This seminar looks interesting will cost
around $200 each well worth attending 30 spots left
Doug McKenzie Mohr Introductory
Workshop
Date:
Thursday 17th January, 2008 Time:
9:00am-4:30pm Venue:
Royal College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne (across from DSE, 8
Nicholson Street) Cost:
Maximum $280 per participant (based on 40 expected participants, more people,
reduced cost... once numbers have been confirmed, the actual cost will be
communicated to participants).
RSVP to Anna Lohse (anna.lohse@...) by Friday January
4
Those
of you that are interested in behaviour change for sustainability may be very
interested in the upcoming Doug McKenzie Mohr visit to Australia. DSE
has arranged an introductory workshop with Doug for staff on Jan 17th. I
have checked with the organisers, and it is ok for external people to come
along too (DSE will invoice you). See invite below for details on
RSVP'ing. RSVP's are due tomorrow, so get in quick! My apologies for the
short notice.
Cheers -Georgia
Georgia Piggot Sustainability/Greenhouse Officer Port Phillip Region Department of Sustainability and Environment 30 Prospect Street, Box Hill VIC 3128 Ph: 03 9296 4548 Email: georgia.piggot@... www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au www.dse.vic.gov.au/accord
Doug McKenzie Mohr Introductory Workshop
Date:
Thursday 17th January, 2008 Time:
9:00am-4:30pm Venue:
Royal College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne (across from DSE, 8
Nicholson Street) Cost:
Maximum $280 per participant (based on 40 expected participants, more people,
reduced cost... once numbers have been confirmed, the actual cost will be
communicated to participants).
RSVP to Anna Lohse (anna.lohse@...) by Friday
January 4
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I am
writing to you all to inform you I have taken an opportunity of a one year
secondment to become the Manager of the Sustainable Environment Department at Hume
City Council. This will mean I will no longer be directly involved in Tree and
Bushland management at Hume. In the short term Michael
Leers will be managing the Tree area and Paul Grimes will be looking after the Natural
Landscape Management Team.
I
would like to thank all the people who have helped me achieve many things since
starting in my Open Space Coordinator Role at Hume back in 2002. I think I have
made a difference to the way we manage trees and our conservation reserves and I
am sure this important work will continue in my absence. My new role will be
more strategic and will hopefully improve the environmental performance of
Council and the Local Community. I will still work with many of you in a different
role and with a tie and shirt (maybe even a suit). I am still working for Hume
City Council and will still have interest in all the works you will be continuing
with.
Again
thanks and my new contact details are set out in the auto signature below. Note
by mobile and desk number have changed and I will be on the 5th floor
of the new office in Broadmeadows. Please come visit when you get a chance and
admire the view.
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From: Karen Wilson Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 9:39
AM To: Environment Unit; Jason
Summers; Roger Cook; Daniela Pascuzzo; Zach Tomasini; Helen Curtain; Yvonne
Schell Subject: Wildflower Walk at Evans Street -
please distribute this flyer
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at the Crossroads: a forum featuring Michael Soulé, father of conservation
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Dear VNPAmember,
Victoria Naturally and its alliance partner
The Wilderness Society are holding an important forum next monthto help rethink the way we manage our natural
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Biodiversity at the Crossroads will feature
international guest speaker Emeritus Professor Michael Soulé, the “father
of conservation biology” and co-chair of The Wilderness Society’s
WildCountry Science Council, as well as leading Victorian landscape ecologist
Associate Professor Andrew Bennett from Deakin University.
The forum comes at a time when the world is facing
global mass extinctions and amid moves by the Victorian Government to develop a
new framework for managing biodiversity through its Land and Biodiversity White
Paper inquiry.
By better understanding the connections and processes
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I would prefer training or information in managing
the implementation of offsets developing 10 year plans ensuring costing’s
are covered to implement them. Mechanisms to manage money over that period and
ensuring corporate memory systems are implemented to keep it all on track. Can
we discuss this and see if anything can be developed. We are working hard to
try to ensure this system works and Council does not get burdened financially trying
to manage these new arrangements specifically on Council owned or managed land.
Be happy to discuss the issues.
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From:
Russell.Costello@... [mailto:Russell.Costello@...] Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 6:29
PM To:
Russell.Costello@... Subject: Habitat Hectare and Gain
calculation training
Do you still want to attend a 3-day
habitat hectare- calculating gain from offset areas training course?
Though
there are no courses scheduled for the present, I have been asked to compile a
list of those who missed out on the recent couple of 3-day training courses in
habitat hectares and gain calculation run by Sheri Burmeister from DSE Nicholson Street.
There were only 12 places per course and about 18 places in total
available to external trainees. DSE had to ration them ruthlessly.
DSE
in Nicholson Street
has asked me to gauge the demand for more such courses. I have attached
the outline of the course content. It is clearly aimed at those already
familiar with native vegetation, who can recognise indigenous vegetation from
non-indigenous and exotic veg, and the difference between species (such as the
different grasses- though you done have to be able to name species for
this method). It also mainly focusses on those who need to be able to
undertake habitat hectare assessments and gain assessment as part of there
regular work. That having been said, our Biodiversity staff found the course
useful for understanding consultant reports and making decisions based on them,
despite the fact that most staff rarely have to undertake habitat hectares
assessments themselves. It is a solid 3-day commitment with a project
assignment.
For
those who do not need to be trained in the method but need a more general
understanding of net gain in planning permits, the region is about to announce
a series of 1/2 day (PM) courses about how DSE staff in this region assess
applications referred to it, based on a made-up case. These will run over
July and August and the details and invites to those will be sent out next
week.
In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you would you let
me know if you or you colleagues would want to undertake the 3-day HHa - gain
calculation proficiency course run by head office. Name,
organisation, contact phone and e-mail or address is enough.
cheers
Russell Costello
Native Vegetation Officer
Part-time - Work Days: Monday -Thursday
Department of Sustainability & Environment
Port Phillip Region
Locked Bag 3000
BOX HILL VIC 3128
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From:
Russell.Costello@... [mailto:Russell.Costello@...] Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 6:29
PM To:
Russell.Costello@... Subject: Habitat Hectare and Gain
calculation training
Do you still want to attend a 3-day
habitat hectare- calculating gain from offset areas training course?
Though
there are no courses scheduled for the present, I have been asked to compile a
list of those who missed out on the recent couple of 3-day training courses in
habitat hectares and gain calculation run by Sheri Burmeister from DSE Nicholson Street.
There were only 12 places per course and about 18 places in total
available to external trainees. DSE had to ration them ruthlessly.
DSE
in Nicholson Street
has asked me to gauge the demand for more such courses. I have attached
the outline of the course content. It is clearly aimed at those already
familiar with native vegetation, who can recognise indigenous vegetation from
non-indigenous and exotic veg, and the difference between species (such as the
different grasses- though you done have to be able to name species for
this method). It also mainly focusses on those who need to be able to
undertake habitat hectare assessments and gain assessment as part of there
regular work. That having been said, our Biodiversity staff found the course
useful for understanding consultant reports and making decisions based on them,
despite the fact that most staff rarely have to undertake habitat hectares
assessments themselves. It is a solid 3-day commitment with a project
assignment.
For
those who do not need to be trained in the method but need a more general
understanding of net gain in planning permits, the region is about to announce
a series of 1/2 day (PM) courses about how DSE staff in this region assess
applications referred to it, based on a made-up case. These will run over
July and August and the details and invites to those will be sent out next
week.
In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you would you let
me know if you or you colleagues would want to undertake the 3-day HHa - gain
calculation proficiency course run by head office. Name,
organisation, contact phone and e-mail or address is enough.
cheers
Russell Costello
Native Vegetation Officer
Part-time - Work Days: Monday -Thursday
Department of Sustainability & Environment
Port Phillip Region
Locked Bag 3000
BOX HILL VIC 3128
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Have you thought of sowing with the native grass Microlaena?
Usually I would be concerned with local provenance, so if the group has the time and resources to collect their own local seed with a view to direct seed those areas, then that would be best.
But as an alternative, seen as the mentioned options are introduced grasses anyway, buying from a supplier may prove to be ok. You don't mention the size of the areas to be sown, if large it may be expensive - its about $180 per kilo of seed and you would need about a kilo for 100 square metres, that would mean a 3 hectare area would cost about $54K - did I do the math right?? (3 Ha = 30 000 m2 / 100m2 x 1Kg x $180 = $54 000) - Collecting your own seed is sounding better all the time! If that price hasn't already scared you away and you are interested in looking into it further;
p.s On the subject of provenance, I found this in one of the websites listed above (true or untrue??):
While local provenance is relevant for trees and shrubs, it is not relevant for revegetation using native grasses because of the way grasses reproduce. It is often assumed that cross pollination is the normal fertilisation for all plants, but this is not so for native grasses. While there is considerable variety in the way Australian native grasses flower and produce seed, all the grasses studied to date produce the majority of their seed by some form of self-pollination and not by cross pollination. Many grasses including Wallaby grass and Weeping grass are self fertilising and spikelets are fertilised before they emerge from the leaf sheath. Some grasses are able to produce fertile seed asexually. The grasses don’t display inbreeding characteristics because they have more than two basic sets of chromosomes. Kangaroo grass, for example, has from two to six sets of chromosomes and Weeping grass has four sets of chromosomes. Other grasses such as Redgrass and Bluegrass species have some flower spikelets with two sets of chromosomes, while others on the same plant may have many sets of chromosomes.
Thus there is genetic diversity within each plant rather than within different individuals within a population. So there can be distinct genetic variations within one species in the same paddock. It then becomes impossible to determine what is local.
Furthermore, distance is not a factor in determining genetic diversity for native grasses. Studies have shown that different types of Wallaby grass, Austrodanthonia caespitosa, can be found with different characteristics within one to two kilometres. We know that in other areas variation is far less and the same type can extend to several hundred kilometres. Both wild species and bred cultivars of native grasses will grow well outside their normal range thus displaying broad scale adaptation.
Subject: [LGBRVIC] FW: Grass seed species for Five Mile Creek
Hello
A Landcare group at Woodend has a project on a highly disturbed site over a large area (2-3 ha). Some of the area will be revegetated, and other areas will be sown to grass, with a view to revegetation later or else ongoing mowing. The group is trying to work out what is an appropriate grass seed mix that could be used without making an already bad weed problem worse. Does anyone have any preference for the suggestions below, or where else to go to get appropriate seed mixes?
-----Original Message----- From:DougDalgleish [mailto:dougdalgleish@hotmail.com] Sent:Thursday, 21 June 20079:54 AM To:LachlanMilne Subject: Grass seed species for Five Mile Creek
Lachlan
As suggested, I contacted Tree Max re grass seed mistures for the Creek. Their suggestions were:-
Perennial Ryegrass Fine Leaf Ryegrass Turf Type Tall Fescue Turf Type Tall Fescue
Annual Ryegrass Cropping Red Fescue Couch Grass Fine Leaf Ryegrass
Kentucky Blue Grass Chewing Fescue Kentucky Blue Grass
The alternative from Landmark, Kyneton was:-
Hardy Lawn Seed Blend
Ryegrass 49%
Highland Bent 19%
Kentucky Blue Grass 14%
Chewing Fescue 3%
Creeping Fescue 15%
I'm inclined to use the Hardy Lawn Seed Blend. I don't see the inclusion of Highland Bent as a problem as it's everywhere anyway, already the dominant species along the Creek and it forms a good turf for mowing/slashing. Furthermore, it thrives well in low fertility, water logged, high acidity soils more so than other (introduced) grass species. That's characteristic of the Creek area and that's why its everywhere in the district. (I can't see the shire spreading lime or fertilizing the Creek area in the future).
Let me know your thoughts and I'll act accordingly. (The Tree Max seeds were more expensive).
Regards
Doug Dalgleish
Ministry of Sound's Sessions 4 has arrived. Have a listen!
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A Landcare group at Woodend has a project
on a highly disturbed site over a large area (2-3 ha). Some of the area
will be revegetated, and other areas will be sown to grass, with a view to
revegetation later or else ongoing mowing. The group is trying to work
out what is an appropriate grass seed mix that could be used without making an
already bad weed problem worse. Does anyone have any preference for the
suggestions below, or where else to go to get appropriate seed mixes?
-----Original Message----- From:DougDalgleish [mailto:dougdalgleish@...]
Sent:Thursday,
21 June 20079:54
AM To:LachlanMilne Subject: Grass seed species for
Five Mile Creek
Lachlan
As suggested, I contacted Tree Max re grass seed mistures for the
Creek. Their suggestions were:-
Perennial Ryegrass Fine
Leaf Ryegrass Turf Type
Tall Fescue Turf Type Tall Fescue
Annual
Ryegrass
Cropping Red Fescue Couch
Grass
Fine Leaf Ryegrass
Kentucky Blue Grass
Chewing
Fescue
Kentucky Blue Grass
The alternative from Landmark, Kyneton was:-
Hardy Lawn Seed Blend
Ryegrass 49%
Highland
Bent 19%
Kentucky Blue Grass 14%
Chewing Fescue 3%
Creeping Fescue 15%
I'm inclined to use the Hardy Lawn Seed Blend. I don't see the
inclusion of Highland Bent as a problem as it's everywhere anyway, already the
dominant species along the Creek and it forms a good turf for
mowing/slashing. Furthermore, it thrives well in low fertility, water
logged, high acidity soils more so than other (introduced) grass species.
That's characteristic of the Creek area and that's why its everywhere in the
district. (I can't see the shire spreading lime or fertilizing the Creek
area in the future).
Let me know your thoughts and I'll act accordingly. (The Tree Max
seeds were more expensive).
Regards
Doug Dalgleish
Ministry of Sound's Sessions 4 has arrived. Have a listen!
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(this is the content of an email from David Cheal)
Colleagues,
This is a reminder of the next seminar in the ARI Seminar Series,
scheduled for next Monday 18 June, at 1:00 pm at ARI (123 Brown St,
Heidelberg), in the Conference Room (turn left after you enter the
front doors). This seminar is being presented by Graeme Lorimer of
Manningham Council. He has provided the following blurb.
Seven years after all Australian state and federal governments set the
goal of reversing the decline in extent and quality of native
vegetation, how much do we know about trends in vegetation quality and
the methodology of monitoring it?
Graeme will report on a demonstration study for Manningham City
Council that involves a network of sampling sites chosen to be
statistically representative of native vegetation in the municipality.
The talk will highlight the paucity of guidance on how to monitor
vegetation change, and provide recommendations about methodology and
what research still needs to be done. This includes an assessment of
the relative merits of the Habitat Hectare method and three of its
variants. There are important implications for how best to monitor
vegetation quality, including the use of 'habitat scoring' and quadrat
survey.
There should be ample opportunity for questions and discussion during
the seminar. You will also find the current seminar schedule
attached to this reminder.
See you on Monday,
David C. Cheal
Principal Scientist & Project Leader (Forests & Reserves)
Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084
tel. 03-94508731, fax 03-94508799, mobile 0429-358233
international 61-3-94508731
A newsletter for all natural resource managers see attachment
Jason Summers
Open Space Coordinator
Hume City Council
PO Box 119 Dallas Vic 3047
Ph 92052387 Mob 0411739010
Fax 92012974
Email jasons@...
Interested in Tree management why not join the Basalt Plains Urban
Forest group at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/BPUFG/
Interested in Natural Landscape management why not join Bush
regenerators at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/LGBRVIC/
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From: scropper@...
[mailto:scropper@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2007 7:47 AM
To: Jason Summers
Subject: EcoRamblings, Issue 3 (May 2007)
Jason,
Attached is the May 2007 issue of EcoRamblings. The contents
of this issue are...
EcoRamblings, Issue 3 (May 2007)
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> Mis-representation of cost - An illegal practice.
> Dangers to outside workers - Lightning.
> Power, control and product branding.
> Q&A: "Should the ground watertable be lowered by up to
3 metres under salt marsh vegetation? I presume the salt
marsh would deteriorate in time without any remedial action,
if so, when would the likely deterioration effects on the
salt marsh be evident and would you recommend an adaptive
management plan be implemented to combat this deterioration?"
> Q&A: "What impact are the many blue gum plantations in
Western Victoria having on groundwater levels for farmers
who now have plantations next door to them? They want to
know why spring fed creeks which run out of the blue gums,
have gone dry for the first time in history."
> Q&A: "What sort of changes might we expect to see in our
local grassland communities as a result of climate change
and as land managers what should be our response?"
> Don't ask for financial advice, you won't get it!
> Common terms used in conservation.
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The content of the previous issues
EcoRamblings, Issue 1 (November 2006)
------------------------------------------------------------
> Ecoramblings - A New Industry Newsletter
> Heat Stress in Outdoor Workers
> Site stratification, an essential component of
a flora survey
> Websearch: A new revolution! Open Access Journals
> Websearch: Pimelea spinescens (Spiny Rice-flower)
> Have you unwittingly breached copyright?
> An easy and realiable method for estimating tree heights
> The demise of ephemeral wetlands of the basalt plains
> Prepurchase Ecological Assessments - don't buy a problem!
> Q&A: What is the best way to determine if a parcel of
land requires a survey for significant vegetation?
> Q&A: How can land managers keep up with all the changes
in legislation in relation to weeds, biodiversity and
conservation?
EcoRamblings, Issue 2 (February 2007)
------------------------------------------------------------
> Intellectual property - a brief introduction
> Legislation related to flora in Victoria
> The Framework: A Review - Part 1
The Net Gain Calculater - the final piece to the puzzle
> The Framework: A Review - Part 1
New version of the 'Guide for Assessment of Referred
Planning Permit Applications'
> Q&A: How is the Habitat Hectare method for assessment of
vegetation been accepted or utilised in the industry?
> Q&A: How is the Native Vegetation Management Framework
been accepted in the industry?
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "How do we know offset site is
being managed?"
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "What happens after 10 years to
land being managed as an offset?"
> Q&A: A land manager asked "To rehabilitate a degraded
site to it's floristic potential, is it better to manually
reinstate the site with a mixture of native grass seeds, or
should we just allow nature to take it's course?"
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "Is it really possible to
revegetate an area back to healthy and functional pristine
bushland? What kind of time frame is needed? We talk so much
about offsetting the loss of bushland with replanting.
Are we really just wasting time and creating areas which
will never be self sustaining and turn into weed scapes
or monocultures?"
If you would like a copy of either of these issues send me an
email with ECORAMBLINGS ISSUE 1 or 2 in the subject line.
Cheers Simon
Simon Cropper
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
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From:
Maelor [mailto:maelor@...] Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2007 9:21 AM Subject: Parks and climate change
Build
Parks To Climate Proof Our Cities
Science
Daily May 14 Scientists looking at the effect global warming will have on our
major cities say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street
trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises.
The University of
Manchester study has
calculated that a mere 10% increase in the amount of green space in built-up
centres would reduce urban surface temperatures by as much as 4°C.
This 4°C drop in temperature, which is equivalent to the average predicted rise
through global warming by the 2080s, is caused by the cooling effect of water
as it evaporates into the air from leaves and vegetation through a process
called transpiration.
"Green space collects and retains water much better than the built
environment," explained Dr Roland Ennos, a biomechanics expert in Manchester's Faculty of
Life Sciences and a lead researcher in the team.
"As this water evaporates from the leaves of plants and trees it cools the
surrounding air in a similar way to the cooling effect of perspiration as it
evaporates from our skin."
Taking Greater Manchester as their model, the team used Geographic Information
System (GIS) mapping to build up a picture of the conurbation's land use. The
team then worked out the impact that increasing the amount of green space would
have on the urban climate as well as on water retention.
"Urban areas can be up to 12°C warmer than more rural surroundings due to
the heat given off by buildings, roads and traffic, as well as reduced
evaporative cooling, in what is commonly referred to as an 'urban heat
island'," said Dr Ennos, who worked on the project with Professor John
Handley and Dr Susannah Gill in the School of Environment and Development.
"We discovered that a modest increase of 10% green space reduced surface
temperatures in the urban environment by 4°C, which would overcome temperature
rises caused by global warming over the next 75 years, effectively 'climate
proofing' our cities.
"Such a reduction has important implications for human comfort and health
within urban areas and opportunities need to be taken to increase green space
cover wherever structural changes are occurring within urban areas, as well as
planting street trees or developing green roofs."
The research, published in Built Environment, also examined the effect
increased green space would have on the amount of rainwater urban areas capture
and retain; towns and cities lose a large proportion of rainwater through what
is termed 'run-off' where precipitation quickly leaves the surface and drains
away into streams and rivers, eventually returning to the sea.
"By the 2080s, our summers will be hotter and drier but winters are
predicted to become wetter," said Dr Ennos. "An extreme wet winter's
day by the 2080s will deliver almost 50% more rain than is currently
experienced.
"Based on an existing model, we have calculated that these more powerful
storms would increase the amount of run-off from urban areas by more than 80%.
Unfortunately, increasing the amount of green space only has a limited effect
in reducing run-off and so flash flooding will become an increasing problem in
our cities.
"Conversely, the warmer, drier summer months will reduce the amount of water
available to plants and, during the longer droughts, this will reduce
transpiration with its associated cooling effect.
"In order for the cooling effect of green spaces to work when it is most
needed, cities would need to develop ways to store additional water, which
could then be used to irrigate the green spaces during drier months."
Note: This story has been adapted from a
news release issued by University
of Manchester.
Maelor
Himbury
6 Florence St
NIDDRIE 3042
Tel: 93741902 (h)
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Have a great weekend
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Interested in Tree management why not join the Basalt Plains Urban
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Interested in Natural Landscape management why not join Bush regenrators
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From: scropper@...
[mailto:scropper@...]
Sent: Friday, 20 April 2007 3:25 AM
To: Jason Summers
Subject: EcoRamblings, Issue 2 (February 2007)
Jason,
Attached is the February 2007 issue of EcoRamblings. Sorry for
the delay but I have had to complete a complete overhaul of my
computer system before I could complete this issue. The contents
of this issue are...
EcoRamblings, Issue 2 (February 2007)
------------------------------------------------------------
> Intellectual property - a brief introduction
> Legislation related to flora in Victoria
> The Framework: A Review - Part 1
The Net Gain Calculater - the final piece to the puzzle
> The Framework: A Review - Part 1
New version of the 'Guide for Assessment of Referred
Planning Permit Applications'
> Q&A: How is the Habitat Hectare method for assessment of
vegetation been accepted or utilised in the industry?
> Q&A: How is the Native Vegetation Management Framework
been accepted in the industry?
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "How do we know offset site is
being managed?"
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "What happens after 10 years to
land being managed as an offset?"
> Q&A: A land manager asked "To rehabilitate a de-graded
site to it's floristic potential, is it better to manually
reinstate the site with a mixture of native grass seeds, or
should we just allow nature to take it's course?"
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "Is it really possible to
revegetate an area back to healthy and funct-ional pristine
bushland? What kind of time-frame is needed? We talk so much
about off-setting the loss of bushland with replanting.
Are we really just wasting time and creating areas which
will never be self sustaining and turn into weed scapes
or monocultures?"
If you think the newsletter will be of value to someone else in
the industry please feel free to forward this email with
attachment to them.
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The content of the previous issue
EcoRamblings, Issue 1 (November 2006)
------------------------------------------------------------
> Ecoramblings - A New Industry Newsletter
> Heat Stress in Outdoor Workers
> Site stratification, an essential component of a flora
survey
> Websearch: A new revolution! Open Access Journals
> Websearch: Pimelea spinescens (Spiny Rice-flower)
> Have you unwittingly breached copyright?
> An easy and realiable method for estimating tree heights
> The demise of ephemeral wetlands of the basalt plains
> Prepurchase Ecological Assessments - don't buy a problem!
> Q&A: What is the best way to determine if a parcel of
land requires a survey for significant vegetation?
> Q&A: How can land managers keep up with all the changes
in legislation in relation to weeds, biodiversity and
conservation?
If you would like a copy of this issue send me an email with
ECORAMBLINGS ISSUE 1 in the subject line.
Cheers Simon
Simon Cropper
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
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From:
Rhys Collins [mailto:rhys.collins@...] Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2007
8:50 AM To: aazaris1@...; Karen
Wilson; Anna Zsoldos; Roger Cook; julie.brookman@...;
ChristinaCheers; Jason Summers; Mel
Taube; vivian.amenta@...; Kirsten Lingard; Carol Jadraque;
gwestie@... Subject: RE: SCS water Test
Results March 2007
Hi there.
Advanced Waterwatch Training
will be conducted in Sunbury on Saturday. If you know of anyone that is
interested in participating please send them my contact details. The training will
take most of the day with both physical and chemical testing and
macro-invertebrate sampling and identification. It is free of charge and
available to anyone!
At the moment the numbers are
low and without at least 10 people the sessions will not run.
Thanks, Rhys
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JasonSummers OpenSpaceCoordinator HumeCity
Council PO Box 119Dallas Vic
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I have been involved in rabbit and fox
control in residential areas including Keilor, Sunbury, Westmeadows and TaylorsLakes. My main experience is in using
Pindone for rabbits, sometimes within bait stations other times trail feeding
in more out of the way areas. We have always informed all residents via letter
box drops articles in the local papers and contacted all the local vets to
ensure that Vitamin K (the andidote) is in good supply and to be on the look
out for pets showing symptoms of Pindone poisoning. I have had one dog showing
symptoms in over 10 years of doing this work. We dropped him to a vet who fixed
him up in five minutes. I think he ate a poisoned rabbit from within a warren.
He was a small foxy he survived ok and was reunited with his owner. 99% of
rabbits die in the warrens from Pindone we normally get the contractor or crew
to sweep the are for any rabbits that do rarely die out in the open.
Good contractors are hard to find if you
call me I can put you in touch with a few. I find that baiting with pindone
then I usually have two free feeds then at least three to up to five poison feeds
to ensure all the population are killed. Monitoring the bait left after each
feed gives you a good indication of how things are travelling. Where we have
had good bait uptake the response from the vegetation is significant especially
palatable species such as She oaks etc. The weeds also respond well to less
grazing. It is not until you get them under control do you realise the full
impact they have on the ecosystem.
Foxes I have only really been involved in
live trapping with good success with the right contractors.
Happy to chat about anything I have mentioned
Thanks
JasonSummers OpenSpaceCoordinator HumeCity Council PO Box 119Dallas Vic 3047 Ph 92052387 Mob 0411739010 Fax 92012974 Email
jasons@...
From:
LGBRVIC@... [mailto:LGBRVIC@...] On Behalf Of sam_mornpen Sent: Monday, 27 November 2006
11:33 AM To: LGBRVIC@... Subject: [LGBRVIC] Feral animal
control in residential areas
Hi All,
I'm wanting to hear from anyone who conducts, or has conducted any
sort of feral animal control in small or large bushland reserves in
residential areas. We have been doing bits and pieces of feral
animal control (foxes, cats, rabbits, rats etc) on the Mornington Peninsula for a number of
years for a variety of reasons, from
protecting rare orchids from rabbit grazing to fox control for small
mammal protection. Most of this work up until now has only been
conducted in larger reserves generally away from heavilly populated
residential areas, but taking into account that the majority of our
Bushland Reserves are within residential areas, we have been fairly
limited in what we can do.
It would be interesting to hear from others who have been involved in
these kind of works, in particular the sort of response you have had
in regards to the feral populations, involvement from the community,
other successes and failures and generally anything else that you
think could be worth sharing. Feral animal control is an important
factor in biodiversity conservation, and something that can often be
put on the back shelf for bush regenerators.
I look forward to hearing your experiences and views.
Cheers
Sam Hand
Conservation Officer MorningtonPeninsula Shire
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Hey Sam,
I agree. I know that for us at Frankston what little we have done in
the past has been very adhoc. We do have an integrated pest animal
management plan for one of our reserves that was written up a couple
of years ago and could easily adapt for our other reserves but
funding has been hit-and-miss each year.
We have done the training and have purchased quite a bit of gear but
have to get serious now about implementation. I don't think we will
achieve anything without employing someone to co-ordinate our
efforts. In other words; have a dedicated position to organise it and
run it because such a task needs 100% attention. For the existing
staff to try and cope with the 'normal' work as well as something
like pest animal control gets too distracting and then nothing gets
done properly.
I've always thought that we are basically restricted to trapping and
den fumigation (and possibly feral proof fencing, but this is
expensive and would not suit all reserves)in such a suburban setting.
Maybe I'm wrong about this, if anyone has any comments?
Even these two activities will attract public attention,good or bad,
mostly bad I would assume.
Judging by the negative feedback we get from herbicide spraying, I
can only assume that using 1080 would create a massive backlash in
the community, I certainly wouldn't want the headache!
What about sterilization? not sure on the efficacy of this. Must do
some more research on the matter.
I know I haven't been of much help Sam, but just thought your email
came at an interesting time after having just come back from the VRA
workshop at Phillip Island and basically coming away fustrated at not
being able to utilise the full range of 'weapons' against such
formidable predators.
One thing that may be of interest to you regarding rabbit control is
the use of nets in conjuction with dogs, this apparently is quite
successful but of course you would be relying on the contractor with
his trained dogs do much of the work, possibly raising costs? I can't
remember the name of the guy that got mentioned when I did the course
last but could probably try and find it in my notes if you are
interested in pursuing this further.
Ricardo
--- In LGBRVIC@..., "sam_mornpen" <handsj@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm wanting to hear from anyone who conducts, or has conducted any
> sort of feral animal control in small or large bushland reserves in
> residential areas. We have been doing bits and pieces of feral
> animal control (foxes, cats, rabbits, rats etc) on the Mornington
> Peninsula for a number of years for a variety of reasons, from
> protecting rare orchids from rabbit grazing to fox control for
small
> mammal protection. Most of this work up until now has only been
> conducted in larger reserves generally away from heavilly populated
> residential areas, but taking into account that the majority of our
> Bushland Reserves are within residential areas, we have been fairly
> limited in what we can do.
>
> It would be interesting to hear from others who have been involved
in
> these kind of works, in particular the sort of response you have
had
> in regards to the feral populations, involvement from the
community,
> other successes and failures and generally anything else that you
> think could be worth sharing. Feral animal control is an important
> factor in biodiversity conservation, and something that can often
be
> put on the back shelf for bush regenerators.
>
> I look forward to hearing your experiences and views.
>
> Cheers
>
> Sam Hand
> Conservation Officer
> Mornington Peninsula Shire
>
Hi All,
I'm wanting to hear from anyone who conducts, or has conducted any
sort of feral animal control in small or large bushland reserves in
residential areas. We have been doing bits and pieces of feral
animal control (foxes, cats, rabbits, rats etc) on the Mornington
Peninsula for a number of years for a variety of reasons, from
protecting rare orchids from rabbit grazing to fox control for small
mammal protection. Most of this work up until now has only been
conducted in larger reserves generally away from heavilly populated
residential areas, but taking into account that the majority of our
Bushland Reserves are within residential areas, we have been fairly
limited in what we can do.
It would be interesting to hear from others who have been involved in
these kind of works, in particular the sort of response you have had
in regards to the feral populations, involvement from the community,
other successes and failures and generally anything else that you
think could be worth sharing. Feral animal control is an important
factor in biodiversity conservation, and something that can often be
put on the back shelf for bush regenerators.
I look forward to hearing your experiences and views.
Cheers
Sam Hand
Conservation Officer
Mornington Peninsula Shire
A job as the bush crew team leader will be advertised this
weekend in the Age if you know anyone interested please forward the link to the
PD onto them.
Thanks
JasonSummers OpenSpaceCoordinator HumeCity
Council PO Box 119Dallas Vic
3047 Ph 92052387 Mob 0411739010 Fax 92012974 Email jasons@...
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FYI
Jason Summers
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Hume City Council
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Fax 92012974
Email jasons@...
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Cropper [mailto:scropper@...]
Sent: Saturday, 4 November 2006 4:24 PM
To: Simon Cropper
Subject: EcoRamblings - A New Natural Resource Management Industry
Newsletter!
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A flyer for a rangers training session you
may be interested in attending.
Thanks
JasonSummers OpenSpaceCoordinator HumeCity Council PO Box 119Dallas Vic 3047 Ph 92052387 Mob 0411739010 Fax 92012974 Email
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From:
NIXON Andrew [mailto:anixon@...] Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2006
8:51 AM To: NESTER Samantha; Jason
Summers; simao@... Cc: JAMESON Glen; KEENAN Sean;
SMITH Fiona Subject: VRA workshop 'flyer'
Hi Sam, Ricardo, Glen and Jason
Find attached the Victorian Ranger Associations ' flyer' for
the forthcoming workshop at PhillipIslandNaturePark.
- Sam, please send on to all VRA members
(NB. perhaps worthwhile to also send on to some of our ex-members who are
still on the email / mailing list. Check
with Mick Keenan if
needed)
- Jason, would be pleased if you could
also send on through to your local government network. I will give you a
call later today / tomorrow regards any other
communication options. We
are really hoping to attract our colleagues from local government (note the
words in the flyer !)
- Ricardo / Glen, could you please
place the file on the VRA website / CLOSErange respectively.
Ta muchly to you all
Andrew Nixon
VRA Vice-president
Ranger In Charge
Parks Victoria
Warrandyte Work Centre
PH. 9844 2659
Mob. 0417 563
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