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National Parks Act Annual Report 2000-2001 © the State of Victoria, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 2001 National Parks Act Annual Report 2000-2001 © The State of Victoria, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 2001 A Victorian Government Publication. This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. Published by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne Victoria 3002. www.nre.vic.gov.au ISSN 1031-7899 This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. Printed on 100% recycled paper to help save the environment. Source of photographs: Parks Victoria Front cover: Alpine National Park Foreword Wilsons Promontory National Park This annual report on the working of the National Parks Act Other highlights for the year included: 1975 (Vic.) for the year ended 30 June 2001 is provided to • several additions to the parks system, including the return the Minister for Environment and Conservation, the Hon. of 285 hectares at Mount McKay/Rocky Valley to the Sherryl Garbutt MP, under section 35 of the Act. Alpine National Park and the addition of the Wongungarra The year included the 25th anniversary of the commencement area to that park; of the National Parks Act on 1 December 1975. At that time, • the release of Parks Victoria’s State of the Parks 2000 some 227 000 hectares were protected under the Act. report and the Wilsons Promontory National Park Draft Now, a quarter of a century later, a magnificent system of Management Plan to provide for integrated management national, State, wilderness and other parks covers nearly of the park; 3.1 million hectares. • a continuing focus on indigenous issues; A major goal over the last 25 years has been to establish a parks system that is representative of the State’s diverse • a wide range of activities related to cultural natural systems. From the dunefields of the Mallee to the heritage management; tall wet forests of East Gippsland, from the rugged mountain • the completion of new visitor facilities at the ranges of the Alps to the coast, the existing parks system is a Twelve Apostles. legacy in which all Victorians can take pride. The year was also notable because 2001 is the International A notable gap has been national parks that are representative Year of Volunteers. This provides an excellent opportunity to of the State’s diverse marine environments. Although recognise the many volunteers who contribute their time, legislation introduced this year to establish marine national energy and expertise to our parks system. Their contribution parks was unsuccessful, the Government has indicated that it is very much appreciated and augurs well for the community’s remains committed to establishing a comprehensive system of long-term custodianship of our precious parks system. marine national parks. Parks Victoria delivered a comprehensive range of park Chloe Munro management services during the year on behalf of the Secretary to the Department of Secretary. There was an increased focus on environmental Natural Resources and Environment management, resulting in the largest ever on-ground environment program in parks across the State. An increasing number of partnerships between Parks Victoria and other organisations assisted in the delivery of this program. 1 Contents Foreword 1 Representative System 3 Areas managed under the Act 3 Changes to the parks system 3 Natural Values Management 4 Planning 4 Research 4 Environmental management 6 Wildfires 9 Community involvement 9 Cultural Values Management 10 Indigenous program 10 Non-indigenous program 11 Visitor and Tourism Services 12 Information, interpretation and education 12 Enhancing park visits 14 Visits to parks 15 Licensed tour activities 15 Administration 16 Park management arrangements 16 Finance 16 Staff 17 Legislation 17 Consents and leases 17 Offences 18 Advisory bodies 18 Appendices 19 1. Land managed under the National Parks Act 19 2. Pest plant control projects 22 3. Pest animal control projects 23 4. Key locations of parks and other areas 24 2 Representative System Yarra Ranges National Park Areas Managed under the Act Changes to the Parks System As at 30 June 2001 there were 108 areas managed under Areas totalling 13 261 hectares were added to the following various provisions of the National Parks Act. These comprised parks on 25 January 2001 as a result of the National Parks 92 areas on schedules to the Act (36 national parks, (Amendment) Act 2000: 3 wilderness parks, 31 State parks, 11 marine and/or coastal • Alpine National Park (13 135 ha) – the Mount parks or reserves, 5 regional parks, 3 historic parks and McKay/Rocky Valley area that was excised from the park 3 other areas) and 16 non-scheduled areas. Appendix 1 lists in 1997 (285 ha) and the Wongungarra wilderness the areas and appendix 4 shows their location. Their total (12 850 ha); area is approximately 3.09 million hectares, which is nearly 13.6 per cent of the State and more than 35 per cent of • Organ Pipes National Park (13 ha) – an area along Jackson public land. Creek donated by the City of Brimbank; The Act also defines 19 wilderness zones and 21 remote and • Yarra Ranges National Park (3 ha) – four small areas in or natural areas within 13 national parks (appendix 1) and on the boundaries of the Armstrong Creek and Upper 2 designated water supply catchment areas (those parts of Yarra catchments; Melbourne’s water supply catchments and their buffers within • Kamarooka State Park (94 ha) – an area on the southern Kinglake and Yarra Ranges National Parks). edge of the park with Whipstick mallee and box-ironbark vegetation purchased with the assistance of the City of Greater Bendigo; • Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park (16 ha) – former freehold land on the Boole Poole Peninsula. 3 Natural Values Management Grampians National Park Planning Best practice in park management Management plans The Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) and Parks Victoria contributed to the preparation of a As at 30 June 2001 there were 63 approved management continuing series of ‘Best Practice in Park Management’ plans covering 34 national parks, 3 wilderness parks, 30 State reports as part of the Australian and New Zealand parks and 9 other parks. Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) Working Further consultation with indigenous communities and native Group on National Parks and Protected Area Management. title claimants was undertaken on the final plan for Yarra Two reports were published during the year: Ranges National Park and is continuing on the final plans for • Best Practice in Protected Area Management Planning the Grampians National Park and Discovery Bay parks (Mount Richmond National Park, Cape Nelson State Park and • Best Practice in Historic Places Management Discovery Bay Coastal Park). Reports on public involvement in protected area management In December 2000 the Minister released a new draft plan for and the use of fire for ecological purposes were commenced. Wilsons Promontory National Park. This provides for fully Details of the program can be found at integrated management of Tidal River and the rest of the www.ea.gov.au/parks/anzecc. park. Research There was also considerable work undertaken on draft plans for: Research permits • Terrick Terrick National Park Research, study or investigation carried out in a park under the National Parks Act requires a permit under that Act and • Beechworth Historic Park sometimes other Acts (e.g. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act • Cape Conran Coastal Park 1988, Reference Areas Act 1978, Wildlife Act 1975). There • Cape Liptrap Coastal Park were 181 permits granted during the year for 181 projects: 93 permits were new and 88 existing permits were renewed. • Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve Of the 181 permits, 153 covered 291 research activities in • Long Forest Flora Reserve 72 parks (a permit and project may cover more than one park). The other 28 permits enabled work to be carried out Monitoring of priority tasks in management plans continued in all parks if necessary. during the year to ensure that existing plans are being implemented. 4 Figure 1 - Research Permits Figure 1 shows the number of permits in the parks for which • a study of the taxonomy of the Mountain Galaxias species there were more than five permits issued (excluding ‘all parks’ complex in several parks; permits). The vast majority of the projects were in the fields • an investigation of the habitat requirements of the Barking of botany, ecology and zoology. Other areas included Owl (Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park and Beechworth anthropology, archaeology, conservation, education, Historic Park); engineering, fisheries, geography, geology, horticulture, palaeontology, recreation and soils. Researchers were mostly • a study of the biophysical impact of camping at Wilsons from tertiary institutions, government departments and Promontory National Park. agencies, and museums. Research Partners Program The diverse projects covered by the permits included: The second year of Parks Victoria’s Research Partners Program • determining the three-dimensional geological structure of funded targeted environmental research activities. Partners in a fold in rocks at Cape Liptrap as an analogue for mountain the program are the Arthur
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