of the program. Costs are being shared between Mr Brewer and the NPWS. World Wildlife Fund, China from 16-23 January 2002. Travel and accommodation costs were met by WWF, with meal allowance met by the NPWS. Ms Miriam Stacy, Conservation Architect, attended a Historic Heritage Workshop conducted by the New Zealand Department of Conservation in Dr Simon Ferrier, Principal GIS Research Officer, participated in an expert Wellington, New Zealand from 31 July to 2 August 2001. She presented a paper working group at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis ‘Regional Cultural Heritage Management Strategies: NSW National Parks and (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara (USA), from 27 May-5 June 2002. Costs were met Wildlife Service’. Costs were met by the NPWS. by NCEAS.

Mr Terry Korn, Director Western, Mr Allan Young, Manager Protected Area Policy, Ms Janelle Brooks, A/Area Manager, Ms Lisa Walker, Senior Ranger, Community and Neighbour Relations, Northern Rivers Region and Mr Carl Solomon, Manager International Programs, participated in phase 1 of the East Timor Project, travelling to East Timor in March 2002. Costs were met by the NPWS. Messrs Korn, Young and Solomon were also involved in scoping for the project’s phase 1, from 6-12 January 2002. Costs were met by the NPWS. D Hunter/NPWS Ms Carla Rogers, Project Officer, Far South Coast Region, undertook a ten week research trip to the United States and Canada awarded by the Winston Churchill Trust. Ms Rogers also presented at a conference in Salt Lake City in May 2002. The Winston Churchill Trust funded the ten week research trip, while the conference costs were met by the NPWS.

Mr Ray Fowke, Conservation Planning Officer, Conservation Programs and Planning Division, Central Directorate, attended the ‘Joint Australia – New Zealand Planning Congress’ in Wellington, New Zealand in April 2002 to accept two awards from the Royal Australian Planning Institute granted to the NPWS for excellence in planning. Costs were shared by the NPWS and Ray Fowke.

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Appendix K Approved recovery plans 2001-2002

East Lynne midge orchid (Genoplesium vernale) Long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes) Mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) Tallong midge orchid (Genoplesium plumosum) Lord Howe placostylus (Placostylus bivaricosus) Western pygmy possum (Cercartetus concinnus) Sandy inland mouse and Forrest’s mouse (Pseudomys hermannsburgensis and Leggadina forresti) Silky mouse (Pseudomys apodemoides) Thick-billed grasswren (Amytornis textilis) Zieria multispecies plan Bertya sp. A Cobar-Coolabah Bolam’s mouse (Pseudomys bolami) Giant fern (Angiopteris evecta) Epacris hamiltonii Pterostylis sp 15 (Botany Bay) Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) Tumut grevillea (Grevillea wilkinsonii) Leionema lachnaeoides