Central Coast Hunter RegionAchievement Report 2015-2016

WHO WE ARE................................................................................................

The National Parks and WIldlife Service Central Coast Hunter Region manages 485,000ha of reserved land: 18 National Parks, 22 Nature Reserves, 10 State Conservation Areas, three Community Conservation Area National Parks), one Regional Park and four Aboriginal Areas.

It is divided into four management Areas - Hawkesbury North, Lakes, Upper Hunter and Lower Hunter, plus Administration and Strategic Program support units.

WHAT WE DO................................................................................................

The broad function of the region is to:

• manage parks and reserves

• manage visitor facilities

• manage on-park Aboriginal and historic heritage sites, and areas and buildings of significance

• ensure appropriate fire suppression, protection and management across the reserve system

• address on-park pest animal and weed management issues

• implement operational policy, programs and procedures pertaining to the protected area system and wildlife management

• undertake field-based wildlife management including incident control and first response law enforcement

• manage on-park threatened species

• develop community partnerships, including forming co-management arrangements with Aboriginal communities and conservation agreements with private landholders.

WHERE WE OPERATE................................................................................................

Our region extends from the Hawkesbury River and Colo Rivers in the south to the Hunter River in the north-east and Quirindi in the north-west, and incorporates the Macdonald River catchment in the west (see map page 2).

The landscapes of the region extend from the Hawkesbury sandstone coastline and large coastal lakes of Lake Macquarie and Tuggerah Lakes, through the Watagan Ranges, to the fertile plains of the Hunter Valley and the Lower Hunter estuary, the tablelands forests of Ben Halls Gap and the Barrington Tops, the rugged Liverpool Range and the dissected plateau country of Yengo and Wollemi National Parks.

Reserves in the region adjoin rural and agricultural land, large and rapidly expanding urban populations, major regional centres in Gosford, Wyong, Newcastle, Cessnock, and Singleton. The economy of the region is focused on mining, industrial manufacture, power generation, agriculture, wine production, tourism and Sydney commuter income.

Cultural significance is represented by over 14,000 recorded Aboriginal sites, nine Aboriginal Places and four Aboriginal Areas. The reserve system protects significant occupation and traditional areas and some of the highest concentrations of Aboriginal rock engravings in NSW.

Over 225,000 hectares of the region are declared wilderness. These areas within Barrington Tops, Wollemi, Mount Royal and Yengo National Parks represent some of the most beautiful and undisturbed expanses of our remaining natural landscape in NSW.

There are three World Heritage Areas within the Region covering 328,000 hectares:

• Australian Convict Sites – incorporating the 7.5km section of the Old Great North Road between Devines Hill and Finchs Lines in Dharug National Park

• Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park, which are included in Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

• Sections of Barrington Tops and Mount Royal National Park, which are part of Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area.

The internationally significant Hunter Estuary Wetlands Ramsar site includes part of Hunter Wetlands National Park.

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Wollemi NP

Goulburn River NP

Black Bulga SCA

Curracabundi NP

Woko NP

Barakee NP

Bretti NR

Coolah Tops NP

Wallaroo NPKaruah NP

Tilligerry SCA Worimi NP

Medowie SCA

Blue Mountains NP Ku-ring-gai Chase NP

Marramarra NP

Mummel Gulf NP

Back River NR

Tomalla NR

Nowendoc NP

Monkeycot NR

Gosford

Wollemi NP

Yengo NP

Parr SCA

Dharug NP

Barrington Tops NP

Watagans NP

Jilliby SCA

Mount Royal NP

Towarri NP

Barrington Tops SCA

Manobalai NR

Popran NP

Sugarloaf SCA

Brisbane Water NP

Hunter Wetlands NP

Ben Halls Gap NR

Werakata NP

Munmorah SCA

Bouddi NP

Werakata SCA

Wallabadah NR

Wingen Maid NRCamerons Gorge NR

Woolooma NP

Glenrock SCA

Lake Macquarie SCA

Awabakal NR

Wyrrabalong NP

Camerons Gorge SCA

Belford NP

Cedar Brush NR

Palm Grove NR

Murrurundi Pass NP

Tuggerah NR

Wallarah NP

Tuggerah SCA

Blue Gum Hills RP

Wamberal Lagoon NR

Colongra Swamp NR

Brushy Hill NR

Crawney Pass NP

Wambina NR

Pulbah Island NR

Cockle Bay NR

Pambalong NR

Howe AA

Burning Mountain NR

Finchley AA

Mooney Mooney AA

Wallabadah NP

Appletree AA

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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 2015/16.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PROTECTED AREA ESTABLISHMENT................................................................................................

Addition to Brisbane Water National Park

In July, Minister Mark Speakman announced a 77 hectare addition to the Brisbane Water National Park at Kariong. The area has high conservation and cultural heritage values.

The addition was welcomed by the local community and Aboriginal groups as it provides more protection for many of the Aboriginal sites along the Woy Woy Road ridgeline and in the Kariong area.

Government purchased the land because it is spiritually and culturally significant to the local Guringai and Darkinjung Aboriginal people, who have long-established connections to these cultural sites. Now it will be conserved and protected for the future.

Staples Lookout, managed by Central Coast Council, with views over Brisbane Water National Park to Woy Woy Bay.

Minister Mark Speakman joins with NPWS staff and the local community to celebrate the addition to Brisbane Waters National Park.

HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND CONNECTING COMMUNITIES................................................................................................

Highlighting Aboriginal rock engraving

As traditional custodians of the land, Aboriginal people have a unique role in the care and management for Country.

Aboriginal community youth, adults and elders returned to Country in Brisbane Water, Dharug and Bouddi National Parks and the Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Area near Kariong, as part of the Aboriginal Park Partnership Program.

Aboriginal community members record rock engravings at Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Area. V Elliott

The Aboriginal rock engravings at the site were investigated and recorded, helping to strengthen cultural connection and enhance community wellbeing.

The day helped to maintain and protect Aboriginal culture into the future and provided mentoring opportunities for Aboriginal community members. It also provided opportunities to develop and strengthen working partnerships between NPWS and local Aboriginal community members, Elders and knowledge-holders.

LANDSCAPES AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS................................................................................................

The endangered green and golden bell frog has successfully bred within newly constructed habitat in Hunter Wetlands National Park.

Shallow ponds were constructed by BHP Billiton and the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group as part of a biodiversity offset. The companies transformed exotic grassland into 19.5 hectares of frog breeding habitat. Local National Parks and Wildlife Service staff and frog experts, Professor Michael Mahony and Dr Arthur White, provided technical support for the project.

Finding tadpoles and juveniles in January 2016 in the ponds was an excellent indication that the constructed habitat is suitable.

The green and golden bell frog has gone from being one of the most commonly found frogs along the east coast of Australia to one of the most threatened. The known range of the species has declined and become fragmented over the past 30 years. Many local populations are now extinct or at risk of extinction.

LANDSCAPE RESTORATION................................................................................................

In 2015/16 the Tomago Wetland Rehabilitation Project won the Engineers Australia, Sydney Division, Engineering Excellence Awards for Environment and Heritage. It has been recognised as a significant engineering feat. The project saw abandoned grazing paddocks converted

back to a salt water ecosystem creating habitat for migratory birds.

Led by the NPWS Lower Hunter Area, the University of New South Wales, Hunter Bird Observers Club, Hunter Local Land Services and the Department of Primary Industries worked together to restore the site through the controlled reintroduction of tidal flows.

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The project resulted in a mosaic of saltmarsh, shallow lagoons, mudflats, reed beds and tidal creeks and the return of over 3000 sharp-tailed sandpiper regularly feeding at the site. Other migratory species now using the site include the pacific golden plover, Latham’s snipe, black-tailed godwit, bar-tailed godwit, eastern curlew, common greenshank, red-necked stint and marsh, wood, and curlew sandpiper.

Recent monitoring has recorded a sharp increase in numbers of wader birds using the wetlands, in particular a spike in the presence of the sharp-tailed Sandpiper.

ABOVE: Green and golden bell frogs in Compensatory Habitat, Hunter Wetlands National Park. D BeckersRIGHT: Constructed pond. R Marten

BHP Billiton

ABOVE: Greenshank. A Lindsay

LEFT: Tomago Wetland Rehabilitation Project. UNSW

VISITOR FACILITIES................................................................................................

Visitor Safety on the Old Great North Road

Dangerous rocks have been removed from two locations near Devines Hill on the World Heritage listed Old Great North Road to ensure visitor safety.

Protective measures were taken to ensure the works caused no damage to the historic features of the road, including cut drains, culvert and jumper bar marks. Contractors placed straw bales, timber pallets and ply-wood over the features to protect them.

Rock Removal on the Old North Road in Dharug National Park. S Brookes

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VISITOR EXPERIENCE.............................................................................................

Theatre in the wild

Convict Footprints on the Old Great North Road, an Australian historical play brings convict history to life.

The production has received several accolades including the 2015 National Trust Heritage Award.

The play engages audiences in a way that no ordinary visit to the road can do. Audiences follow the cast along the road hearing moving stories of hardship from chain-gang convicts, tales and antics of the soldiers and officials who worked on the road, and sharing tea and damper with the characters around a campfire.

To assist audiences to understand the immense challenges involved in its construction, the play is performed along the most spectacular section of the road where perilous sandstone cliffs and rugged bushland overlook the Hawkesbury River.

The Region is proud of this production as a wonderful way for people to learn about history in a unique and enjoyable way, experience a World Heritage listed site surrounded by national park, and enjoy a great day or weekend city escape with family and friends.

ABOVE and BELOW: Scenes from Convict Footprints on the Old Great North Road. S Brookes

Volunteers are doing a great job on asparagus fern at Rileys Island Nature

Reserve near Woy Woy.

ENABLING PARTICIPATION................................................................................................

A team of nine Green Army participants plus supervisor worked across 10 national parks and nature reserves in the Hawkesbury North area. The team provided the area with 2100 hours of on-ground work including bush regeneration, track maintenance, planting, seed collection and monitoring.

Lower Hunter Area volunteers produced their best ever effort, with Better Earth Teams and others completing over 7000 hours of bush regeneration activities that protected and enhanced valuable endangered ecological communities including littoral rainforest and saltmarsh.

These volunteers get up close and personal with Sicilian Lavender at Saratoga Island Nature

Reserve on Brisbane Water.

Bushcare volunteers and Green Army have made a real difference at Rileys Bay, Bouddi National Park. D Holloman

PEST AND WEED MANAGEMENT................................................................................................

Restoring Pulbah Island

Thirty one eager volunteers attended the bush regeneration day on Pulbah Island in 2015 to celebrate 15 years of volunteer involvement. They are working with Bahtabah Local Aboriginal Land Council to transform the island back to its natural state, while protecting an Aboriginal place and significant cultural heritage sites.

Wild dog control program

The region worked closely with 11 wild dog associations, other public-land managers and park neighbours to deliver cooperative wild dog control programs across the landscape.

Wild dog control included the use of 719 M44 injectors (spring-activated devices that propel the contents of a capsule into the mouth of a wild dog or fox as it pulls upwards on a baited lure head) and 452 baits being laid across 24,000 hectares of reserve estate. Sixty three percent of baits were taken and fifty percent of the M44 injectors were activated.

Eight reactive dog control programs were implemented within the agreed 48 hour response key performance indicator in response to stock losses.

Interagency collaboration

Region staff were commended on their professionalism and knowledge in deer management programs. A Queensland delegate looking at deer control in the Hunter Valley was sponsored by New South Wales Department of Primary Industry and took part in a field excursion led by Region staff.

Volunteers help protect saltmarsh in the Hunter Wetlands National Park. D Rensburg

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Burwood Coastcare winter planting day in Glenrock State Conservation Area. T Mouton

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FIRE MANAGEMENT................................................................................................

Fuel management program

The Region undertook 36 hazard reduction burns treating 43,000 hectares to reduce the impact of wild fire on Central Coast and Hunter communities.

This total is the largest area treated in a single year and is 30,000 hectares more than the required annual target of 13,433 hectares.

In 2015/16 the NPWS conducted 77 per cent of the hazard reduction burning across all tenures in NSW, of this Central Coast Hunter Region treated 22 per cent.

102 hectares of Asset Protection Zone (APZ) has been maintained to reduce the risk from wildfire on 3205 residential and semi-rural properties.

Fire Response Capability

Four water tanks were installed along Commission Road and Hunter Main Trail in Wollemi National Park, providing around 300,000 litres of water to support firefighting.

Wildfire events

The Region responded to 38 wildfire events covering just 5700 hectares. Of these, 29 fires (76%) were contained to less than than 100 hectares in size.

For example, region staff managed two remote area bushfires in Wollemi National Park:

Monundilla Range fire burnt less than one hectare west of Blackwater Creek and was

Hazard reduction burn carried out at Terrys Creek in Wollemi National Park. P NorrisAircraft is used in fire management. P Norris

Left Arm hazard reduction burn in Parr State Conservation Area. R Colburne

successfully contained, posing no threat to property.

Mount Wambo fire burnt approximately five hectares, 12.5 kilometres north west of Bulga and three to four kilometres west of private property at Wambo.

Both fires, in inaccessible terrain were controlled using highly trained remote area firefighting teams (RAFT) and aircraft.

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INCIDENT MANAGEMENT..........................................................................................

Illegal dumping case won in court

A man who dumped at least 40 tyres in Werakata National Park was fined $2,200 plus legal costs in February 2016. He later had to remove the tyres and dispose of them in a proper waste facility.

Evidence was provided by photographs captured by three surveillance cameras in the park under a joint program with Cessnock City Council. These are part of a broader coordinated approach in the area aimed at curbing illegal dumping, resulting in illegal dumpers being caught red- handed by cameras.

The total amount of waste removed from Werakata National Park this year was:

• 116 tonnes of mixed waste• 58 tonnes of asbestos• 132 tyres• 32 mattresses

This is part of a long-term program that has seen the following illegally dumped waste removed from parks in Lower Hunter Area since 2010:

• 607 tonnes of asbestos waste • 923 tonnes of mixed waste• 1186 tyres• 221 mattresses

ABOVE: Rubbish can impact on native animals such as this echidna. B Jackson

BELOW: Rubbish dumped along a trail in Werakata National Park. B Jackson

ABOVE LEFT: Asbestos dumped in Werakata National Park, near Cessnock.

ABOVE: Surveillance cameras assist NPWS to issue infringement notices to dumpers.

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PRIORITIES FOR 2016/17................................................................................................

Protected area management

• Establish Stockrington Lands (2200ha)

• Implement $200,000 “Illegal Dumping Clean and Prevention” actions

• Supervise large scale remediation of subsidence at Sugarloaf SCA

• Work with State and Commonwealth agencies to identify and mitigate the impacts of Williamtown contamination on the Hunter Wetlands National Park and Hunter Estuary Ramsar site.

Native plants and animals

• Implement Saving Our Species actions across the Region

• Support the Wildcount survey program

• Work with Wetland Care Australia to restore littoral rainforest in Glenrock SCA

• Work with Project Partners (Hunter Wetland centre and Conservation Volunteer Australia) on 20 Million tree revegetation projects within Hunter Wetlands

• $150,000 upgrade of significant Shorebird Roosting site in Hunter Wetlands National Park

• Expand current Ramsar Saltmarsh Action Plan throughout the estuary.

Aboriginal joint management

• Look for innovative opportunities for Aboriginal joint management of parks and reserves

• Provide Connection to Country events for local Aboriginal communities and youth training opportunities

• Suport the Regional Aboriginal Advisory Committee.

Heritage conservation and connecting communities

• Implement Stage 2 of Shepherds Gully Heritage Project, Old Great North Road.

Park promotion

• Implement the Central Coast Destination Management Plan in partnership with Central Coast Tourism and Local Councils.

Visitor facilities

• Enhance visitor experience at Scone Mountain National Park

• Develop sign strategy for Polblue picnic and camping areas

• Refurbish and reconfigure Washpools camping area

• Complete Horse Swamp to Polblue Falls walking track

• Complete the review and concept plans for the Glenrock SCA Mountain Bike network

• Partner with Newcastle, Cessnock and Lake Macquarie Councils and community groups to plan for the Richmond Vale Rail Trail (a 32 kilometre shared pathway joining Newcastle to the Hunter Valley and connecting five NPWS reserves)

• Major upgrade of Sugarloaf Range Road in Sugarloaf SCA

• Work with the Central Coast horse riding consultative committee to create new horse riding opportunities

• Complete project proposals for Regional Tourism Infrastructure Fund (INSW) and NSW Government Total Asset Management.

Information and participation

• Manage Maitland Bay Visitors Centre volunteer operations

• Host a Biodiversity Day

• Collaborate with Upper Hunter landowners and Department of Primary Industries to track wild dog movements

• Support private land owners with the Wallabadah wild dog program.

Fire and Incident Management

• Wildfire response

• Enhanced Bushfire Management Program

• Prevent the spread of fire from National Park estate

• Suppress wildfire to less than 100 hectares

• Protect life and property by maintaining 102 hectares of Asset Protection Zone (APZ)

• Treat 14,000 hectares by hazard reduction burning

• Plan for 21,000 hectares of hazard reduction proposals

• Work with Rural Fire Service to provide an enhanced fire trail network

• Participate in five local Bushfire Management Committees.

Mooney Mooney Creek, Brisbane Water National Park. B Collier

CONTACTS.............................................................................................

NPWS CENTRAL COAST HUNTER REGIONSuite 36-38, 207 Albany Street(PO Box 1477) Gosford NSW 2250Phone: 02 4320 4200 Fax: 02 4320 4299Email: npws.centralcoasthunter@environment.nsw.gov.au

Appendix 1Central Coast Hunter Region parks and reserves (May 2016)

Reserve Area Hectares

Hawkesbury Lower Upper Central Coast No. Reserve name Reserve No. North Lakes Hunter Hunter Hunter Area Area Area Area Region

1 Appletree AA N0300 3.58 3.58

2 Awabakal NR N0522 244.75 244.75

3 Barrington Tops NP N0002 19588.9 19588.9

4 Barrington Tops SCA N0266 5817.95 5817.95

5 Belford NP N0177 288.42 288.42

6 Ben Halls Gap NP N0094 3061.33 3061.33

7 Bird Island NR N0407 5.14 5.14

8 Blue Gum Hills RP N1121 128.03 128.03

9 Bouddi NP N0005 1617.34 1617.34

10 Brisbane Water NP N0006 12099.1 12099.1

11 Brushy Hill NR N0922 80.16 80.16

12 Burning Mountain NR N0503 14.57 14.57

13 Camerons Gorge NR N0581 1347.21 1347.21

14 Camerons Gorge SCA N1036 430.9 430.9

15 Cedar Brush NR N0517 206.2 206.2

16 Cockle Bay NR N0704 72.6 72.6

17 Colongra Swamp NR N0936 117.64 117.64

18 Crawney Pass NP N1050 248.45 248.45

19 Dharug NP N0010 15332.07 15332.07

20 Finchley AA N0303 5.43 5.43

21 Glenrock SCA N0616 548.59 548.59

22 Howe AA N0302 6.66 6.66

23 Hunter Wetlands NP N1104 4965.2 4965.2

24 Jilliby SCA N0696 12062.65 12062.65

25 Lake Macquarie SCA N0629 1271.75 1271.75

26 Manobalai NR N0450 3806.76 3806.76

27 Moon Island NR N0451 3.62 3.62

28 Mooney Mooney AA N0305 9.07 9.07

29 Mount Royal NP N0107 6973.69 6973.69

30 Munmorah SCA N0605 2195.75 2195.75

31 Murrurundi Pass NP N1062 214.9 214.9

32 Palm Grove NR N0935 238.85 238.85

33 Pambalong NR N0814 34.69 34.69

34 Parr SCA N0622 35733.97 35733.97

35 Pelican Island NR N0584 50.97 50.97

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Central Coast Hunter Region parks and reserves (May 2016) - continued

Reserve Area Hectares

Hawkesbury Lower Upper Central Coast No. Reserve name Reserve No. North Lakes Hunter Hunter Hunter Area Area Area Area Region

36 Popran NP N0086 4029.92 4029.92

37 Pulbah Island NR N0465 66.13 66.13

38 Rileys Island NR N0585 41.56 41.56

39 Saratoga Island NR N0920 1.01 1.01

40 Scone Mountain NP N1033 78.05 78.05

41 Sugarloaf SCA N1106 3902.97 3902.97

42 Tingira Heights NR N0595 17.69 17.69

43 Towarri NP N0112 6579.89 6579.89

44 Tuggerah NR N0937 133.59 133.59

45 Tuggerah SCA N1116 193.46 193.46

46 Wallabadah NP N1170 5.83 5.83

47 Wallabadah NR N0486 1135.49 1135.49

48 Wallarah NP N0182 174.43 174.43

49 Wamberal Lagoon NR N0537 142.5 142.5

50 Wambina NR N0725 54.43 54.43

51 Watagans NP N0133 7790.5 7790.5

52 Werakata NP N0126 3336.13 3336.13

53 Werakata SCA N1105 2284.74 2284.74

54 Wingen Maid NR N0492 1095.09 1095.09

55 Wollemi NP N0051 156381.55 156381.55

56 Woolooma NP N0199 496.52 496.52

57 Wyrrabalong NP N0077 581 581

58 Yengo NP N0068 120791.13 120791.13

Grand Total 190226.61 24613.35 15445.1 254705.92 484990.98

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Abbreviations: AA = Aboriginal Area, KCR = Karst Conservation Reserve, HS = Historic Site, NP = National Park, NR = Nature Reserve, OEH = Office of Environment & Heritage, RP = Regional Park, SCA = State Conservation Area

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Appendix 2Government electorate boundaries in the Central Coast Hunter Region (May 2016)

Local Government areas within the Central Coast Hunter Region

Hawkesbury Lower Upper No. Local Government Area North Area Lakes Area Hunter Area Hunter Area

1 Central Coast x x

2 Cessnock x x x

3 Dungog x

4 Hawkesbury x

5 Lake Macquarie x x x

6 Liverpool Plains x

7 Maitland x

8 Mid-Coast x

9 Muswellbrook x

10 Newcastle x

11 Port Stephens x

12 Singleton x x

13 Tamworth Regional x

14 Upper Hunter x

NSW electorates within the Central Coast Hunter Region

Hawkesbury Lower Upper No. State Electorate North Area Lakes Area Hunter Area Hunter Area

1 Cessnock x x x x

2 Charlestown x

3 Gosford x

4 Hawkesbury x

5 Lake Macquarie x x

6 Maitland x

7 Newcastle x

8 Pittwater x

9 Port Stephens x

10 Swansea x

11 Tamworth x

12 Terrigal x x

13 The Entrance x

14 Upper Hunter x

15 Wallsend x x

16 Wyong x

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Federal electorates within the Central Coast Hunter Region

Hawkesbury Lower Upper No. Federal Electorate North Area Lakes Area Hunter Area Hunter Area

1 Charlton

2 Dobell x x

3 Hunter x x x x

4 Lyne x x

5 Macquarie x

6 New England x

7 Newcastle x x

8 Paterson x

9 Robertson x x

10 Shortland x x

Appendix 3Volunteer groups active in the Central Coast Hunter Region

Hawkesbury Lower Upper No. Group name Type of work North Lakes Hunter Hunter

1 Regional Advisory Committee Community engagement - x x x x

planning and advice

2 Volunteer Ranger and Field Officer On park ecological conservation x

support - Upper Hunter

3 Bird survey at Blue Gum Hills On park ecological conservation x

4 Bouddi Bushcare Community programs and education x

5 Cockle Bay Bushcare Community programs and education x

- Shelley Beach Road

6 Cockle Bay Bushcare Community programs and education x

- Empire Bay Drive

7 Fox baiting Ash Island Pest animals x

8 Friends of the Womerah On park ecological conservation x

9 Green Army On park ecological conservation x

10 Lobster Beach Bushcare Community programs and education x

11 Maitland Bay Information Centre Community programs and education x

12 Mourawaring Moors Bushcare Community programs and education x

13 Pest management project support Pest animals x

14 Rileys Island Bushcare Community programs and education x

15 Student projects in Blue Gum Hills On park ecological conservation x

16 Student projects in Glenrock On park ecological conservation x

17 Student projects in Pambolong On park ecological conservation x

18 Student volunteer project

Hunter Wetlands On park ecological conservation x

19 TAFE students On park ecological conservation x

20 Ranger work experience On park ecological conservation x

21 Volunteer ejector 1080 baiting

Wallabadah Nature Reserve Pest animals x

22 Wagstaffe Bushcare Community programs and education x

23 Wamberal Lagoon Bushcare Community programs and education x

24 Wambina Bushcare Community programs and education x

25 Woy Woy Bay Bushcare Community programs and education x

26 Bird surveys and shorebird On park ecological conservation x

habitat restoration

27 Conservation Volunteer Australia On park ecological conservation x

Better Earth Teams - Newcastle Weeds

28 Hunter Region 4WD Club Community programs x x x x

29 Central Coast Hunter Horse Riding Community participation and x x x x

Consultative Committee visitor facilities

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