❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses arum lily control, tuart reafforestation, and kangaroo grazing in Ludlow National Park and State Forest. It seeks financial details and assesses the success of current efforts.
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(1) How much money has been spent by the Department of CALM and other public and private bodies (including Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd) on arum lily control within the Ludlow National Park and State Forest in the 2002 calendar year?
(2) How much money is budgeted by the Department of CALM, including cash or in-kind contributions from other public and private bodies, on arum lily control within the Ludlow National Park and State Forest for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 calendar years?
(3) Is the Minister aware that, thanks to arum lily control efforts over the past two years, farmers adjoining the Ludlow State Forest/National Park are reporting the lowest level of lily reinfestation of their properties for more than 10 years?
(4) How successful has been CALM’s recent efforts at revegetation of tuart in former pine plantations at Ludlow and is it true that grazing of tuart seedlings by kangaroos has caused a major loss of seedlings?
(5) If kangaroo grazing is a problem, what action is proposed to ensure that future seedling establishment is more successful?
(2) How much money is budgeted by the Department of CALM, including cash or in-kind contributions from other public and private bodies, on arum lily control within the Ludlow National Park and State Forest for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 calendar years?
(3) Is the Minister aware that, thanks to arum lily control efforts over the past two years, farmers adjoining the Ludlow State Forest/National Park are reporting the lowest level of lily reinfestation of their properties for more than 10 years?
(4) How successful has been CALM’s recent efforts at revegetation of tuart in former pine plantations at Ludlow and is it true that grazing of tuart seedlings by kangaroos has caused a major loss of seedlings?
(5) If kangaroo grazing is a problem, what action is proposed to ensure that future seedling establishment is more successful?
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1 April 2003
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Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
35 days
(2) Budgets have not yet been determined for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 years, but it is expected the budget allocation will be sufficient to allow the Department’s work on arum lily management in this area to be continued. (3) I visited the Tuart Forest National Park on 12 October 2001 and inspected land management activities with Department of Conservation and Land Management officers and members of the local community. I noted the work being done on a range of activities including the conversion of the pine plantation to tuart forest. I am aware that the Ludlow-Ruabon Arum Lily Eradication Project conducted by the Vasse Wonnerup LCDC has reported a reduced arum lily population with less reinfestation on properties adjoining the Tuart Forest National Park and Ludlow State forest. (4) The reafforestation of tuart in former pine plantation areas at Ludlow has been highly successful. A recent survival assessment has revealed that 90% of the area of ashbeds suitable for seedling establishment is fully stocked with trees. Some 6000 tuart seedlings have been ordered to fill any unstocked gaps on ashbeds by additional planting in the coming winter. There has also been some natural seedling establishment where seed trees were able to drop seed onto ashbeds. Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
(3) I visited the Tuart Forest National Park on 12 October 2001 and inspected land management activities with Department of Conservation and Land Management officers and members of the local community. I noted the work being done on a range of activities including the conversion of the pine plantation to tuart forest. I am aware that the Ludlow-Ruabon Arum Lily Eradication Project conducted by the Vasse Wonnerup LCDC has reported a reduced arum lily population with less reinfestation on properties adjoining the Tuart Forest National Park and Ludlow State forest. (4) The reafforestation of tuart in former pine plantation areas at Ludlow has been highly successful. A recent survival assessment has revealed that 90% of the area of ashbeds suitable for seedling establishment is fully stocked with trees. Some 6000 tuart seedlings have been ordered to fill any unstocked gaps on ashbeds by additional planting in the coming winter. There has also been some natural seedling establishment where seed trees were able to drop seed onto ashbeds. Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
(4) The reafforestation of tuart in former pine plantation areas at Ludlow has been highly successful. A recent survival assessment has revealed that 90% of the area of ashbeds suitable for seedling establishment is fully stocked with trees. Some 6000 tuart seedlings have been ordered to fill any unstocked gaps on ashbeds by additional planting in the coming winter. There has also been some natural seedling establishment where seed trees were able to drop seed onto ashbeds. Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
(5) See answer to (4).
(3) I visited the Tuart Forest National Park on 12 October 2001 and inspected land management activities with Department of Conservation and Land Management officers and members of the local community. I noted the work being done on a range of activities including the conversion of the pine plantation to tuart forest. I am aware that the Ludlow-Ruabon Arum Lily Eradication Project conducted by the Vasse Wonnerup LCDC has reported a reduced arum lily population with less reinfestation on properties adjoining the Tuart Forest National Park and Ludlow State forest. (4) The reafforestation of tuart in former pine plantation areas at Ludlow has been highly successful. A recent survival assessment has revealed that 90% of the area of ashbeds suitable for seedling establishment is fully stocked with trees. Some 6000 tuart seedlings have been ordered to fill any unstocked gaps on ashbeds by additional planting in the coming winter. There has also been some natural seedling establishment where seed trees were able to drop seed onto ashbeds. Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
(4) The reafforestation of tuart in former pine plantation areas at Ludlow has been highly successful. A recent survival assessment has revealed that 90% of the area of ashbeds suitable for seedling establishment is fully stocked with trees. Some 6000 tuart seedlings have been ordered to fill any unstocked gaps on ashbeds by additional planting in the coming winter. There has also been some natural seedling establishment where seed trees were able to drop seed onto ashbeds. Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
Damage by kangaroos was noticed soon after seedlings were planted last winter and a fencing program was commenced to protect seedlings planted on ashbeds. Some 600 of the 900 ashbeds were fenced. This precaution will be repeated in the future as necessary. (5) See answer to (4).
(5) See answer to (4).
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