Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00006:reg:3:p35
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00006
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 35/58)
Character Range: 103938–114452

State governments                            $250,000 pa
        monitoring). N, S                                                              •    Potential release sites on private and public land are identified, utilising established criteria.                                                                    Australian Government
                                                                                       •    Translocation plans, incorporating new knowledge and monitoring strategies, and aligned to legislative requirements, are developed and, where relevant, implemented.  Public land managers
                                                                                       •    Genetic management guidelines are developed and incorporated into                                                                                                     Traditional Owners
                                                                                       translocation plans.                                                                                                                                                       Private landowners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Academic/ research institutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  NGOs
                                                                                       •    Reintroduction(s) have been carried out in the northern population and closely monitored to ensure adaptive management can occur if needed.                           Wildlife health practitioners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Regional NRM organisation
                                                                                       •    A second wild population is established in Victoria and closely monitored to ensure adaptive
                                                                                       management can occur if needed.

 N northern population, C central population S southern population.

 STRATEGY 2: Threat management

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Responsible Agencies and potential partners   Indicative Cost
Action  Description                                                                             Priority  Performance Criteria
2.1     Develop and implement wildfire risk mitigation strategies relevant to each population.  1         Area of inappropriate fires and cumulative impact (departure from an appropriate regime) has decreased:                                                                                      Australian Government                        $300,000 pa
                                                                                                            •    Prescribed burning and other hazard reduction activities (e.g., mechanical vegetation removal and increased asset protection zones and buffer zones). Strategies are appropriate for  State governments
                                                                                                            habitat protection and restoration.                                                                                                                                                        Public land managers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Traditional Owners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Private landowners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Emergency services
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Fire and Biodiversity Consortia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Local governments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Academic/research institutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       NGOs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Regional NRM organisation
                                                                                                            •    Site-specific fire management plans are developed, reviewed, and implemented. Within each site
                                                                                                            management plan –
                                                                                                             – Appropriate mitigation strategies (e.g., fire breaks) and location of strategic asset protection zones (or equivalent) on public or private
                                                                                                             land are identified.
                                                                                                             – Risk to important habitat on public and private land is mitigated by site prioritisation and cross-tenure
                                                                                                             fire management.
                                                                                                             – Eastern Bristlebird habitat is identified as an asset to be prioritised for protection during
                                                                                                             wildfire suppression activities.
                                                                                                            •    Responsible agencies and partners, including regional and local community fire services (RFS, CFA) are aware of Eastern Bristlebird habitat and the importance of
                                                                                                            protecting it.
                                                                                                            •    Traditional Owners are engaged in
                                                                                                            wildfire mitigation strategies.
                                                                                                            •    A fire-management decision-support tool is developed to assist fire
                                                                                                            planning by land managers.
                                                                                                            •    Land managers utilise a
                                                                                                            fire-management decision-support tool, for fire planning.

 STRATEGY 2: Threat management continued

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Responsible Agencies and potential partners   Indicative Cost
Action  Description  Priority  Performance Criteria
                                  –  Fire management decisions incorporate monitoring data (derived from bird and habitat surveys) and interactions between weeds, fuel loads and fire risk management.
                                  –  Land managers are aware of the importance of protecting
                                  Eastern Bristlebird habitat when undertaking burning (and other land management) activities.
                                  –  Land managers understand how to reduce the impact of fire when implementing burns (e.g., staged burning of boundaries to ensure a
                                  single fire front, timing and weather to reduce intensity).
                                 •    Fire management