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Draft Management Plan For Draft Management Plan for Bells Swamp Updated December 2015 Client: Judy Crocker Project Facilitator Mid-Loddon Sub Catchment Management Group & Mid Loddon CMN Prepared by: Damien Cook & Elaine Bayes Rakali Ecological Consulting Cover page photographs: Top; Bells Swamp in October 2011 Centre; The rare Small Monkey-flower (Mimulus prostratus) Bottom; Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) DRAFT Native Vegetation Management Plan: Bells Swamp NCR, December 2015 Page 2 CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Project Scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Study Area ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Landscape context, geomorphology and soils .................................................................................................. 7 1.4 Hydrogeology and Groundwater....................................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Protecting Indigenous Culture at Bells Swamp ............................................................................................. 10 1.6 Other Legislative Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.0 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Literature and Database Review ..................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Field Survey ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Plant Taxonomy ................................................................................................................................................ 14 2.4 Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.0 VEGETATION OF BELLS SWAMP NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVE..... 15 3.1 Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs) ............................................................................................................ 15 3.2 Indigenous Flora Species.................................................................................................................................. 21 3.3 Significant, Rare and Threatened Flora Species and Communities............................................................. 21 3.4 Introduced Flora ............................................................................................................................................... 27 3.4.1 Wetland Condition Assessment ................................................................................................................ 28 4.0 FAUNA OF BELLS SWAMP ......................................................................................... 32 4.1 Habitat Types .................................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2 Fauna diversity ................................................................................................................................................. 33 4.3 Significant and threatened fauna species........................................................................................................ 34 Status under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG) ............................................................................. 35 Conservation Status in Victoria (DSE, 2007) .......................................................................................................... 35 4.1 Weed Invasion ................................................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 Eutrophication .................................................................................................................................................. 38 DRAFT Native Vegetation Management Plan: Bells Swamp NCR, December 2015 Page 3 4.3 Pest Animals ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 4.4 Impact of the roads constructed within the wetland ..................................................................................... 40 4.5 Firewood Collection .......................................................................................................................................... 40 5.0 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY........................................................... 42 5.1 Conservation Management Goals ................................................................................................................... 42 5.2 Strategy for Allocation of Management Resources ....................................................................................... 42 5.3 Weed Control Guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 42 5.3.1 Weed management objectives and priorities ............................................................................................. 42 5.3.2 Recommended weed management actions ................................................................................................ 42 5.4 Regeneration and Revegetation ....................................................................................................................... 43 5.4.1 Plant selection and zonation ...................................................................................................................... 43 5.5 Community Use and Participation .................................................................................................................. 44 5.6 Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines .......................................................................................................... 45 6.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................... 46 7.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 47 APPENDICES………………………………………………………………………51 LIST OF BOXES Box 1 General weed control principles ....................................................................................... 42 Box 3 Recommended vegetation monitoring methodology ...................................................... 45 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Bells Swamp (Google Maps) Figure 2 Bells Swamp Location Map (DSE, 2011) ......... 6 Figure 3: Extract from Phil Dyson’s (2010) Hydrology and Geomorphology of the Bells Swamp 7 Figure 4 Extract from Phil Dyson’s (2010) Hydrology and Geomorphology of the Bells Swamp Area in North Central Victoria ................................................................................................. 8 Figure 5 Soil map of the area around Bells Swamp (Schoknecht, 1988) ........................................ 9 Before undertaking works it is important to be aware of the relative legislation. Bells Swamp has been identified as an area of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity (see Figure 6). In order to protect these significant areas of cultural sensitivity, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria require that should any high impact works be undertaken at Bells Swamp then a Cultural Heritage Management Plan must be prepared (Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, 2010). High risk activities include activities relating to; earth works deeper than 60cm, mechanical digging, construction of a bike or walking track, or the construction of dams or other waterway constructions. ........... 10 DRAFT Native Vegetation Management Plan: Bells Swamp NCR, December 2015 Page 4 Figure 7 Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity (highlighted in green) (Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, 2010) ....................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 8 Distribution of pre-1750 and 2005 Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs) at Bells Swamp Nature Conservation Reserve .................................................................................... 20 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Scope The Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Management Group has identified the need for a management plan for the Parks Victoria Managed Bells Swamp (Bridgewater-Maldon Rd, Bridgewater) as well as the adjoining private paddocks (2 landholders) which form part of the swamp. The main objectives of this project were: – To research and compile all available local landscape and wetland knowledge; – To complete a field survey to describe the current condition of the wetland; and – To provide future management recommendations for priority management zones that seek to enhance and sustain the natural values of Bells Swamp The following management plan comprises three main sections; a description of existing vegetation and conditions, a discussion of management issues and management guidelines, and the prioritisation of management actions and recommendations for their implementation. DRAFT Native
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