❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the Department of Conservation and Land Management's responsibilities, management, expenditure, and plans for land within the Beeliar Wetland Regional Park, including North Lake.
AnsweredQoN 2325Legislative Assembly
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(1) For which parcels of land does the Department of Conservation and Land Management have management responsibility within the Beeliar wetland regional park?
(2) Specifically, does the Department have management responsibility for North Lake and, if yes, exactly what portion of the bushland/wetland area?
(3) Has a management plan for land under the Department’s management control been prepared?
(4) In general terms, what are the key environmental and other values of the land under the Department’s control within the Beeliar Regional Park area?
(5) What expenditure has the Department made on land under its control within the Beeliar Regional Park for each of the last five years and on what major management actions have these expenditures been made?
(6) What expenditure is proposed for each of the next five years and on what major management actions?
(2) Specifically, does the Department have management responsibility for North Lake and, if yes, exactly what portion of the bushland/wetland area?
(3) Has a management plan for land under the Department’s management control been prepared?
(4) In general terms, what are the key environmental and other values of the land under the Department’s control within the Beeliar Regional Park area?
(5) What expenditure has the Department made on land under its control within the Beeliar Regional Park for each of the last five years and on what major management actions have these expenditures been made?
(6) What expenditure is proposed for each of the next five years and on what major management actions?
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Answered
16 December 2003
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
14 days
· Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve 15556 and Reserve 29241 vested with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia; · 91 parcels of freehold land owned by the Western Australian Planning Commission, under a Section 16 Agreement pursuant to the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ; and · Reserves 24309, 39455, 37426, 39584 and 39752 vested with the City of Cockburn and managed by the Department under a management agreement. (2) The Department of Conservation and Land Management has management responsibility for the majority of North Lake, namely for nine parcels of freehold land owned by the Western Australian Planning Commission. The North Lake estate also contains areas of vacant Crown land, a reserve vested with the City of Cockburn and freehold land owned by the Water Corporation. (3) A draft management plan has been completed for Beeliar Regional Park. The draft plan applies to all public land within the park. The Department of Conservation and Land Management has commenced preparing the Analysis of Public Submissions document and anticipates finalising the management plan in 2004. (4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(2) The Department of Conservation and Land Management has management responsibility for the majority of North Lake, namely for nine parcels of freehold land owned by the Western Australian Planning Commission. The North Lake estate also contains areas of vacant Crown land, a reserve vested with the City of Cockburn and freehold land owned by the Water Corporation. (3) A draft management plan has been completed for Beeliar Regional Park. The draft plan applies to all public land within the park. The Department of Conservation and Land Management has commenced preparing the Analysis of Public Submissions document and anticipates finalising the management plan in 2004. (4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(3) A draft management plan has been completed for Beeliar Regional Park. The draft plan applies to all public land within the park. The Department of Conservation and Land Management has commenced preparing the Analysis of Public Submissions document and anticipates finalising the management plan in 2004. (4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(2) The Department of Conservation and Land Management has management responsibility for the majority of North Lake, namely for nine parcels of freehold land owned by the Western Australian Planning Commission. The North Lake estate also contains areas of vacant Crown land, a reserve vested with the City of Cockburn and freehold land owned by the Water Corporation. (3) A draft management plan has been completed for Beeliar Regional Park. The draft plan applies to all public land within the park. The Department of Conservation and Land Management has commenced preparing the Analysis of Public Submissions document and anticipates finalising the management plan in 2004. (4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(3) A draft management plan has been completed for Beeliar Regional Park. The draft plan applies to all public land within the park. The Department of Conservation and Land Management has commenced preparing the Analysis of Public Submissions document and anticipates finalising the management plan in 2004. (4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(4) Land managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management within Beeliar Regional Park features a number of values including conservation, such as wetlands and areas of natural bushland; recreation, including areas for passive and active recreation; and landscape, in terms of providing areas of high aesthetic quality and amenity value to surrounding urban areas. (5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(5) Over the past five years, the Department of Conservation and Land Management has spent in the range of $140,000-$217,000 per annum from its recurrent budget in Beeliar Regional Park on management and maintenance works including weed control, revegetation, fencing and maintenance of facilities. Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Over the past five years, approximately $170,000 has been spent by the Department on capital works. Improvements made from this funding include pathway construction, fencing and installation of recreation facilities. Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Approximately $50,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan has also been spent on revegetation by the Department in Beeliar Regional Park since 2000. Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Included within the above areas of expenditure, approximately $32,000 has been spent on unexploded ordnance mitigation works. (6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
(6) It is anticipated that over the next five years, expenditure on management and maintenance in Beeliar Regional Park from the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s recurrent budget will continue at approximately the same rate as the past five years. The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
The ongoing capital works program will be defined by the final Beeliar Regional Park Management Plan. It is anticipated the capital works projects will include enhancement of recreation facilities and the installation of fencing. Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
Approximately $800,000 from the Jervoise Bay Conservation and Recreation Enhancement Plan will be spent over the coming two years on the provision of dual use paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage at Mount Brown and Henderson Foreshore.
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