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the start of each fire season, prepare a Fire Action Plan in consultation with the Council, the Jervis Bay Territory Administration, the Jervis Bay Territory Rural Fire Service, Defence, lessees and members of the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Committee. The Fire Action Plan will outline the organisational structure and responsibility of Booderee National Park Brigade and standard operating procedures and guidelines for response to bushfires in Booderee and the Territory, including Wreck Bay village.

    6.7.14    Prepare a Fire Management Program every five years (or more frequently as required) in consultation with members of the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Committee. The program will include descriptions and maps of proposed burns and trail maintenance requirements over the life of the program.

    6.7.15    Refer each Fire Management Program for assessment of environmental impact in accordance with relevant provisions of the EPBC Act.

    6.7.16    Based on the Fire Management Program, prepare, in consultation with members of the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Committee, an annual bushfire risk management program detailing all proposed burns and trail maintenance requirements for the year.

    6.7.17    Where appropriate, seek to involve neighbours in cooperative bushfire risk management works for mutual protection.

    6.7.18    Continue to undertake or support research into the ecological relationships of fire within the vegetation communities in the park, including post-fire flora and fauna dynamics and vegetation communities' responses to climate change and long-term vegetation changes resulting from fire regimes.

    6.7.19    Monitor trends in plant species diversity in fire sensitive vegetation communities (see Table 9).

    6.7.20    Monitor recently burnt areas close to known weed infestations for appearance of weeds and take prompt action to remove any long-term problem weeds at an early stage.

    6.7.21    Prepare reports for all fires in a standardised format which will include maps, a summary of events, description of fire behaviour, weather conditions and other relevant information. Fire reports will be added to the fire history database and mapped onto the park geographic information system.

    6.7.22    Add records of fires on Council land to the park geographic information system which will be made available to the Council for management purposes.

    6.7.23    In consultation with affected parties, including lessees, develop an evacuation plan for the park.

    6.8           Native species

Aim
    * Protect, maintain and enhance viable populations of native plant and animal species and maintain vegetation communities.

Background
Because of its protected status and rich biodiversity, the park is considered a population reservoir for many species across the wider region. Other reservoirs in the area include Beecroft Peninsula to the north and Morton National Park to the west. It is important that these reservoirs are linked by a system of habitat corridors to ensure maintenance of species diversity and genetic viability. This