Land managers amongst our readership may be interested in the post by Ian Lunt on the analysis of grazing studies that Josh Dorrough has just completed.
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You may have noticed that CFA brigades have started their seasonal roadside fire prevention works. You may not be aware that there is a process brigades must follow to get approval to undertake these works. The CFA employs vegetation officers who in consultation with brigades and a range of stakeholders prepare the plans required to ensure relevant legislation is considered.
Many roadsides and rail reserves have been burnt regularly for years and this is one of the main reasons why we still have a diversity of natives species in grasslands and grassy woodlands reserves on the Victorian Volcanic Plain.
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Thought you may be interested in this article in the latest supplement of the Western District Farmer. Good to see that there is funding via various market based tender projects to assist in the management of native grasslands. Western District Farmer February 2013
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News from the Northern Plains Conservation Management Network is that on 8 September the Australian Government announced that the Northern Plains Grasslands have been listed as ‘critically endangered’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
The vegetation community has been titled ‘Natural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains’ which includes grassland environments on both the Patho and Avoca Plains and also stretches up into NSW. Critically endangered means that at the time of listing it is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future. follow the link for a map of the area covered and more information. http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicshowcommunity.pl?id=117
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If you are interested in native grasslands or even in small mammals then you may appreciate these two small youtube clips. Colleen Miller is a great advocate of our native grasslands, especially the ones close to Melbourne. Colleen is also the part time facilitator for the Western Melbourne Catchments Network Inc. and showed a BBC film crew a good site to film.
Follow the link from the network’s website http://wmcn.org.au/WMCN/ to the two short grassland films which are part of the BBC’s Secrets of Our Living Planet Series.
The footage was filmed at the Mt Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretive Centre and after watching and hearing an Eastern Quoll munching on an insect, you may be encouraged to book a tour and see the animals in action for yourself http://www.mtrothwell.com.au/
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Managing native vegetation in Victorian cemeteries
Cemeteries are more than places where we bury our loved ones and go to pay our respects, they have now also become areas of cultural, historical and ecological significance. Along with some roadsides and rail reserves, cemeteries are significant places for native plants and animals. These remnants of native vegetation in cemeteries are very important as they may support threatened plant and animal species that may have disappeared in surrounding areas as land use has changed….
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Managing native vegetation in cemeteries (PDF – 3 pages, 4.5MB)
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VVP Native Vegetation Management Guide
Part 1. Our Grassy Communities – VVP Native Vegetation Management Guide
What are native grasslands and grassy woodlands?
Our native grasslands and grassy woodlands provide habitat for a unique range of plants and animals. Grasslands are typically treeless and are dominated by a variety of herbs, sometimes with lightly scattered small shrubs. The herbs are a mixture of grasses, sedges and rushes, and herbaceous wildflowers. …
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Our grassy communities (PDF – 4 pages, 130kb)
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Temperate grassland of the VVP
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
“The native grasslands of Victoria’s Volcanic Plain are listed as critically endangered under the Federal Government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
The listing, reserved for species and ecosystems one step away from extinction, is a recognition of just how close Victoria’s grasslands are to being lost forever. Home to more than 25 nationally threatened species and already recognised as one of Australia’s 15 National Biodiversity Hotspots, the ecology of the Victorian Volcanic Plain has suffered terribly since European settlement.
Ninety-two per cent of its original native vegetation has been cleared and the few remaining patches, often on rocky outcrops unsuitable for intensive agriculture, continue to be destroyed through a combination of raised bed cropping and modern rock-crushing machinery.
In Melbourne’s outer western suburbs, which still retain intact patches of grassland, urban development and weed invasion are ongoing threats.”
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Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain (PDF – 2 pages, 187kB)
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Indigenotes - September 2008
IFFA President wins Landcare Award
“In September IFFA’s President, Brian Bainbridge, won a 2008 Port Phillip & Western Port Landcare Award for Caring for Community Groups. This award is made to a community member, coordinator or facilitator who is
effectively providing support and capacity building for two or more volunteer-based community environment groups (eg Landcare, friends of groups, Waterwatch, etc.) in the region.”
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Indigenotes – September 2008 (PDF – 12 pages, 784kB)
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Grassy ecosystems of the VVP
Background
“The Victorian Volcanic Plains, 2.3 million hectares stretching across south-west Victoria from Melbourne to Portland, is an area rich in plants and animal species. This unique area was formed by lava flowing from volcanic eruptions dating back 4.5 million years ago, with the most recent eruption about 7,000 years ago. The remnants of the volcanoes can be seen dotted around the otherwise flat landscape.”
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Grass Ecosystems of the Victorian Volcanic Plain (PDF – 5 pages, 872kB)
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