Page 388 - Week 01 - Thursday, 11 February 2010
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- Urambi Hills Nature Reserve
- Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserve.
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve is also identified as being part of Canberra Nature Park but has a separate plan.
(7) Six areas reserved as Public Land Nature Reserve do not have individual management plans. These are:
- Callum Brae Nature Reserve
- Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve
- Jerrabomberra West Nature Reserve
- Kama Nature Reserve
- Percival Hill Nature Reserve
- Watson Woodlands.
Strategies and policies from the ACT Lowland Native Grassland Conservation Strategy 2004 and ACT Lowland Woodland Conservation Strategy 2005 apply to these and other parts of Canberra Nature Park as appropriate.
(8) While the six nature reserves identified in Question 7 are not explicitly named in the Canberra Nature Park Plan of Management 1999 (the areas have been reserved following the release of the Canberra Nature Park Plan of Management), they are recognised as being part of Canberra Nature Park and managed according to the policies and strategies outlined in the plan of management.
(9) Due to the seasonality and uncertainty of ParkCare activities the majority of groups have adopted a reactive and flexible approach to planning and tend not to develop annual work plans. Consultation and planning throughout the year occurs at the park level together with the district staff and this provides an opportunity to direct efforts to problem areas. Six groups undertook “site assessments” during 2004-05 as a basis for work plans but this approach has not continued.
PCL has recently discussed with ParkCare groups and ranger staff how annual plans can be more formally developed. The recently drafted PCL Volunteer Policy now prescribes annual work plans.
In lieu of annual work plans some Parkcare Groups have developed and implement their own local “management plans”. The plans define the conservation values and priorities of the group whilst outlining relevant ecosystems and restorative measures to be employed. The “management plans” generally span a period longer than a year and do not detail specific activities.
(10) Over the 20 years of ParkCare, there have been numerous changes in staff and volunteer practices. Volunteers do not tend to keep rigorous records of hours worked and the figures below, particularly the earlier figures may provide an under-estimate of the actual hours worked. Records during the 2006-07 transition from Environment ACT to Parks, Conservation and Lands are incomplete.
In 2008 the Community Programs Officer developed a database to improve the recording of volunteer hours and separate those pertaining specifically to the ParkCare Program from other volunteering.
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