Holmes Street Bushland North
An unprecedented opportunity to establish best practice natural area
management• 45% of Bush Forever Site 125
• Largely CoG managed
• $680,000 budget
• Comprehensive baseline studies
• 5-year implementation program
• Quality ecosystem management
• Integration with urban environment
Holmes Street Bushland North
• Urban growth front• 400ha CoG natural areas• Bush Forever 400ha + Canning and Southern Rivers• Bush Forever poor integration, lack of management• HSBN as a model
Holmes Street Bushland North
• 45% of BF125• + other contiguous bushland• Largely CoG managed• Some third party owned• Garden Street extension• Poor integration, no management• Unauthorised access• Bushfire risk
The Site
Holmes Street Bushland North
• L1585 Harpenden Street Subbie
• CoG owned• 10-Lot subdivision• Addresses poor planning
outcome• Largely degraded• Direct offsets• Retains linkage• Best practice construction
• 100% of profits to environmental projects
• $705,000 to Mary Carroll Park• $615,000 to Ecological
Recovery Team• $680,000 to HSBN
A Creative Funding Opportunity
Holmes Street Bushland North
Baseline studies:
• Vegetation community mapping and targeted flora
• Wetland definition
• Dieback interpretation
• Mapping of weeds and degraded areas
• Fauna – vertebrate and invertebrate
• Fire fuel loads and management
Phase One 2015 - ~$100,000
Holmes Street Bushland North
Integrated management planning:
• Dieback management
• Revegetation/rehabilitation
• Feral fauna management
• Strategic fire management
• Access Management
• Fencing
• Interpretive signage
• Pathways
• Pedestrian infrastructure
Phase One 2015 - ~$100,000
Holmes Street Bushland North
Implementation:
• Dieback intervention
• Revegetation/rehabilitation
• Feral fauna management
• Access Management
• Fencing
• Interpretive signage
• Pathways
• Pedestrian infrastructure
• Fire management
Phase Two 2016-2020 - ~$580,000
Holmes Street Bushland North
Strategic Fire Management:
• Fire ecology informed
• Managing fire risk
• Management of fuel loads, including maintaining high fuel areas
• Strategic fire access tracks
• Creation of cells
• Clearing permit for burns – purpose permit?
• Our experience so far – Bodallin Crescent Reserve
• Fire as a management tool
Phase Two 2016-2020 - ~$580,000
Holmes Street Bushland North
• Important environmental asset integrated with its urban surroundings
• Well considered and planned management
• Community ownership through use
• Valued asset
• Part of the urban fabric
• Permanent part of the area’s identity
• Educational opportunities
• Model for other areas
Vision
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