There are 19 threatened species of endangered populations in New South Wales. A total of 121 priority actions have been identified to help recover these species.
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| Acacia prominens - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Educate railway staff about species and impacts of activities. (High priority)
2. Increase community awareness and involvement in the recovery of the population, particularly in the on ground works associated with the implementation of plans of management. (Medium priority)
3. Negotiate with public agencies to increase protection status of sites through land use planning mechanisms or conservation agreements. (Medium priority)
4. Negotiate with public agencies to prepare and implement plans of management for sites. (High priority)
5. Undertake surveys of potential habitat and confirm known sites. (Medium priority)
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| Callitris endlicheri, Woronora Plateau population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Determine the impact of deer herbivory on seedlings and appropriate ameliorative measures. (High priority)
2. Identify, map and survey potential habitat. (Low priority)
3. Implement a feral deer control program in the vicinity of the site, if required. (Medium priority)
4. Install discrete physical barriers to grazing by feral deer, if required. (Medium priority)
5. Investigate opportunities for translocation and/or germplasm storage. (Medium priority)
6. Investigate options to prevent the frequent burning of the site where this endangered population occurs. (High priority)
7. Monitor the size and health of the population. (Medium priority)
8. Restrict access to site to reduce physical disturbance. (Medium priority)
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| Chorizema parviflorum Benth. (a shrub) population, Wollongong and Shellharbour local government areas | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. [guidelines] Prepare profile and EIA guidelines. (Medium priority)
2. Advise land managers of the presence of the species and discuss management requirements. (Medium priority)
3. Conduct research into aspects of the biology and ecology of the species that will assist with its future management (e.g. fire ecology, seedbank ecology, age of reproductive maturity etc). (Medium priority)
4. Conduct surveys to determine the size and status of known sites and to identify the specific threats that are operating at those sites. (High priority)
5. Conduct targeted surveys of potential habitat for the species on public and freehold land. (Medium priority)
6. Control weeds at sites using bush regeneration techniques, where required. (Medium priority)
7. Identify and map potential habitat for the species. (Medium priority)
8. Implement a program to raise awareness of the species and the threats to its survival amongst landholders on the Illawarra coastal plain with the aim of identifying new sites and encouraging involvement in the implementation of recovery actions. (Medium priority)
9. In consultation with private landholders, prepare site management statements that detail the specific threat abatement measures required at each site and a timetable for their implementation. (Medium priority)
10. Provide map of known occurrences to Rural Fire Service and seek inclusion of mitigative measures on Bush Fire Risk Management Plan(s), risk register and/or operation map(s). (Medium priority)
11. Restrict access to sites (by livestock, horses, pedestrians etc), where necessary. (Medium priority)
12. Revise management plans for the Croom Road Sporting Complex (Shellharbour Council) and Transgrid (Yallah) sites to include specific threat abatement measures and a monitoring program for the species. (Medium priority)
13. Seek to increase the level of legislative protection afforded site through land-use planning mechanisms and conservation agreements. (High priority)
14. Undertake occasional monitoring to determine the response of the species to management actions at specific sites, and identify new threats. (Medium priority)
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| Darwinia fascicularis subsp. Oligantha - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Assess and map threats acting on sites. (High priority)
2. Develop and implement a threat management monitoring program fo all sites. (Medium priority)
3. Ensure sites are considered and protected in future development assessment and planning matters. (Medium priority)
4. Increase protection status of sites. (High priority)
5. Notify and educate landholders with regards to location, site management implications and opportunities for conservation. (Medium priority)
6. Prepare and implement Plan of Managements for sites. (High priority)
7. Restrict and control access to sites especially from vehicles and goats. (High priority)
8. Undertake potential habitat survey and confirm known sites. (Medium priority)
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| Dillwynia tenuifolia - endangered population Baulkham Hills | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Conduct a targeted survey in likely habitat, to determine the full extent of the population. (Medium priority)
2. Liaise with road managers regarding roadside maintenance, to ensure furture slashing and road-widening does not adversely impact on the population. (Medium priority)
3. Review conservation status against the new criteria for endangered populations. (Low priority)
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| Dillwynia tenuifolia - endangered population Kemps Creek | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Conduct weed removal and rehabilitation targeting localised occurrences of highly invasive weed species such as Privet, Honeysuckle, Castor Oil Plant, Pampas Grass, Wild Tobacco and Eragrostis curvula. (Medium priority)
2. Erect structures to control vehicular access. (Medium priority)
3. Liaise with adjacent landowners regarding impacts on edges of bushland remnant. Attempt to get modification of management to prevent future impacts on edges. (Medium priority)
4. Liaise with Council regarding slashing of Kemps Creek Park and dumping of clippings. Attempt to get modification of management to prevent future impacts on edges. (Medium priority)
5. Remove rubbish and implement measures to prevent further dumping. (Medium priority)
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| Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Determine if and/or where an ecological burn is required. (Low priority)
2. Inform landowners and managers of the need for local provenance trees in planting programs. (High priority)
3. Investigate options for conservation on private and public land. (High priority)
4. Liaise with private and public landowners regarding the protection of sites. (High priority)
5. Prepare EIA guidelines and distribute to consent authorities. (Medium priority)
6. Provide appropriate environmental flows to assist in the lifecycle of the species. (High priority)
7. Provide connectivity of habitat through the rehabilitation of existing and potential habitat. (Medium priority)
8. Regenerate sites via grazing exclusion or strategic grazing. (High priority)
9. Undertake weeding at priority sites. (High priority)
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| Eucalyptus oblonga - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | At this stage, no priority actions have been identified for this plant. However, you can see recovery information for land managers in our detailed species profile. |
| Eucalyptus parramattensis subsp. parramattensis - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | At this stage, no priority actions have been identified for this plant. However, you can see recovery information for land managers in our detailed species profile. |
| Eucalyptus seeana - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | At this stage, no priority actions have been identified for this plant. However, you can see recovery information for land managers in our detailed species profile. |
| Glycine clandestina - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | At this stage, no priority actions have been identified for this plant. However, you can see recovery information for land managers in our detailed species profile. |
| Keraudrenia corrolata var. denticulata - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. [guidelines] Prepare and implement guidelines for road maintenance to minimise habitat disturbance. (Medium priority)
2. Assess and map threats acting on sites. (High priority)
3. Develop and implement a threat management monitoring program fo all sites. (Medium priority)
4. Encourage restoration/regeneration in degraded areas using approved restoration techniques for EECs on the Cumberland Plain. (High priority)
5. Ensure sites are considered and protected in future development assessment and planning matters. (Medium priority)
6. Increase protection status of sites. (High priority)
7. Notify and educate landholders with regards to location, site management implications and opportunities for conservation. (Medium priority)
8. Prepare and implement Plan of Managements for sites. (High priority)
9. Remove weeds and control futher spread. (High priority)
10. Restrict and control access to sites especially from vehicles and stock. (High priority)
11. Undertake potential habitat survey and confirm known sites. (Medium priority)
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| Lespedeza juncea subsp. sericea - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. [Guidelines] Prepare and implement a protocol/guidelines to ensure that contractors and council staff conducting roadside maintenance activities are briefed on the location of the site and how to avoid impacting upon it. (High priority)
2. Advise private landholder of the presence of the species and discuss management requirements and opportunities to enter into conservation agreements. (High priority)
3. At the northern and southern extent of the site, install roadside signs indicating that the area contains significant roadside vegetation and requiring that Wollongong Council or the DEC be notified prior to any works being conducted in that area. (High priority)
4. Collect seed for NSW Seedbank. Develop collection program in collaboration with BGT - single provenance. (High priority)
5. Conduct regular monitoring to determine the response of the species to management actions and to identify any new threats at the site. (Medium priority)
6. Conduct targeted surveys of potential habitat for the species. (Medium priority)
7. Control weeds at the site using approved bush regeneration techniques. (Medium priority)
8. Erect fences and exclude livestock from the part of the site that occupies freehold land. (High priority)
9. Identify and map potential habitat for the species. (Medium priority)
10. In consultation with landowners, prepare a management plan that details the specific threat abatement measures required at the site, the parties that are responsible for implementing them, and a timetable for their implementation. (High priority)
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| Marsdenia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Ensure appropriate management regimes are in place at known sites. (Medium priority)
2. Re-survey those known sites where little information is available. (Medium priority)
3. Review conservation status against the new criteria for endangered population. (Medium priority)
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| Pomaderris prunifolia - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Ensure that Plans of Management for sites include actions specific for the protection of the species and that the POMs are being adequately implemented. (High priority)
2. Increase community awareness and involvement in the recovery of the population, particularly in the implementation of on ground works associated with plans of management. (Medium priority)
3. Investigate need for ex situ collection. (Medium priority)
4. Negotiate with public agencies to increase protection status of sites at Rydalmere and The Crest. (High priority)
5. Undertake targeted surveys to find additional sites. (High priority)
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| Pultenaea villifera - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Develop and implement a site management statement for each location that addresses threats identified through monitoring. (Medium priority)
2. Ensure personnel undertaking fire trail /powerline maintenance are aware of the locations for this species, can identify it and do not undertake any actions that may negatively impact it. (Medium priority)
3. Include or review the hazard reduction conditions on the Threatened Species Hazard Reduction List. (Medium priority)
4. Monitor known locations for changes in status (firstly check status of Springwood population) and operation of threats. (Medium priority)
5. Prepare and disseminate EIA guidelines. (Medium priority)
6. Protect areas of known and potential habitat from clearing, further fragmentation and degradation due to unrestricted access. (Medium priority)
7. Provide map of known occurrences to Rural Fire Service and seek inclusion of mitigative measures on Bush Fire Risk Management Plan(s), risk register and/or operation map(s). (Medium priority)
8. Reserve Fire Management Strategy to include operational guidelines to protect this species from fire. . (Medium priority)
9. Survey potential habitat to establish extent of this population and identify core areas for management/protection. (Low priority)
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| Wahlenbergia multicaulis - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Complete state priority recovery plan in accordance with previous commitments and external funding arrangements by June 2007. (Medium priority)
2. Encourage community involvement in the recovery of the population, particularly in on ground works associated with the implementation of plans of management. (Medium priority)
3. Incorporate actions to protect the species into the Plan of Management for Lane Cove National Park. (High priority)
4. Increase protection status of sites of pure W. multicaulis on public land through land use planning mechanisms or conservation agreements. (High priority)
5. Negotiate with Councils to incorporate site specific threat abatement measures into plans of management. (High priority)
6. Negotiate with Dept of Education and Training and RailCorp to prepare and implement plans of management at sites. (High priority)
7. Produce educational material (e.g. brochure) to increase community awareness and involvement in the recovery of the population. (Medium priority)
8. Provide advice to private landholders of the opportunities and advantages of entering into conservation agreements and covenants. (High priority)
9. Regularly review data on genetic swamping and provide advice to relevant land managers. (High priority)
10. Undertake biological and ecological research, particularly in regard to the species response to disturbance, its breeding system and the extent of genetic swamping. (Medium priority)
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| Weeping Myall population in the Hunter catchment | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Complete priority State/National recovery plan in accordance with contractual obligation between DEC and DEH by December 2007/2008. (Medium priority)
2. Determine if and/or where an ecological burn is required. (Low priority)
3. Investigate options for conservation on public and private land. (High priority)
4. Investigate threats and determine recovery strategies. (High priority)
5. Liaise with private and public landowners in regard to protection of sites. (High priority)
6. Prepare EIA guidelines. Provide these to government agencies regarding roadside maintenance development applications and clearing applications. (High priority)
7. Undertake and encourage rehabilitation of existing and potential habitat to provide connectivity. (Medium priority)
8. Undertake grazing exclusion or strategic grazing at sites to allow regeneration. (High priority)
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| Zieria smithii - endangered population | Plant > Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Collect seed for NSW Seedbank. Develop collection program in collaboration with BGT - all known provenances (conservation collection). (High priority)
2. Consult with local Indigenous community with respect to cultural significance of Diggers Head and any potential issues relating to conducting on-ground works. (High priority)
3. Control introduced weeds, particularly Bitou Bush, Kikuyu and Parramatta Grass in coastal grassy heath areas on Diggers Head. Implement Bitou bush control as described in the approved TAP. (High priority)
4. Develop site protocols with the local Indigenous community for on-ground works if required. (High priority)
5. Establish live ex-situ collection in collaboration with BGT - all known provenances (conservation collection). (High priority)
6. Investigate seed viability, germination, dormancy and longevity (in natural environment and in storage). (High priority)
7. Keep visitors to established tracks on Diggers Head to avoid trampling fragile plants or causing erosion. Investigate options for installing a low profile fence to prevent access to plants. (High priority)
8. Prevent ornamental plants and weeds from escaping from gardens into nearby native coastal grassy heath areas on Diggers Head. (Medium priority)
9. Protect coastal grassy heath habitat at Diggers Head from clearing or development. (High priority)
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