TABLE 1 PARK MANAGEMENT ZONES AND OVERLAYS Strategic directions CONSERVATION ZONE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION ZONE RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ZONE AREA/LOCATION 5674 ha; 28.7% of Parks. Comprises most of The Lakes NP, a section of Lake Reeve, and Ninety Mile Beach. 14 200 ha; 71.1% of Comprises most of Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park west of Loch Sport, and Boole Poole Peninsula. 50 ha; <0.01% of Parks. Small areas at Golden Beach, Paradise Beach, Loch Sport Causeway, Lake Reeve Lookout, Emu Bight, Point Wilson, Rotamah Island and Bunga Arm. VALUES Areas of high conservation value and relatively undisturbed vegetation. Large area containing high conservation value with scope for recreation opportunities. Sites with facility development in a natural setting. GENERAL MANAGEMENT AIM Protect sensitive natural environments and provide for minimal impact recreation activities and simple visitor facilities, subject to ensuring minimal interference to natural processes. Protect less sensitive natural environments and provide for sustainable dispersed recreation activities and small-scale recreation facilities without significant impact on natural processes. Provide primarily for high use visitor nodes with a concentration of recreation and/or interpretation facilities.
Strategic directions 1 (cont.) OVERLAYS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA LAND USE DESIGNATION COASTAL PROTECTION PUBLIC UTILITY HUNTING AREA/LOCATION Ninety Mile and dunes between Seaspray and Paradise Beach and Bunga Arm as shown in figure 2. VALUES Narrow strip of easily accessed beach and dunes. Dune areas highly susceptible to destabilisation and erosion. Access is carefully managed to provide for visitor use and protect sensitive dune areas. GENERAL MANAGEMENT AIM Highlight areas or sites where special management provisions are needed to provide for a particular non-standard use or activity. Power transmission line, gas pipeline and trigonometric survey points as shown in figure 4. Strip of cleared land carrying transmission and pipelines. Trigonometric survey points. Highlight areas or sites where special management provisions are needed to provide for a particular non-standard use or activity. Areas shown in figure 4. Areas in Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park in which duck, deer and quail hunting are provided for. Provide for specific legislative requirements.
Manage vehicle use along the margins of Lake Reeve by developing formed tracks and rationalising access. Develop an erosion control and monitoring program for high use and other affected areas in the Parks (section 3.3). Monitor beach and dune dynamics. Use dredge where available for control of lake shoreline erosion and habitat enhancement in accordance with Flora and Fauna Guarantee action statements. As a second priority, use dredge spoil to maintain beaches at the following locations: in front of the Point Wilson picnic area (make no alteration to the spit at Point Wilson); at Barrier Landing; at Entrance Bay (make no alteration to the saltmarsh between Entrance Bay and Barrier Landing). Encourage investigation of the environmental impact of sand dredging and the use of dredge spoil to maintain beaches. Pollution Domestic sullage and sewage could pollute the Parks at several locations if disposal systems are inefficient, especially near saltmarshes bordering Lake Reeve. Oil spills have occurred along Ninety Mile Beach. Oil and chemical spills can have devastating effects on visitors, fauna and the coastal environment. Aims Minimise the impact of pollution on the natural environment. Ensure effective and efficient operations for oil and other spills. Management strategies Encourage and liaise with the Shire of Wellington in developing priorities for implementing sewerage schemes in coastal residential developments. Implement emergency management planning and/or the National and Plans to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil in the event of an oil spill. Maintain emergency access points to Ninety Mile Beach at Seaspray, Delray Beach, Golden Beach, Loch Sport and Barrier Landing. Maintain oil spill equipment and the initial spillage treatment facility and training centre at Rotamah Island, and encourage Parks Victoria staff and volunteers to develop skills in the treatment of oiled wildlife.
NRE database 1998b, Flora Information System, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria. TV 1997a, Lakes and Wilderness Regional Tourism Plan, Tourism Victoria, Melbourne. TV 1997b, Phillip Island and Gippsland Discovery Regional Tourism Development Plan, Tourism Victoria, Melbourne. Victorian Coastal Council 1997, Victorian Coastal Strategy, Victorian Coastal Council, Melbourne.
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