HAWKESBURY NEPEAN HEALTH STRATEGY on the Directory of Important Wetlands ofImportant inAustralia.on theDirectory landholders. withprivate managed bySydney inpartnership Catchment Authority SwampislistedWingecarribee andhasbeenminedheavily for peatinthepast. isactively The swampandcatchment oftheReservoir Swamp,Wingecarribee located above theReservoir, istheoldestandlargest high-altitudepeatforming swamp in . created wetland thatisapopulardestinationfor bird-watching. development isatMoss The mainurban Vale and lands andthere whichcontainsanartifi Nature land, isalsoasmallarea Reserve, theCecil ofreserved Hoskins cially ofthelower damsarereaches reaches andfarm common.Somesections where are water inreserved extraction halfofthesubcatchment has agricultureOver asthemajorlanduse, mostofwhichis confi ned to the upper Berrima. . There are three otherweirs the between ontheriver DamandthetownshipWingecarribee of to ofbulkwater pumped to from andtheriverchannelisusedfor theReservoir transport Reservoir Wingecarribee linkinthecomplexchainthatisSydney’sand isacritical water supply. Water from theShoalhaven catchment is Nepean to theeast,andNattaito thenorth. The isimpoundedat River Wingecarribee Dam Wingecarribee The subcatchment River isboundedbythe Wingecarribee Wollondilly subcatchment to thewest, theUpper

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89 Appendix 4.2 Subcatchment summaries Wingecarribee River management (I) ow practices in riparian lands (E) (E,P) points and along foreshores (E,W)points and along foreshores (E,P) (Planning, Education, Works, Monitoring, Institutional) Monitoring, Works, Education, (Planning, • (W) with indigenous riparian vegetation Revegetation • Management impacts of stock on waterways (W) • adoption of sustainable land management Encourage • quantity / fl Water • management Riparian wetland • quantity / nutrient management (I) Water • activity Maintain existing community based environment • (I,W) Management of aquatic weeds • (W) riparian vegetation of exotic Removal/replacement • access river Manage human impacts at public recreation • management – quality and quantity (I) Water • activity Maintain existing community based environment into this reach into Chain of Ponds recreation points) recreation source invasion other willow High priority downstream. and reaches reach Broom, Gorse, Willow, management. Privet, for Gleditsia. • (stock) access Damaging • functioning ecosystem Barriers to regulation • Flow extraction • Flow quality • Water • and Robertson Bowral from come STP discharges • urban areas from Stormwater Triggers Action • category Rare river – Meandering and Lateral • (Ludwigia) outbreaks weed Aquatic • at public (human access access Damaging regulation • Flow extraction • Flow quality • Water Triggers Action • and Willow impact – Pussy downstream Severe • this degrading – weeds threat immediate Severe shing shing agship species (Platypus agship species (Platypus) pool. ected weir by ed fl ed ed fl ed supply cant irrigation water cant community environment supply cant irrigation water cant community based Hoskins – Cecil cance wetland signifi aff – reach reach. above Swamp Wingecarribee (Meandering and Chain of Lateral in this reach) Ponds with Cecil associated life and bird Hoskins “wetland”) activity environment activity environment Reach ValuesReach Threats Reach recommendations Reach management • category river Rare or threatened • fi recreational Popular • boating non-motor Popular • Identifi • Signifi • Signifi • Good riparian vegetation • fi recreational Popular • Identifi • Signifi • Signifi Riparian Land Management Category Revegetation • or state of regional Wetland Assisted Assisted Regeneration ned Description From From Wingecarribee Reservoir wall 1 km approx to of downstream Main Southern Railway bridge river. across Short section 5km) (approx just below from Main Southern Railway crossing junctionto with Creek. Cordeaux R2 Wingecarribee confi Bedrock channel; crown land and steep land reducing access. Reach Name Reach Wingecarribee Wingecarribee R1 Wingecarribee Wingecarribee R2 Reach Management Recommendations – Wingecarribee River Subcatchment River Wingecarribee – Recommendations Reach Management

90 90 HAWKESBURY NEPEAN CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY HAWKESBURY HEALTH STRATEGY Reach Management Recommendations – Wingecarribee River Subcatchment

Reach Name Reach Riparian Land Reach Values Reach Threats Reach management recommendations Description Management (Planning, Education, Works, Monitoring, Institutional) Category

Wingecarribee From Assisted • Good riparian vegetation • Damaging access (stock) • Management of stock impacts on waterways (W) R3 Wingecarribee Regeneration • Wetland of Local Signifi cance • Pest animals (Goats and Feral Cattle) • Encourage adoption of sustainable land use practices in R2 – from • Good river condition • Barriers to ecosystem functioning riparian lands (P,E) confl uence with • Wollondilly and • Flow regulation • Riparian wetland management (P,W) Cordeaux Ck Bangadilly NP • Flow extraction • Pest animal management in riparian zone (P,W) (downstream • Signifi cant vegetation community • Water quantity / fl ow management (I) of Berrima (Wollondilly / Shoalhaven Gorge Action Triggers • Aquatic habitat condition and connectivity improvement township) to Woodland) • Severe immediate threat (weeds) (P,W) Wingecarribee / • Popular recreational fi shing • Removal/replacement of exotic riparian vegetation (W) Wollondilly • Popular non-motor boating • Maintain existing community based environment activity confl uence. • Identifi ed fl agship species (Brush (E,P) Tailed Rock Wallaby; Glossy Black • Develop conservation management agreements to Cockatoo) protect remnant riparian vegetation (P) • Signifi cant irrigation water supply • Signifi cant community based environment activity

91 Appendix 4.2 Subcatchment summaries Wingecarribee River