Threatened species publications
Protecting and restoring Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest (08548tsdscooksriver.pdf, 919KB)
This brochure describes the critically endangered Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest and explains how the community can help preserve it.
Best practice guidelines: Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest (08601tsdsbpgcooksriver.pdf, 1.7MB)
These best practice guidelines describe the characteristics of Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest and identify threats such as clay/shale extraction, weeds, rubbish dumping and inappropriate fire regimes. The guidelines advise bushcare workers, volunteers and regenerators about the best ways to manage this fragmented ecological community.
Protecting and restoring eastern suburbs banksia scrub (0968tsdsesbanksiascrub.pdf, 748KB)
This brochure highlights actions the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust are undertaking to protect Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub in Centennial Park, and advises communities of ways in which they can help protect and restore Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub in their local areas.
Protecting and restoring the Cumberland Plain Woodland (08639cumbplnwl.pdf, 906KB)
This brochure highlights the work being undertaken to protect the Cumberland Plain Woodland community at Campbell Hill West Reserve, Chester Hill, and advises communities of ways in which they can help protect and restore Cumberland Plain Woodland species in their local areas.
Protecting and restoring coastal saltmarsh (08609coastalsaltmarshbro.pdf; 564 KB)
This brochure highlights the work being undertaken to protect coastal saltmarsh at Sydney Olympic Park.
Best practice guidelines for coastal saltmarsh (08616coastalsaltmarshbpg.pdf; 876 KB)
These guidelines advise bushcare workers, volunteers and regenerators of the best ways to manage endangered coastal saltmarsh.
Best practice guidelines for Blue Gum High Forest (08186bghfbpg.pdf; 1.0 MB)
These guidelines advise bushcare workers, volunteers and regenerators of the best ways to manage endangered Blue Gum High Forest.
Best practice guidelines for Hygrocybeae Community of Lane Cove Bushland Park (08277fungibpg.pdf; 696 KB)
These guidelines advise bushcare workers, volunteers and regenerators of the best ways to manage the endangered Hygrocybeae Community of Lane Cove Bushland Park.
Best practice guidelines: Eastern suburbs banksia scrub (0942eastsubsbanksiascrubbpg.pdf; 1.2 MB)
These guidelines advise bushcare workers, volunteers and regenerators about the best ways to manage endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub found in Sydney's eastern suburbs and on North Head. They identify threats such as human disturbance and feral animals, and deal with bush regeneration, fire management and monitoring.
Best practice guidelines: Sydney turpentine-ironbark forest (08528tsdssydturpironforestbpg.pdf; 1.04 MB)
These guidelines advise bushcare workers, volunteers and regenerators of the best ways to manage endangered forest communities across the Cumberland Plain. They identify threats and deal with bush regeneration, fire management and monitoring.
Best practice guidelines: managing threatened beach-nesting shorebirds (08469tsdsshorebirdsbpg.pdf; 1.2 MB)
These guidelines provide advice and information on managing sites where threatened shorebirds nest. Tips include advice on managing threats and dealing with human disturbance.
Best practice guidelines: green and golden bell frog habitat (08510tsdsgreengoldbfbpg.pdf; 1.7 MB)
These guidelines provide advice and information on managing green and golden bell frog habitat. Tips include advice on the different sorts of habitat that can be created and suitable habitat features.
Protecting and restoring green and golden bell frog habitat (08468tsdsgreengoldenbro.pdf; 714 KB)
This brochure highlights the work being undertaken to protect the green and golden bell frog population at Sydney Olympic Park, and advises communities of ways in which they can create and maintain such habitat in their gardens.
Best practice guidelines for the grey-headed flying-fox (08540tsdsflyingfoxbpg.pdf; 1 MB)
These guidelines advise land managers of ways in which they can create, improve and manage habitat for the grey-headed flying-fox. Tips include advice on bushland regeneration, and fire and fauna management.
Protecting and restoring grey-headed flying-fox habitat (08506tsdsflyingfox.pdf; 600 KB)
This brochure highlights the work being undertaken to protect the grey-headed flying-fox colony at Cabramatta Creek, and advises communities of ways in which they can help protect and restore grey-headed flying-fox habitat in their local areas.
Protecting and restoring the fungi community of Lane Cove Bushland Park (08278tsdsfungi.pdf; 619 KB)
This brochure highlights the work being undertaken to protect the endangered Hygrocybeae Community of Lane Cove Bushland Park.
Protecting and restoring blue gum high forest (08185tsdsbluegum.pdf; 935 KB)
This brochure highlights the work being undertaken to protect the blue gum high forest at St Ives, and advises communities of ways in which they can help protect and restore blue gum high forest in their local areas.
Draft regional pest management strategies
The development of regional pest management strategies provides the National Parks and Wildlife Service with a strategic approach to pest management across NSW. The strategy developed for each region provides a tool to broadly identify pest distribution and their associated impacts across the parks.
Kosciuszko National Park Horse Management Plan
The development of regional pest management strategies provides the National Parks and Wildlife Service with a strategic approach to pest management across NSW. The strategy developed for each region provides a tool to broadly identify pest distribution and their associated impacts across the parks.
Members of the public are invited to comment on this draft plan - closing date 21 December 2007. All comments are welcome.
Brindabella and Wee Jasper valleys - co-operative wild dog/fox plan
Download this plan, which outlines an innovative approach to wild dog and fox management across all land tenures at the northern extent of the Australian Alps.
Guy Fawkes River National Park Horse Management Plan
Adopted July 2005.
Kosciuszko National Park alpine area - horse management plan
Download this plan which examines and proposes methods for feral horse management in the sensitive alpine environments of the state's largest park.
NSW bitou bush strategy
Download this NPWS strategy, which works towards long-term management of this noxious weed.
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park - feral horse management plan
Adopted May 2006
Pest management strategies for parks and reserves of central and western NSW
Download NPWS weed and pest animal strategies covering more than two-thirds of the state.
Pest management strategy for the Far South Coast
This document explains how the NPWS plans to control weeds and pest animals in conservation reserves of the Far South Coast.
Protecting our national parks from pests and weeds
Weeds and pest animals cannot be totally eradicated from national parks. As a result, the NPWS is investing $18 million on management strategies. This strategic report examines the NPWS's past performance on managing weeds and pests, provides case studies that outline successful approaches and advises on future management strategies.
Royal National Park and other reserves - deer management plan
Feral deer have a major impact on the biodiversity of Royal National Park. Download this plan, which aims to manage deer populations in Royal National Park, balancing conservation goals with community interests.
Changing water regimes and wetland habitat on the Lower Murrumbidgee floodplain
Download this report, which traces 140 years of disruption to the Lower Murrumbidgee's native environments as a result of dams, levee banks and other irrigation devices.
Little terns in NSW: a six-year review - 1998/99 to 2003/04
Download this overview of little tern breeding success. The document identifies threats, discusses the efficacy of management techniques and recommends strategies to further improve the recovery of this species.
Review of the conservation status of marine mammal species in NSW (PDF - 568 KB)
This 2001 NSW Scientific Committee report considers the status of the 40 marine mammal species that have been reliably recorded in NSW waters. It recommends changes to the current status of some species in the schedules of the Threatened Species Conservation Act.
Review of the Threatened Species Conservation Act Flora Schedules (PDF - 140 KB)
This 2002 NSW Scientific Committee publication reviews the status of a number of plant species listed as vulnerable, endangered or presumed extinct in NSW, and recommends changes to the status of a number of species.
The Bellinger Emydura: Challenges for Management
Final report prepared by A. Georges, R. Walsh, R.J. Spencer, M. Welsh and H.B. Shaffer, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, July 2007.
The Bellinger Emydura: Ecology, Population Status and Management
Final report prepared by R.J. Spencer, A. Georges and M. Welsh, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, July 2007.
The conservation value of regrowth native plant communities: a review (PDF - 455 KB)
This 1998 report for the NSW Scientific Committee reviews the literature on the conservation value of regrowth native vegetation. It focuses on NSW but also considers literature from other regions of Australia and overseas.
The status of marine reptiles in NSW (PDF - 583 KB)
This report, commissioned by the NSW Scientific Committee, reviews the conservation status of marine turtles and snakes that have been recorded in NSW waters.
Bell miner associated dieback forum This national forum in March/April 2005 brought together scientists, forest managers and community groups to develop research directions and management options for tackling bell miner associated dieback. Download the forum proceedings.
Bell miner associated dieback strategy
This strategy attempts to tackle the threat of dieback associated with bell miners in the forests of north-east NSW. Download the strategy, plus the proceedings of a national forum that took place in early 2005.
Bitou bush and boneseed threat abatement plan
The threat abatement plan (TAP) is aimed at reducing, abating or ameliorating the threat posed by bitou bush and boneseed to threatened species, populations and ecological communities and those species which may become threatened as a result of bitou bush or boneseed invasion.
Bitou bush and boneseed threat abatement plan - what's new
Predation by the plague minnow - threat abatement plan
This plan examines the impacts of plague minnows on native animals, particularly threatened frogs. It sets out the management actions that are necessary to abate this threat.
Predation by the red fox - threat abatement plan
Download this plan, which examines the impacts of red foxes on native animals. It sets out the management actions that are necessary to abate this threat.
Get a brief description of the ecological community/species, plus a summary of its distribution, habitat, ecology and threats.
Get a brief description of the species, plus a summary of its distribution, habitat, ecology and threats.
Recovering bushland on the Cumberland Plain: best practice guidelines for the management and restoration of bushland
Download these guidelines, which provide theoretical and practical guidance to agricultural enterprises, councils and other land managers who have remnants of Cumberland Plain bushland on their properties.
Netting of commercial fruit trees - guidelines to protect wildlife
These guidelines advocate full exclusion netting, to protect commercial orchards from wildlife and other risks while minimising harm to native animals. See what's involved.
Netting of garden fruit trees - guidelines to protect wildlife
If you net the trees in your backyard to keep flying foxes and birds off your fruit, you must do it in a way that's safe for native wildlife. Find out how.
The NPWS commercial crop damage mitigation policy
Download annual reviews of this policy, which aims to reduce the damage caused by flying-foxes to commercial orchards.
Strategy for the Conservation and Management of Biodiversity in the Dunmore – Shellharbour Hills Area
This strategy aims to provide a long-term vision to maintain and improve biodiversity in the area, while recognising the significant mineral resources and agricultural productivity of the area. It establishes a framework for the conservation and management of biodiversity by:
providing information on the biodiversity values of the area
identifying threats to be managed to help conserve biodiversity
outlining conservation and land-management actions that may be implemented to maintain and improve the condition of biodiversity
identifying financial incentives, partnership opportunities and legal protection mechanisms to help landholders to undertake conservation and land-management actions.
Management plan for the Coastal Fontainea - Fontainea oraria
This Management Plan was developed from the draft Coastal Fontainea recovery plan and refers to the conservation requirements of the species across its known range. It identifies the actions to be taken to ensure the long-term viability of the species in nature.
English Report on NPWS management of pest animals
In 2002, Professor Tony English reviewed the policies and practices used by the NPWS to manage feral animals. Download his report.
English Reports on feral horse management in national parks and reserves
Download three reports by Professor Tony English about NPWS wild horse control programs. The reports were commissioned following the culling of feral horses in Guy Fawkes River National Park in October 2000.
Saving our threatened native animals and plants: recovery and threat abatement in action
Download this report summarising the actions that have been taken since 1996 to help the recovery of threatened species in NSW. The report was updated in 2003.
Status of the endangered population of little penguins at Manly
Review of five years of monitoring (2002-03 to 2006-07) and the implementation of the Recovery Plan since 2000
'Inland grey box woodland in the Riverina, NSW South Western Slopes, Cobar Peneplain, Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South bioregions as an endangered ecological community' - overview
This explains why this community was listed as an endangered ecological community, and outlines the effect of this listing.
Alteration to the natural flow of rivers, streams, floodplains & wetlands - factsheet (PDF - 56 KB)
This explains why this key threatening process was listed, and outlines the effect of its listing.
Bushrock removal - factsheet (PDF - 330 KB)
This explains why bushrock removal was listed as a key threatening process, and outlines the effect of this listing.
Clearing of native vegetation - factsheet (PDF - 194 KB)
This explains why the clearing of native vegetation was listed as a key threatening process, and outlines the effect of this listing.
Competition from feral honeybees - factsheet (PDF - 37 KB)
This publication gives an overview of why the NSW Scientific Committee declared feral honeybees a key threatening process, and explains the effect of this declaration.
Coolibah - black box woodland as an endangered community
Get a brief description of this species, plus a summary of its distribution, habitat, ecology and threats.
Death or injury to marine species following capture in shark control programs on ocean beaches - factsheet
Find out more about the Scientific Committee's final determination on this issue.
Herbivory and land degradation caused by feral deer as a keythreatening process - an overview
This explains why herbivory and land degradation caused by feral deer was listed as a key threatening process, and outlines the effect of this listing.
Introduced grasses as a key threatening process - fact sheet
This explains why the invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses has been listed as a key threatening process, and outlines the effect of the listing.
Lower Hunter spotted gum - ironbark forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion as an endangered ecological community: an overview
This explains why this community was listed as an endangered ecological community, and outlines the effect of this listing.
Pandanus trees and the threat of dieback
These iconic trees of the NSW north coast have been dying from infestation by an insect: the flatid, or planthopper. Learn how to recognise pandanus dieback, and find out how you can help fight the disease.
Removal of dead wood, trees & logs - factsheet (PDF - 45 KB)
This explains why the removal of dead wood was listed as a key threatening process, and outlines the effect of its listing.
Get an introduction to this pest/weed, and find out about some control programs in NSW
South Coast Shorebird Recovery Newsletter - 2008 (PDF - 2.6 MB)
Provides an update on recovery programs for shorebirds on the south coast of NSW, a National Trust Award and some local heroes.
South Coast Shorebird Recovery Newsletter - March 2007 (PDF - 1.2 MB)
This newsletter gives an update on recovery programs for hooded plovers, little terns, pied oystercatchers and sooty oystercatchers on the south coast of NSW.
South Coast Shorebird Recovery Newsletter - May 2006 (PDF - 771 KB)
This newsletter gives an update on recovery programs for hooded plovers, little terns, pied oystercatchers and sooty oystercatchers on the south coast of NSW.
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