Biodiversity Offsetting Recommendations: Endangered Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland

Australian Wildlife Services have recently been involved in providing sound revegetation and rehabilitation recommendations to offset disturbance of endangered Yellow Box Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland in the Googong Foreshores area (ACT/NSW). Rehabilitation and revegetation was to occur in an adjacent poor condition, cleared woodland area to the disturbance. There were three main limiting factors to successful development of good condition box woodland identified by AWS: overgrazing by eastern grey kangaroos, widespread occurrence of weed species including many noxious species, and the likelihood that soil seed stocks of native species were degraded. In order to allow the successful offset and development of good condition Grassy Yellow Box Red Gum Woodland, a scope of works was provided. Management actions recommended included construction of a kangaroo deterrent fence, a targeted and robust weed control program and direct seeding of target tree, shrub and ground cover species. Works are to be commenced later in 2010.

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