Biodiversity Management Award
Sponsored by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSW)
Recognises initiatives in conserving and enhancing biodiversity on public and private land in urban and rural areas. This includes community involvement in protecting and conserving natural environments and wildlife habitat, rehabilitating and restoring degraded areas, and the improvement of wetlands management.
Division A - Winner
Lithgow City Council: Hyde Park Reserve
Hyde Park is one of the oldest reserves in Australia having been declared public land in 1881 and is recognised as having values and significance to the Gundungurra and Wiradjuri Aboriginal Nations. The tenure of the land and terrain has allowed Hyde Park Reserve to uniquely preserve an area of species-rich and intact native shrubby woodland that contains two species of native plants thought only to be found in the wild at this reserve. Unrestricted access, undefined use, and increased usage of the reserve resulted in massive erosion problems, habitat loss, and loss of Aboriginal artefacts. Community consultation, the development of a Plan of Management, and an Archaeological Survey has allowed Lithgow City Council to address these issues through innovative conservation earthworks, signage, and track consolidation.
Name: David Durie
Position: Environmental Health Officer
Phone number: (02) 6354 9982
Email address: david.durie@lithgow.nsw.gov.au
Division B - Winner and Overall Winner
Great Lakes Council: Darawakh/Frogalla Wetland Rehabilitation
The 929-hectare Darawakh/ Frogalla Coastal Floodplain Wetland, located on the mid north coast of NSW is a highly significant area for biodiversity and environmental services provisions. During the period from the 1950's to the 1990's, the wetland was significantly altered through clearing and drainage. This project seeks to conserve, restore and remediate the wetland through management interventions such that acid sulfate outflows are prevented, the land functions as a resilient and self-sustaining natural coastal floodplain wetland, it contributes under-represented wetland to the public conservation estate and provides for scientific, educational and natural open space opportunities for the community.
Name: Gerard Tuckerman
Position: Manager Natural Systems & Estuaries
Phone number: (02) 6591 7274
Email address:gerard.tuckerman@greatlakes.nsw.gov.au
Powerpoint presentation:
Gerard_Tuckerman_Great_Lakes.pdf (5.75MB)
Division C - Winner
Randwick City Council: Biodiversity Conservation Program
Randwick City Council manages nineteen (19) bushland reserves, supervises 20 bushcare and community parks groups, controls threats to biodiversity on public lands such as weeds and pest animals and issues notices for the control of noxious weeds on private property. The recent preparation of a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy has assisted greatly in pulling the existing actions together and in enabling the commencement of new actions. The Biodiversity Conservation Program consists of smaller programs including data collection & monitoring, statutory protection measures, physical protection measures, community education, community participation, indigenous plant production, pest animal control, weed control, bush regeneration & pollution control of stormwater.
Name: Bettina Digby
Position: Supervisor of Bushland and Nursery
Phone number: (02) 0399 0686
Email address:Bettina.digby@randwick.nsw.gov.au
