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Landcare organisations, environmental Non-Government Organisations
2.1.6   Control buffel grass in areas where it may distort the usual fire regime or where fire may encourage its spread into Malleefowl habitat.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Buffel grass is a rapid coloniser of disturbed ground, responds positively to fire and assists fire in its intensity and duration, creating a feedback loop that encourages buffel grass to dominate native vegetation. Buffel grass invasion will destroy Malleefowl habitat.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), councils, parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, NRM organisations, mining companies
        On-ground strategy
        3. Manage impacts of herbivore grazing and habitat destruction from feral animals
3.1     Herbivore grazing and habitat destruction from feral animals
3.1.1   Control feral animals and other herbivores (especially goats, deer, rabbits/hares, camels, pigs and, in some situations, kangaroos) where there is evidence that they negatively affect Malleefowl habitat.                                                                                                                                                                                                              Consider appropriate buffers for control of each feral animal species, taking into account access to water and condition of surrounding area. For example, in more productive/fertile areas, feral animals will have a smaller range compared to less productive/harsher environments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, NRM organisations and mining companies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Also consider thresholds required to facilitate and enhance natural regeneration of Malleefowl habitat (e.g. <1 rabbit per ha in Mallee Catchment Management Authority (Victoria).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Fumigate rabbit warrens in culturally sensitive areas; otherwise, ripping is preferred due to the high success rate.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Effective goat and camel control involves culling and may be facilitated by using a GPS collar on a 'Judas' animal. This enables goat and camel congregation events to be noticed and culling to be undertaken, resulting in highly efficient and cost-effective management.
3.1.2   Identify and decommission (remove/fill in) or fence artificial water source that support herbivore populations (feral stock, feral herbivores, or kangaroos) posing a threat to Malleefowl habitat.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This involves filling in/flattening dams and revegetation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NRM and Landcare organisations
3.1.3   Erect adequate fencing to exclude stock, kangaroos and feral herbivores from Malleefowl habitat without impacting movement of malleefowl.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Applies to habitat on either public or private land.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Land managers
3.1.4   Where their browsing pressures are negatively affecting Malleefowl habitat, adaptively manage native herbivore populations (e.g. kangaroos).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Overabundant kangaroos impact Malleefowl in SA as they are thinning out understorey at the landscape scale, taking away cover and food of Malleefowl.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Land managers and Custodians (including private, public and Indigenous), parks and wildlife agencies, Indigenous groups and rangers, NRM organisations, mining companies
        On-ground strategy
        4. Manage and monitor introduced predators
4.1     Predator control
4.1.1   Undertake predator management consistent with the Adaptive Management Predator Experiment project, including treatment and control sites.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This includes monitoring changes in predator abundance/activity