swan Lake&Berrara Creek Natural Resources Management Strategy Adopted 17 December 2002 FOREWORD Why A Natural Resources Management Strategy? Swan Lake, Berrara Creek and their catchments are important community assets for environmental, economic, recreational and social reasons. Increasing demands for residential and recreational opportunities need to be balanced with protection of the very values of the area that people find attractive. We need to ensure the long-term protection of our environment, and to minimise our impacts on natural resources. To this end, Shoalhaven City Council, New South Wales and Commonwealth Government agencies, and the community have prepared this Natural Resources Management Strategy for Swan Lake, Berrara Creek and their catchments. It acknowledges past environmental management, attempts to integrate current programs and proposes some new approaches. We are doing this to safeguard the ecology of the waterways and their catchments, to balance potentially competing uses and to provide a framework for future planning. Project supported by: For more information on this project please contact: Natural Resources and Floodplain Unit Shoalhaven City Council Phone: 02 4429 3111 Fax: 02 4429 3175 Email:
[email protected] Adopted 17/12/02 i Swan/Berrara Natural Resources File 12404 Management Strategy CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS _____________________________________________iv SUMMARY ___________________________________________________ v 1 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________ 1 1.1 Swan Lake