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Historical Fire Extent and Severity Mapping (FESM) - Statewide 2009-10

Fire severity is a metric of the loss of biomass caused by fire. In collaboration with the NSW Rural Fire Service, the department's Remote Sensing &amp; Regulatory Mapping team has developed a semi-automated approach to mapping fire extent and severity through a machine learning framework based on satellite imagery. 
The method uses standardised classes to allow comparison of different fires across the landscape. The FESM severity classes include: unburnt, low severity (burnt understory, unburnt canopy), moderate severity (partial canopy scorch), high severity (complete canopy scorch, partial canopy consumption), extreme (full canopy consumption). 
Here we provide statewide historical severity mapping of fires &gt;100ha for the 2009-10 fire year, which is based on Landsat satellite imagery (30m pixels). From 2016/17 to the current fire year is covered in the statewide FESM data, which is based on Sentinel 2 satellite imagery (10m pixels).

Tags: Fire Severity, Hazard Reduction Burns, Landsat, Remote Sensing, Wildfires
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Paroo-Darling National Park (Coonavitra) Vegetation 2006. VIS_ID 3965

Vegetation Map of the Coonavitra Area of Paroo Darling National Park completed at 1:50:000 scale. Vegetation Communities were defined by floristic and structural characteristics coupled with expert judgement and analysis. Eighteen vegetation communities were mapped using Aerial Photographs and and Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery. 
Associated Report:
The Vegetation of the Coonavitra area, Paroo Darling National Park,Western NSW
Prepared for NSW NPWS by Centre for Environmental Management, University of Ballarat, July 2006
VIS_ID 3965

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area Vegetation 2002 VIS_ID 4719

Ironbark Nature Reserve and the Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter in 2002 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region.  Ironbark Nature Reserve and the Bornhardtia VCA are located on the Northern Tablelands 30 km east north east of Barraba and 75 km north west of Armidale. Ironbark Nature Reserve was gazetted on the 29 of November 1985. The original gazetted area included only 1230 ha however an additional 373 ha purchased in 1988 to the east that incorporated a significant Aboriginal site. The Bornhardtia VCA was subdivided and a section purchased from Granite Heights in November 1997.
The vegetation of Ironbark NR and the Bornhardtia VCA is described and mapped (scale 1:25 000). Eleven communities are defined based on PATN analysis with further sub-assemblages are described. These eleven communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform. One community is listed as Endangered on state and federal acts, three are considered here to be vulnerable and all others are considered to be poorly or inadequately reserved across their range. Most communities are of woodland and open forest structure. The communities show considerable variation and intergrade along common boundaries and in particular on intermediate soil types. Drainage, easting, soil depth, physiography and protection from the north were the major correlative influence on community distribution, however northing and rock type were also strongly correlated.
VIS_ID 4719

Tags: Native Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Darling Baaka River Health Report Card

The NSW DCCEEW Water Wetlands and Coastal Science branch has recently completed a 2-year river health and ecological monitoring program on the lower Darling Baaka River. Funded by the EPA after the mass fish deaths in March 2023, the Darling Baaka River Health Project (https://naturalhazardsscience-hub.seed.nsw.gov.au/article/darling-baaka-river-health-project) implemented a comprehensive research and monitoring program to assess the health of the lower Darling Baaka between Wilcannia and Wentworth, including the Great Darling Anabranch. Framed around the River Condition Index, the project assessed geomorphic condition, water quality, biodiversity condition, riparian vegetation condition, hydrological stress, and landscape disturbance.
Findings highlight a river system under stress, with the majority of the lower Darling Baaka characterised by poor water quality, poor biological condition and high levels of hydrological stress. For more information see, DCCEEW (2025) Darling Baaka River Health Project 2023 to 2025, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water, Parramatta, NSW.  

Tags: WATER-Quality, WATER-Rivers, Water quality, biodiversity condition, geomorphic condition, hydrological stress, landscape disturbance, riparian vegetaion condition
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Landscapes of the Narooma 1:100,000 Sheet

This map is one of a series of soil landscape maps that are intended for all of central and eastern NSW, based on standard 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic sheets. The map provides an inventory of soil and landscape properties of the area and identifies major soil and landscape qualities and constraints. It integrates soil and topographic features into single units with relatively uniform land management requirements. Soils are described in terms of soil materials in addition to the Australian Soil Classification and the Great Soil Group systems.
Related Datasets: The dataset area is also covered by the mapping of Acid Sulphate Soil Risk Mapping.
Online Maps: This and related datasets can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
References: Tulau M.J., 2002,  Soil Landscapes of the Narooma 1:100,000 Sheet map and report, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Fauna Corridors for North East NSW

Layer of regional and subregional linking corridors for fauna of the Upper North East (UNE) and Lower North East (LNE) NSW RFA regions. A new GIS program, NPWS CORRIDORS, was used to derive potential landscape linkages (habitat corridors) based on the predicted distributions of priority fauna species assemblages (see metadata for fauna key habitats). These ESRI grid outputs were refined, under a series of decision rules, to derive final corridor ESRI shapefile polygons. The final corridors map layer is a regional representation displaying the most likely occurrence of linking corridors for fauna consolidated at the regional scale. The mapping and derivation has been based on state-of-the-art data and GIS tools combined with qualitative interpretation based on ecological principles and expertise. As of April 2001, the mapping has not been formally field tested and the methods have not been peer-reviewed outside several conference and workshop presentations, all well received. A journal paper and project report are in preparation.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Public Transport - Realtime Trip Update v2

Stop time updates for active trips, replacement vehicles, and changed stopping patterns in GTFS-realtime format for Metro, Sydney Trains and Inner West Light Rail.

Tags: GTFS Realtime, Sydney Trains, Transportation, capacity, gtfs, gtfs r, gtfsr, metro, plan, planning, public transport, real-time, real-time alerts, realtime, realtime api, stop, trains, transport, travel planner, trip api, trip planner, trip planner api, trip planning, trip update, trip updates, trips
Organization: Transport for NSW
Modelled pre-1750 Vegetation Map of Gundagai Shire. VIS_ID 3961

Modelled pre-1750 Vegetation of Gundagai Shire.
Pre-European vegetation was modelled to show the distribution of the major vegetation types across Gundagai Shire prior to clearance activities. Estimated current extent of the extant area of each vegetation community based on canopy layer only. The estimate was generated by overlaying the pre-1750 model with a woody/non-woody layer derived from satellite photography. It is important to recognise that the models are based on extrapolations from a few hundred plot locations, at which vegetation present was matched to numerous environmental parameters. The key parameters in determining vegetation within Gundagai Shire are soils, geology, topographic position and rainfall. Thus the model and map is only as good as the soil or geological mapping available for the Shire. The models have most use in providing the extent and context of a vegetation community across the landscape. They provide a strong indication of likely vegetation types present, but should not be regarded as a definitive guide.

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Preclearing Vegetation Mapping of the Western Division section of Walgett Shire, Northern Floodplains Far Western NSW VIS ID 1663

Preclearing  Vegetation Mapping of the Walgett Shire, Northern Floodplains, Far Western New South Wales, Edition 3.
The vegetation communities of the north eastern section of Bourke Shire is a dataset that contains information about the distribution and status of existing and preclearing vegetation communities within the Northern Floodplains of Western NSW.
The data was compiled to assist the community in the management of Native Vegetation through Regional Vegetation Management plans. The attribute data contains information on Floristics, Existing and Preclearing Vegetation Communities, Modification types and Regional statistics. The mapping was commissioned by the Northern Floodplains Regional Planning Committee in June 1997, compiled by DLWC Far West Region June 1997-December 2003 and funded by the Natural Heritage Trust, Environment Australia, DLWC and the MBDC NRMS strategy. This data set is one of a set three vegetation map products produced by the Northern Floodplains Regional Planning project. Preclearing and existing vegetation maps for the Western Division section of Brewarrina Shire and Bourke Shire are also complete and compatible with the Walgett map products.
VIS ID 1663

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Illawarra Region BIO Map Core Areas

The Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map (BIO Map) is a key deliverable of the NSW Government’s $40 million Green Corridors program, a Government priority action identified in NSW 2021: A Plan to make NSW number one. The map was prepared with funding provided by the NSW Environmental Trust.
The Illawarra BIO Map covers a 112,942-hectare area defined by the Kiama, Shellharbour and Wollongong Local Government Areas. This includes the Illawarra coastal plain and escarpment, and the eastern parts of the sandstone plateau to the west. Each of these landscapes provides a diversity of vegetation types, habitats and landforms, which combined make the region rich in overall biodiversity values.
Mapping criteria were used to identify and map priority investment areas, and targeted stakeholder consultation was conducted to inform the outputs of the project. Stakeholders consulted included nine state government authorities, four local councils and six non-government organisations.
The priority investment areas comprise of biodiversity core areas and a network of state and regional biodiversity corridors within the Illawarra region. The total area represented within the mapped priority investment areas is 66,827 hectares, comprising 13,980 hectares of core area and 52,847 hectares of corridors. This represents about 59 per cent of the Illawarra region.
The BIO Map project aims to achieve better biodiversity outcomes by directing biodiversity investment funding to the strategic locations of greatest benefit. A landholder’s right to carry out agricultural and developmental activities on their land are not altered by their property being identified as a priority investment area on the BIO Map. The BIO Map identifies areas where landowners have more opportunities to receive funding to protect their bushland. Any involvement by a landowner in such programs is entirely voluntary.
Report Title: Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map Mapping Priority Investment Areas for the Illawarra Region

Tags: Conservation, Corridors, Illawarra, Landuse
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Repealed - State Environmental Planning Policy (Kosciuszko National Park-Alpine Resorts) 2007

This is a repealed State Environmental Planning Policy and has been superseded by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts - Regional) 2021 as part of the Department's initiative to consolidate State Environmental Planning Policies to simplify and provide certainty to the planning system.
Click here to go to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts - Regional) 2021 Open Data page: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/opendata/dataset/state-environmental-planning-policy-precincts-regional-2021
Go to the following link to find out more about the new consolidated SEPPs: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/State-Environmental-Planning-Policies/Consolidated-state-environmental-planning-policies
This historical record represents Geotechnical, Land Application data for State Environmental Planning Policy (Kosciuszko National Park-Alpine Resorts) 2007.

Tags: Geotechnical, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, Kosciuszko National Park-Alpine Resorts, Land Application, Repealed SEPP, SEPP, SEPP consolidation, State Environmental Planning Policy 2007, planning
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Kosciuszko National Park Alpine Vegetation 1966 VIS_ID 4842

Alpine and subalpine areas were mapped by Dane Wimbush in 1966. 
A map entitled "Kosciusko Primitive Area : Vegetation and associated features" was produced from this mapping by CSIRO Division of Plant Industry in 1972. The mapping covers the alpine area of Kosciusko National Park (Upper Snowy and Geehi River Catchments).
VIS_ID 4842

Tags: Native Vegetation, alpine, kosciuszko, nsw
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Repealed - State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011

This is a repealed State Environmental Planning Policy and has been superseded by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021 as part of the Department's initiative to consolidate State Environmental Planning Policies to simplify and provide certainty to the planning system.
Click here to go to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021 Open Data page: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/opendata/dataset/state-environmental-planning-policy-planning-systems-2021
Go to the following link to find out more about the new consolidated SEPPs: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/State-Environmental-Planning-Policies/Consolidated-state-environmental-planning-policies
This historical record represents the State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011 

Tags: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, Repealed SEPP, SEPP, SEPP consolidation, State Environmental Planning Policy, infrastructure, land, planning, state significant development
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
NSW Bionet Vegetation Map Data Collection

The BioNet Vegetation Map Data Collection is a catalogue of all available NSW vegetation type maps including Standardised products from the State vegetation Type Mapping Program, and non-standardised historic and contemporary maps. Each map stored in the catalogue is assigned a unique VIS (Vegetation Information System) identification number. This map catalogue contains: 

geographical information system (GIS) data; 
metadata, including technical reports; 
images of cartographic map products; and 
web map services, where available. 

For more information see http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research/VISmap.htm. There are over 680 native vegetation type maps available.
All vegetation maps in this collection are available as individual data records in the SEED environmental data portal. For GIS data downloads for these individual vegetation maps go to the individual record in SEED.  A combined map footprint layer can be downloaded here as a resource from this metadata record to assist GIS users in selecting maps. This footprint layer will eventually be removed once all individual vegetation maps in SEED have individual web map services created allowing them to be viewed in the SEED map viewer.
The data collection includes State Vegetation Type Maps produced by the State Vegetation Type Mapping Program. For more detail on the Program see  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/state-vegetation-type-map.htm . You can search for maps produced under this Program by entering the search term "SVTM" in to the SEED search window.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Vegetation Map from Willson, A. Fire Management Plan - Tarawi Nature Reserve VIS ID 1006

A Fire Management Plan was developed for Tarawi NR, involving the mapping of the reserve's vegetation, fire history and significant species. Also developed were mallee fire ecology guidelines for biodiversity, an evaluation of fire regimes, and the formulation of fire management objectives, strategies and operational guidelines.
Vegetation map broadly based on Scotia 1:100 000 mapping
VIS ID 1006

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
River Red Gum Tree Recruitment Data

These data were collected as part of the River Red Gum Ecological Thinning Trial. 
River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) recruitment data were collected in three 20 m x 20 m subplots within each 9 ha plot, six times over seven years. Data were collected for three types of recruits, as described below:
Germinants: Eucalyptus camaldulensis individuals which have recently germinated from seed with cotyledons still present.
Seedlings: Eucalyptus camaldulensis individuals that germinated from seed that are less than 1.37 metres in height and no longer have cotyledons. 
Saplings: Eucalyptus camaldulensis individuals that germinated from seed and are greater than 1.37 metres in height with a diameter at breast height of less than 10 cm.
Further information is provided in the reference guide for the dataset.

Tags: Restoration, Thinning
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Plant Communities of the Monaro Lakes. VIS_ID 4154

Vegetation Survey points. A survey of the tableland tract of the southern Monaro recording permanence, altitude, area, substrate and plant communities of the lakes sampled. Glacial lakes and swamps, and wetlands formed by depositional processes were not included in the survey. Four wetland plant communities defined from Cluster analysis of records from 65 lakes. VIS_ID 4154

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Crawney Pass National Park Vegetation 2009. VIS_ID 4193

Vegetation community mapping for Crawney Pass National Parks by Stephen Bell, Eastcoast Flora Survey, completed February 2009.  An Upper Hunter Area NPWS Region contract.  Mapped at 1:25000 scale.  Murrurundi Pass and Crawney Pass National Parks collectively conserve 464ha of high elevation land between Murrurundi and Nundle in the Upper Hunter Valley. Both reserves were proclaimed in 2005 and occupy former Crown Reserves. Investigations of the two reserves, including mapping, full floristic survey and classification, were undertaken on behalf of the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change(NSW). VIS_ID 4193

Tags: TEC, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Successional Stages on Crown Land for CRA Lower North East. VIS_ID 3890

This data layer shows the distribution of Candidate Old Growth forest and other Successional Stages on Crown Land in Lower North East New South Wales as required by the Regional Forest Agreements (RFA). An expert panel convened by the NSW Environmental Heritage and Technical Committee (EHTC) in 1997 developed a process for the identification and derivation of the following Successional Stages:;
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Candidate Old Growth ;
Disturbed Old Growth ;
Mature Forest;
Disturbed Mature Forest;
Young Forest;
Recently Disturbed Forest;
Rainforest.;
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This data layer is an update of the original Successional Stages layer produced during the U/LNE Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) process in 1998. The Comprehensive Regional Assessment Aerial Photographic Interpretation (CRAFTI) data were crucial for Successional Stage derivation, however they were not completed in time for derivation on freehold land in Upper North East (floristics) and all tenures in Lower North East (structure and floristics). The U/LNE Forest Agreements stipulate that data on freehold land will be updated when CRAFTI data become available. With the finalisation of the digital CRAFTI layer in September 2000, Successional Stages could be derived across freehold lands. ;
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The same methodology for deriving the original Successional Stages layer during the CRA (RACD 1999a) was used for this process. Distribution of Candidate Old Growth forest and other Successional Stages were derived by integrating structural maturity classes from 1:25,000 scale Aerial Photographic Interpretation (API), interpretability classes derived from vegetation mapping units, and disturbance history from CRAFTI and State Forests New South Wales (SFNSW) records. The rainforest component is an amalgamation of mapped data from SFNSW Forest Typing (Forestry Commission of NSW 1989) and CRAFTI taken from the Forest Ecosystems layer (RACD 1999b).;
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RFA projects dependent on the completion of the Successional Stages layer include fauna and flora habitat remodelling and derivation of old growth forest ecosystems on freehold land. The data will also be of use to the Department of Land and Water Conservation and Regional Vegetation Committees in land management decisions.;
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VIS ID 3890

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Vegetation & floristics of Boomi West Nature Reserve, 2006. VIS_ID 4020

The vegetation &amp; florisitcs of Boomi West Nature Reserve is described and mapped (1:50 000). Six communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform. One community is considered to be endangered and all others are considered to be poorly reserved and ‘of concern’. Most communities are of woodland structure, though some sections are forests or derived shrubland and grasslands based on past clearing and selective logging practices. The communities show considerable variation and intergrade along common boundaries and in particular on intermediate soil types. In general the all six communities probably are representatives of assemblages more commonly found within central and western Queensland. The three reserves are dominated in general by Callitris glaucophylla, Geijera parviflora and Eucalyptus populnea. This project was commissioned by NPWS Western Branch Northern Plains Region (ROCU), Narrabri office. NPWS staff have undertaken ground truthing and ascertained that there are some inconsistencies between vegetation communities described and mapped in this report and vegetation types observable in Boomi, Boomi West and Boronga NRs. The observed discrepancies were not able to be rectified during the term of the contract. Please consider these inconsistencies when using the dataset for undertaking reserve-scale operational, planning or environmental assessment activities on NPWS-managed reserves. VIS_ID 4020

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water