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Scott Nature ReservePlan of Management
SCOTT NATURE RESERVE
PLAN OF MANAGEMENT
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Part of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
May 2010
This plan of management was adopted by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment on 18
th May 2010.
Acknowledgments The NPWS acknowledges that this nature reserve is in the traditional country of the Walbanga people. This plan of management is based on a draft plan prepared by staff of the South West Slopes Region of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), now part of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. Cover photograph by David Baxter, NPWS. For additional information or any inquiries about this reserve or this plan of management, contact the NPWS Queanbeyan Area Office at 6 Rutledge St, Queanbeyan NSW 2620, or by telephone on 62992929. © Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (NSW) 2010: Use permitted with appropriate acknowledgment. ISBN 978 1 74232 806 5
DECCW 2010/499
FOREWORD
Scott Nature Reserve is located in the southern tablelands of NSW, approximately halfway between Bungendore and Braidwood, and covers an area of 151 hectares. Scott Nature Reserve was gazetted as a result of the Southern Regional Forest Agreement, to contribute to the protection of vegetation and habitat in the region. It contains a medium height forest of brittle gum, broad-leaved peppermint and black she-oak. Native animals recorded in the reserve include the eastern grey kangaroo, swamp wallaby, ring-tailed possum, eight species of bats, and abundant bird life. Threatened species recorded in the broader area that are likely to use the reserve include the koala, barking owl and powerful owl. Four trees carrying scarring attributed to Aboriginal activity have been recorded within the reserve as well as remains from early gold mining activities. The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 requires that a plan of management be prepared for each nature reserve. A plan of management is a legal document that outlines how an area will be managed in the years ahead. A draft plan of management for Scott Nature Reserve was placed on public exhibition from 28
th March until 30
th June 2008. The submissions received were carefully
considered before adopting this plan. This plan contains a number of actions to achieve the State Plan priority to “Protect our native vegetation, biodiversity, land, rivers, and coastal waterways”, including the maintenance of appropriate fire regimes to retain food and nesting resources for threatened fauna, and the control of introduced plants and animals. This plan of management establishes the scheme of operations for Scott Nature Reserve. In accordance with Section 73B of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, this plan of management is hereby adopted.
Frank Sartor MP Minister for Climate Change and the Environment
1. SCOTT NATURE RESERVE
Scott Nature Reserve is located on the eastern fall of the Great Dividing Range in the southern tablelands of NSW. It is situated south of the Kings Highway, approximately halfway between Bungendore and Braidwood. The nature reserve was gazetted from previous vacant crown land as part of the Southern Regional Forest Agreement in 2001, and comprises 151 hectares. The RFA provided for major additions to the reserve system, including the establishment of Scott Nature Reserve, following assessment of the natural, cultural, economic and social values of forests. The reserve was gazetted as part of this process to contribute to the protection of vegetation and habitat in the region. The reserve was named in recognition of its highest point, Scott Trig, itself named after the family of William Scott who settled the adjoining land along Mulloon Creek in the 1830s. The reserve lies on a spur of timbered land, loosely connected to Tallaganda National Park, 8.5 kilometres to the south. The reserve lies within the Palerang Council, Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council and Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority areas and adjoins pastoral and rural residential properties.
2. MANAGEMENT CONTEXT
2.1 LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY FRAMEWORK The management of nature reserves in NSW is in the context of a legislative and policy framework, primarily the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NPW Act) and Regulation, the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) and the policies of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Section 72AA of the NPW Act lists the matters to be considered in the preparation of a plan of management. The policies arise from the legislative background and internationally accepted principles of park management. They relate to nature conservation, Aboriginal and historic heritage conservation, recreation, commercial use, research and communication. Other legislation, international agreements and charters may also apply to management of the area. In particular, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 may require the assessment and mitigation of the environmental impacts of works proposed in this plan. A plan of management is a statutory document under the NPW Act. Once the Minister has adopted the plan, no operations may be undertaken within Scott Nature Reserve except in accordance with the plan. This plan will also apply to any future additions to Scott Nature Reserve. Should management strategies or works be proposed for the nature reserve or any additions that are not consistent with the plan, an amendment to the plan will be required.
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2.2 MANAGEMENT PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES Nature reserves are reserved under the NPW Act to protect and conserve areas containing outstanding, unique or representative ecosystems, species, communities or natural phenomena. Under the Act, nature reserves are managed to:
• conserve biodiversity, maintain ecosystem functions, and protect geological and geomorphological features and natural phenomena;
• conserve places, objects, features and landscapes of cultural value;
• promote public appreciation, enjoyment and understanding of the reserve’s natural and cultural values; and
• provide for appropriate research and monitoring. Nature reserves differ from national parks in that they do not have as a management principle to provide for visitor use.
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Reserve Map
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3. VALUES OF THE RESERVE
The location, landforms and plant and animal communities of an area have determined how it has been used and valued. Both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people place values on natural areas, including aesthetic, social, spiritual and recreational values. These values may be attached to the landscape as a whole or to individual components, for example to plant and animal species used by Aboriginal people. This plan of management aims to conserve both natural and cultural values. For reasons of clarity and document usefulness, natural heritage, cultural heritage, threats and on-going use are dealt with individually, but their inter-relationships are recognised. 3.1 Landform and Geology The highest point in the reserve is Scott Trig at 811 metres above sea level, from which the land falls gently to about 750 metres above sea level on the boundaries. The reserve lies on Silurian and Devonian granitic deposits known as Boro Granite. The western edge of the reserve is underlain by Quaternary soils and clays associated with the Mulloon Creek drainage line. 3.2 Native Plants and animals The reserve is vegetated with a medium height forest of brittle gum E. mannifera, broad-leaved peppermint E. dives and black she-oak Allocasuarina littoralis. Other trees recorded in the reserve include silvertop ash E. sieberi, candlebark E. rubida, scribbly gum E. rossii, narrow-leaved peppermint E. radiata and ribbon gum E. viminalis. The shrub layer is an open cover of a geebung Persoonia mollis subsp. livens, Hakea dactyloides and Lomatia ilicifolia, with a range of other shrubs. The ground layer consists of a sparse cover of tussock grasses including snow grass Poa sieberiana, with blue flax lily Dianella revoluta subsp. revoluta, Patersonia sericea and scattered herbs including Goodenia hederacea var hederacea and native St. John’s wort Hypericum gramineum. Native mammals recorded in the reserve include eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor, and ring-tailed possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus, as well as eight species of bat. A koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, listed as vulnerable under the Threatened Species Conservation Act, has been recorded within two kilometres of the reserve. The locality has abundant birdlife, with twelve species being recorded in a preliminary survey of the reserve. Birds recorded included white-throated treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea, rufous whistler Anthochaera carunculata, spotted pardalote Pardalotus punctatus and striated pardalote Pardalotus striatus. The threatened glossy black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami has also been recorded in the reserve. A number of other woodland birds are expected to utilise the reserve. Species recorded in the broader area that are likely to utilise the reserve include the barking owl Ninox connivens and powerful owl Ninox strenua, both listed as vulnerable under the TSC Act.
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3.3 Aboriginal Heritage Aboriginal communities have an association and connection to the land. The land and water within a landscape are central to Aboriginal spirituality and contribute to Aboriginal identity. Aboriginal communities associate natural resources with the use and enjoyment of foods and medicines, caring for the land, passing on cultural knowledge, kinship systems and strengthening social bonds. Aboriginal heritage and connection to nature are inseparable from each other and need to be managed in an integrated manner across the landscape. Scott Nature Reserve is located in an area that was occupied by the Walbanga people. Neighbouring people included the Ngarigo, Ngunawal, Wandandian and Djiringanj (Tindale, 1974). Traditional use, such as hunting, gathering and ceremony, would have taken place over the entire landscape, of which the reserve is only a small part. The reserve is now within the area of the Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council. Four trees carrying scarring attributed to Aboriginal activity have been located and recorded within the reserve. 3.4 Historic Heritage The nature reserve was gazetted in 1899 as a reserve for mining, with a small trig reserve in the north-west of the reserve notified in 1893 (Dearling, 2003). Four gold mining leases were issued for the south-west corner of the reserve. Of these leases, three were granted in 1898, of which one was terminated in 1901 and two ran intermittently until 1918 and 1919. The fourth lease, generally encompassing the lands held under the previous three leases, ran intermittently between 1920 and 1938. An inspection report of the mines in 1935 recorded a shaft 80 feet (24.4 metres) deep, with 21 feet (6.4 metres) of tunnels and an older shaft on the site. According to the report, high assays had been obtained from the mine in the past. The only remains from this activity are two shallow slumped holes and the remnants of tin sheds in the vicinity of the shafts. In the early 1930s an annual lease for grazing was granted to an adjoining landholder. This lease was granted intermittently and was replaced by a permissive occupancy granting annual grazing rights in 1966. 3.5 Education, Recreation and Research Values Due to its small size and location amongst rural holdings, the reserve is not generally used by members of the public. However, some use by bushwalkers and by bird watching groups occurs. The reserve contains floristic survey plots and monitoring transects.
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4. THREATS TO RESERVE VALUES
4.1 Fire Management Fire is a natural feature of many environments and is essential for the survival of some plant communities. However, inappropriate fire regimes can lead to loss of particular plant and animal species and communities, and high frequency fires have been listed as a key threatening process under the TSC Act. In regard to Scott Nature Reserve, fire management strategies are included in this plan of management. The reserve forms part of a continuous band of timber along a low range. No wildfires have been recorded in the reserve in recent times; however, some old fire scarring on mature trees is visible. There are no assets vulnerable to fire within the reserve, but one house is located within approximately 100m of the southern boundary of the reserve. A number of vehicle routes occur in the reserve, but these have not been constructed as formed trails. The primary fire management objectives of the NPWS are to protect life and property and community assets from the adverse impacts of fire, whilst managing fire regimes to maintain and protect biodiversity and cultural heritage (NPWS, 2005). The NPWS uses a zoning system for bushfire management that is compatible with the zoning used by the Lake George Bush Fire Management Committee (BFMC) in its bushfire risk management plan. The reserve is zoned as a Land Management Zone (LMZ). Apart from the over-riding legislative objective of protecting life and property, the primary fire management objectives for a LMZ are to conserve biodiversity and protect cultural heritage. This zone has been applied because the reserve does not have a recent history of bushfire ignitions and, with the small size of the reserve, a precautionary approach to burning is proposed. The adaptability of plant species to fire can be grouped on the basis of vegetation communities, and thresholds for fire frequency established as a guide to maintaining species diversity. It has been estimated that the brittle gum – broad-leaved peppermint community represented in the reserve should not generally be burnt more frequently than 20 years, or less frequently than every 150 years. However, these thresholds are based on life cycles of a limited number of species, and given the lack of knowledge on ecosystem functioning without fire, the upper limits are untested. 4.2 Isolation and fragmentation The reserve is located within a matrix of cleared, timbered and regenerating lands. It thus has some connectivity to the larger timbered mass of Tallaganda National Park about eight kilometres to the south. Maintaining the integrity of the remaining habitat within the reserve and, where possible, linking this to adjacent areas of bushland to facilitate wildlife corridors is important in ensuring long term viability of the reserve’s biological values.
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5. References
Dearling, Charles. 2003. Preliminary European Cultural Heritage (Desktop) Study – Selected National Parks and Nature Reserves. Report to NPWS, South West Slopes Region.
NPWS. 2005. NPWS Fire Management Manual. Hurstville. Tindale, NB. 1974. Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. ANU Press, Canberra.
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6.
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ES
AN
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TR
AT
EG
IES
Cu
rre
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Sit
ua
tio
n
De
sir
ed
Ou
tco
me
s
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
Str
ate
gie
s /
Ac
tio
ns
P
rio
rity
6.1
So
il a
nd
wa
ter
co
ns
erv
ati
on
T
he
re
se
rve
is w
ell
co
ve
red
with
ve
ge
tatio
n.
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y w
ork
s h
ave
th
e p
ote
ntia
l to
ca
use
ero
sio
n.
So
il e
rosio
n is
min
imis
ed
. W
ate
r qu
alit
y is n
ot
co
mp
rom
ise
d.
6.1
.1 U
nd
ert
ake
all
wo
rks in
a m
an
ne
r th
at
min
imis
es
ero
sio
n a
nd
wa
ter
po
llutio
n.
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.1.2
An
y e
art
hw
ork
s c
arr
ied
ou
t d
urin
g a
bu
sh
fire
will
b
e r
eh
ab
ilita
ted
as s
oo
n a
s p
ossib
le.
Hig
h
Hig
h
6.2
Na
tive
pla
nt
an
d a
nim
al
co
ns
erv
ati
on
T
he
ve
ge
tatio
n o
f th
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co
nsis
ts o
f a d
ry
sh
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rass f
ore
st
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ate
d b
y b
ritt
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gu
m,
bro
ad
-le
ave
d p
ep
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rmin
t a
nd
bla
ck s
he
-o
ak.
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acts
fro
m p
revio
us u
se
in
clu
de
a
pre
vio
usly
cle
are
d e
ase
me
nt
run
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ort
h
so
uth
th
rou
gh
th
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th
e
no
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st
of
the
re
se
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an
d s
ign
s o
f lim
ite
d
fire
wo
od
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he
re
se
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es v
alu
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ab
ita
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r fa
un
a o
ccu
rrin
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e a
rea
, in
clu
din
g t
he
th
rea
ten
ed
glo
ssy-b
lack c
ocka
too
, p
ow
erf
ul
ow
l a
nd
ba
rkin
g o
wl.
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na
tive
pla
nt
an
d
an
ima
l sp
ecie
s a
nd
co
mm
un
itie
s a
re
co
nse
rve
d.
6.2
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nco
ura
ge
su
rve
ys f
or
pre
dic
ted
th
rea
ten
ed
fa
un
a s
pe
cie
s.
6.2
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ain
tain
ap
pro
pria
te f
ire
re
gim
es t
o r
eta
in f
oo
d
an
d n
estin
g r
eso
urc
es f
or
the
th
rea
ten
ed
fa
un
a.
6.2
.3 L
iais
e w
ith
ne
igh
bo
urs
to
en
co
ura
ge
th
e r
ete
ntio
n
an
d
ap
pro
pria
te
ma
na
ge
me
nt
of
ke
y
ha
bita
t a
nd
co
rrid
ors
ad
jace
nt
to t
he
pa
rk.
Hig
h
Hig
h
Me
diu
m
9
Cu
rre
nt
Sit
ua
tio
n
De
sir
ed
Ou
tco
me
s
Str
ate
gie
s
Pri
ori
ty
6.3
Cu
ltu
ral
he
rita
ge
F
ou
r sca
rre
d t
ree
s,
att
rib
ute
d t
o A
bo
rigin
al
activity,
ha
ve
be
en
re
co
rde
d w
ith
in t
he
re
se
rve
. T
he
re
se
rve
co
nta
ins d
iggin
gs a
nd
dw
elli
ng
rem
ain
s f
rom
pre
vio
us m
inin
g a
ctivitie
s.
Cu
ltu
ral fe
atu
res a
re
co
nse
rve
d a
nd
m
an
age
d in
a
cco
rda
nce
with
th
eir s
ign
ific
an
ce.
6.3
.1 P
rece
de
all
gro
un
d d
istu
rba
nce
wo
rk b
y a
ch
eck
for
cu
ltu
ral fe
atu
res.
6.3
.2 A
ny w
ork
s u
nd
ert
ake
n w
ill in
co
rpo
rate
ap
pro
pria
te
co
nse
rva
tio
n m
ea
su
res t
o m
itig
ate
im
pa
cts
on
cu
ltu
ral
he
rita
ge
. 6
.3.3
Co
nsu
lt a
nd
in
vo
lve
th
e B
ate
ma
n’s
Ba
y L
oca
l A
bo
rigin
al L
an
d C
ou
ncil
an
d o
the
r A
bo
rigin
al
sta
ke
ho
lde
rs in
all
asp
ects
of
ma
na
ge
me
nt
of
Ab
origin
al
site
s,
pla
ce
s a
nd
va
lue
s.
6.3
.4 C
on
tin
ue
to
bu
ild o
n e
xis
tin
g r
ela
tio
nsh
ips w
ith
lo
ca
l A
bo
rigin
al co
mm
un
ity t
o e
nh
an
ce
exch
an
ge
of
info
rma
tio
n a
bo
ut
pa
rk v
alu
es.
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
6.4
In
tro
du
ce
d s
pe
cie
s
Th
e r
ese
rve
is w
ee
d f
ree
, w
ith
th
e e
xce
ptio
n o
f a
fe
w n
atu
ralis
ed
he
rbs a
nd
a s
ma
ll in
festa
tio
n
of
se
rra
ted
tu
sso
ck in
th
e n
ort
hw
este
rn c
orn
er.
O
the
r e
nviro
nm
en
tal w
ee
ds o
ccu
rrin
g in
th
e
loca
lity w
ith
th
e p
ote
ntia
l to
in
va
de
th
e r
ese
rve
in
clu
de
St
Jo
hn
’s w
ort
an
d A
fric
an
lo
ve
gra
ss.
Fo
xe
s a
nd
ca
ts p
rob
ab
ly u
tilis
e t
he
re
se
rve
as
pa
rt o
f th
e b
roa
de
r la
nd
sca
pe
.
Th
e im
pa
ct
of
intr
od
uce
d s
pe
cie
s
on
na
tive
sp
ecie
s
an
d n
eig
hb
ou
rin
g
lan
ds is m
inim
ise
d.
6.4
.1 C
on
tro
l in
tro
du
ce
d p
lan
t a
nd
an
ima
l sp
ecie
s.
Prio
rity
will
be
giv
en
to
th
e c
on
tro
l o
f se
rra
ted
tu
sso
ck.
6.4
.2 M
on
ito
r n
oxio
us a
nd
in
va
siv
e e
nviro
nm
en
tal
we
ed
s s
uch
as A
fric
an
lo
ve
gra
ss.
Tre
at
an
y o
utb
rea
ks.
6.4
.3 U
nd
ert
ake
fo
x b
aitin
g w
ith
in t
he
re
se
rve
if
requ
ire
d
for
the
pro
tectio
n o
f sp
ecific
fa
un
a s
pe
cie
s r
eco
rde
d i
n
the
re
se
rve
. 6
.4.4
Pa
rtic
ipa
te in
co
op
era
tive
fo
x c
on
tro
l p
rogra
ms
ou
tsid
e t
he
re
se
rve
wh
ere
th
ese
me
et
the
ob
jective
s o
f th
e b
roa
de
r co
mm
un
ity a
nd
are
de
mo
nstr
ate
d t
o h
ave
lo
w im
pa
cts
on
na
tive
fa
un
a.
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
10
Cu
rre
nt
Sit
ua
tio
n
De
sir
ed
Ou
tco
me
s
Str
ate
gie
s
Pri
ori
ty
6.5
Fir
e m
an
ag
em
en
t T
he
re
se
rve
fo
rms p
art
of
a c
on
tin
uo
us b
an
d
of
tim
be
r a
lon
g a
lo
w r
an
ge
. N
o w
ildfire
s h
ave
b
ee
n r
eco
rde
d in
th
e r
ese
rve
in
re
ce
nt
tim
es;
ho
we
ve
r, s
om
e o
ld f
ire
sca
rrin
g o
n m
atu
re
tre
es is v
isib
le.
A n
um
be
r o
f ve
hic
le r
ou
tes
occu
r in
th
e r
ese
rve
, b
ut
the
se
ha
ve
no
t b
ee
n
co
nstr
ucte
d a
s f
orm
ed
tra
ils.
A
dw
elli
ng is lo
ca
ted
with
in a
pp
roxim
ate
ly
10
0m
of
the
so
uth
ern
bo
un
da
ry o
f th
e r
ese
rve
.
It h
as b
ee
n e
stim
ate
d t
ha
t fire
s s
ho
uld
no
t o
ccu
r a
t le
ss t
ha
n 2
0 y
ea
r, o
r m
ore
th
an
15
0
ye
ar,
in
terv
als
in
th
is v
ege
tatio
n c
om
mu
nity,
to
ma
inta
in f
lora
l sp
ecie
s d
ive
rsity,
so
il n
utr
ien
ts
an
d h
ab
ita
t d
ive
rsity f
or
fau
na
. T
hu
s,
giv
en
th
e
sm
all
siz
e o
f th
e r
ese
rve
, n
o p
rescrib
ed
b
urn
ing f
or
the
pu
rpo
se
s o
f b
iod
ive
rsity
ma
na
ge
me
nt
will
be
un
de
rta
ke
n w
ith
in t
he
life
o
f th
is p
lan
.
Wid
esp
rea
d,
hig
h in
ten
sity f
ire
s h
ave
th
e
po
ten
tia
l to
de
str
oy f
oo
d,
pe
rch
ing a
nd
ne
stin
g
reso
urc
es in
th
e r
ese
rve
. F
ull
flo
ristic p
lots
an
d m
on
ito
rin
g t
ran
se
cts
, in
sta
lled
in
sp
rin
g 2
00
4,
en
ab
le c
ha
nge
s in
flo
ristic d
ive
rsity t
o b
e m
on
ito
red
to
in
form
fire
m
an
age
me
nt
pla
nn
ing.
Pe
rso
ns a
nd
p
rop
ert
y a
re
pro
tecte
d f
rom
b
ush
fire
. C
ultu
ral fe
atu
res a
re
pro
tecte
d f
rom
d
am
age
by f
ire
. F
ire
re
gim
es a
re
ap
pro
pria
te f
or
co
nse
rva
tio
n o
f p
lan
t a
nd
an
ima
l co
mm
un
itie
s.
6.5
.1 P
art
icip
ate
in
th
e L
ake
Ge
org
e B
ush
Fire
M
an
age
me
nt
Co
mm
itte
e.
Ma
inta
in c
oo
rdin
atio
n a
nd
co
op
era
tio
n w
ith
Ru
ral F
ire
Se
rvic
e,
briga
de
s a
nd
n
eig
hb
ou
rs w
ith
re
ga
rd t
o f
ue
l m
an
age
me
nt
an
d f
ire
su
pp
ressio
n.
6
.5.2
Un
de
rta
ke
an
y f
ue
l m
an
age
me
nt
activitie
s
ide
ntifie
d f
or
pro
pe
rty p
rote
ctio
n in
co
nju
nctio
n w
ith
th
e
Bu
sh
Fire
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
Co
mm
itte
e.
6
.5.3
Do
rma
nt
tra
ils m
ay b
e e
nh
an
ce
d,
thro
ugh
e
art
hw
ork
s,
if d
ee
me
d s
tra
tegic
ally
ne
ce
ssa
ry d
urin
g a
b
ush
fire
. O
the
rwis
e t
rails
will
be
le
ft in
a d
orm
an
t sta
te.
6.5
.4 M
ain
tain
th
e c
lea
red
str
ip a
lon
g t
he
ea
ste
rn
bo
un
da
ry o
f th
e r
ese
rve
as a
fire
ad
va
nta
ge
. 6
.5.5
Im
ple
me
nt
the
fo
llow
ing f
ire
ma
na
ge
me
nt
gu
ide
line
s f
or
ma
inta
inin
g t
he
bio
div
ers
ity a
nd
cu
ltu
ral
va
lue
s o
f th
e r
ese
rve
:
•
Co
nta
in f
ire
s t
o a
s s
ma
ll a
n a
rea
as p
ossib
le,
an
d
mitig
ate
fire
in
ten
sity w
he
re p
ossib
le.
•
Ma
inta
in a
s m
uch
of
the
re
se
rve
as p
ossib
le in
as
old
a f
ire
age
cla
ss a
s p
ossib
le.
•
Pro
tect
the
re
co
rde
d s
ca
rre
d t
ree
s f
rom
fire
if
pra
ctica
ble
.
•
Mo
nito
r b
iod
ive
rsity in
th
e r
ese
rve
an
d a
da
pt
fire
m
an
age
me
nt
acco
rdin
gly
.
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
11
Cu
rre
nt
Sit
ua
tio
n
De
sir
ed
Ou
tco
me
s
Str
ate
gie
s
Pri
ori
ty
6.6
Vis
ito
r u
se
D
ue
to
its
sm
all
siz
e a
nd
lo
ca
tio
n a
mo
ngst
rura
l h
old
ings,
the
re
se
rve
is n
ot
ge
ne
rally
u
se
d b
y m
em
be
rs o
f th
e p
ub
lic.
Th
e r
ese
rve
is
use
d o
cca
sio
na
lly b
y b
ush
wa
lke
rs a
nd
by b
ird
w
atc
hin
g g
rou
ps.
Th
e lo
ca
l co
mm
un
ity is a
wa
re
of
the
sig
nific
an
ce
o
f th
e a
rea
an
d o
f m
an
age
me
nt
pro
gra
ms.
Vis
ito
r u
se
is
eco
logic
ally
su
sta
ina
ble
.
6.6
.1 E
xclu
de
pu
blic
ve
hic
ula
r a
cce
ss.
Pro
hib
it c
am
pin
g,
tra
il b
ike
rid
ing a
nd
ho
rse
rid
ing.
6
.6.2
Pe
rmit d
ay b
ush
wa
lks,
info
rma
l p
icn
ics a
nd
e
du
ca
tio
na
l vis
its,
su
bje
ct
to lim
its o
n n
um
be
rs a
nd
o
the
r co
nd
itio
ns if
ne
ce
ssa
ry t
o m
inim
ise
im
pa
cts
. N
o
facili
tie
s w
ill b
e p
rovid
ed
an
d n
o f
ire
s w
ill b
e p
erm
itte
d in
th
e r
ese
rve
. 6
.6.3
Mo
nito
r le
ve
ls a
nd
im
pa
cts
of
use
. 6
.6.4
Org
an
ise
me
dia
re
lea
se
s,
ed
uca
tio
na
l m
ate
ria
l a
nd
co
nta
ct
with
ne
igh
bo
urs
an
d c
om
mu
nity
org
an
isa
tio
ns a
s n
ee
de
d.
Hig
h
Me
diu
m
Hig
h
Lo
w
6.7
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
op
era
tio
ns
T
he
re
se
rve
is s
erv
ice
d b
y a
nu
mb
er
of
do
rma
nt
ve
hic
le r
ou
tes (
se
e r
ese
rve
ma
p).
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
facili
tie
s a
de
qu
ate
ly
se
rve
ma
na
ge
me
nt
ne
ed
s a
nd
ha
ve
a
cce
pta
ble
im
pa
ct.
6.7
.1 M
an
age
me
nt
ve
hic
les t
o s
tay o
n id
en
tifie
d v
eh
icle
ro
ute
s in
th
e r
ese
rve
fo
r p
erio
dic
in
sp
ectio
ns.
6.7
.2 M
ain
tain
ve
hic
le r
ou
tes f
or
ma
na
ge
me
nt
pu
rpo
se
s.
Me
diu
m
Me
diu
m
Hig
h p
rio
rity
activitie
s a
re t
ho
se
im
pe
rative
to
ach
ieve
me
nt
of
the
ob
jective
s a
nd
de
sire
d o
utc
om
es.
Th
ey m
ust
be
un
de
rta
ke
n
in t
he
ne
ar
futu
re t
o a
vo
id s
ign
ific
an
t d
ete
rio
ratio
n in
na
tura
l, c
ultu
ral o
r m
an
age
me
nt
reso
urc
es.
Me
diu
m p
rio
rity
activitie
s a
re t
ho
se
th
at
are
ne
ce
ssa
ry t
o a
ch
ieve
th
e o
bje
ctive
s a
nd
de
sire
d o
utc
om
es b
ut
are
no
t u
rge
nt.
L
ow
prio
rity
activitie
s a
re d
esira
ble
to
ach
ieve
ma
na
ge
me
nt
ob
jective
s a
nd
de
sire
d o
utc
om
es b
ut
ca
n w
ait u
ntil
reso
urc
es
be
co
me
ava
ilab
le.