PURPOSE
w H aT a r E O u r a i M S ?
This document gives at-a-glance updates on the Local Environment Strategy. Kalamunda Clean and Green provides the framework to manage environmental pressures and improve sustainable practices. It assists in protecting the cherished landscape character of Kalamunda and guides improvements in the City’s own operations and its work with stakeholders and community groups.
residents have expressed a desire for the City to stick to its commitments, show how they will be achieved and educate the wider community about these goals.
The City has responded to the four themes identified by Kalamunda residents as key areas for action. In the closing pages of the Local Environment Strateg y, you will see outlined the precise aims and required actions that respond to each theme.
UPDATE - JULY 2024
The next six pages gives at-a-glance updates on the Local Environment Strategy until July 2024.
July 2024
GREEN SPACES
K E y T H E M E S
The value of green space and natural areas
Caring for our park s , streetscapes & public places , culturally significant features & places , natural features , vegetation & wetland areas is vital to maintaining a healthy community.
Actions
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Develop a strategic approach to the control of feral animals in the City of Kalamunda. (1.1.2.2).
reducing waste
Reducing waste is critical to maintaining a h community through clean air, water, habitat
Managing the impacts
4,500
Tubestock Planted
Community Planting day on 19 May saw 75 people in attendance.
Our local natural environment requires cons healthy and free from unwelcome impacts. We under take to work with the community including the landscape assets of our City.
Updated: July 2024
Caring for our park s , streetscapes & public places , culturally significant features & places , natural features , vegetation & wetland areas is vital to maintaining a healthy community.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Conser ving natural resources
By conser ving our nature resources we contribute to a thriving community & provide a future for our children. g
waste
Actions
te is critical to maintaining a healthy hrough clean air, water, habitat & biodiversity.
Recover and re-use natural resources (seed, plants, timber) where practicable. (2.4.1.1).
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Our local natural environment requires constant vigilance to keep it healthy and free from unwelcome impacts. We under take to work with the community to ens including the landscape assets of our City.
300m2 clean fill
$10,500 est. worth
Clean fill from Magnolia Reserve recovered and re-used at Ray Owen Reserve.
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Updated: July 2024
By conser ving our nature resources we contribute to a thriving community & provide a future for our children.
REDUCING WASTE
reducing waste
Reducing waste is critical to maintaining a healthy community through clean air, water, habitat & biodiversity.
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Actions
ural environment requires constant vigilance to keep it ree from unwelcome impacts. e to work with the community to ensure its protection, landscape assets of our City.
Educate and collaborate with the community to improve management of waste. (4.1.2.4).
ran Clean Up Australia Day events in the City Community Members
Updated: July 2024
reducing waste
Reducing waste is critical to maintaining a healthy community through clean air, water, habitat & biodiversity.
MANAGING IMPACTS
Managing the impacts
Our local natural environment requires constant vigilance to keep it healthy and free from unwelcome impacts.
We under take to work with the community to ensure its protection, including the landscape assets of our City.
Actions Support and grow the Adopt-A-Patch program linking school aged residents with Friends Group activities. (3.2.1.2). 6
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COMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS
Updated: July 2024
1.1.2.2 Develop a strategic approach to the control of feral animals in the City of Kalamunda.
Green Spaces
1.1.2.3 Map all City Local Natural Areas for Phytopthora spp
1.1.3.1 Develop a plan to link greenspaces throughout the landscape. 60%
1.1.4.1 Determine ecological fire requirements and develop Fire and Biodiversity procedures for the management of city reserves. 97%
» Fox control partnership with DBCA being conducted through the Parks of the Darling Range Community Advisory Committee
» 2024 - Railway Heritage Trail Reserve: Total of 3 rabbits and 3 foxes removed (follow up works) (5-day program)
» Additional grant funding: The 2023/24 CAC funding program was expended on a feral animal control program within the Southern Corridor of the parks of the Darling Range.
The program consisted of a total of 30 days of activity throughout the following reserves:
1. Banyowala reserve and Chevin reserve (foxes, feral cats and goats);
2. Settlers Common reserve off Churchmans Brook Road Reserve (foxes and feral cats)
3. Roleystone Reserve off Urch Rd (West) (foxes and feral cats);
4. Araluen Botanical Gardens bush block north and surrounding bushland along the river (foxes, feral cats and feral pigs); and 5. Wungong Dam area at the end of Old Admiral Road, Wungong Gorge area and Bungendore Park (East) bushland (foxes, feral cats, feral pigs and feral goats).
» The City of Kalamunda and the Shire of Mundaring seek support to execute a similar strategic program, engaging a professional pest animal control contractor for work within the Northern Corridor of the Parks of the Darling Range. This would focus on John Forrest National Park and Mundy Regional Park.
» 3-year State NRM funded project to map all City’s reserves.
» 1 year remaining of works (FY24/25)
» 23/24 Dieback training complete, 7 school children from KSAC (pictures attached) (internal training with CoK Environmental Engagement and Education Officer), 10 Volunteer Fire Fighters and 15 internal staff from Health, Contaminated Lands and Rangers.
» 23/24 Assessment of 52ha reserves complete
» 22/23 Dieback training complete
» 22/23 Assessment of 52ha reserves complete
» Local Biodiversity Strategy 2023-2043 adopted at September OCM. The LBS includes “link” as a key focus area. The LBS identifies/ maps ecological corridors and includes an action to rehabilitate City owned and managed land which intersects with ecological corridors.
» Procedures and videos developed. Awaiting to be published.
» Managing fire risk in these LNAs is part of the City’s responsibility and is largely based on managing fuel loads, conducted by prescribed burning, mechanical removal of woody and herbaceous weeds, and installation and maintenance of firebreaks.
» However, these management tools do not take into consideration the biodiversity values of natural vegetation.
» This Fire Management Procedure has been developed to identify and manage the significant biodiversity values of each LNA, balanced against the fire risk and taking the fire management principles of Shedley (2007) into consideration.
1.1.5.2 Engage the community in activities to benefit personal and environmental health. 60%
» Community planting day on the 19th May - 75 people in attendance (pictures used by comms already) – 4,500 tubestock planted.
» Business as usual activity. 10% per year over the ten-year life of the strategy.
2.3.1.2 Identify and plan multi-purpose corridors for wildlife, biodiversity and passive movement. 60%
2.4.1.4 Recover and re-use natural resources (seed, plants, timber) where practicable. 40%
» Local Biodiversity Strategy 2023-2043 adopted at September OCM.
» The LBS includes “link” as a key focus area. The LBS identifies/ maps ecological corridors and includes an action to rehabilitate City owned and managed land which intersects with ecological corridors.
» 300m2 clean fill from Magnolia Reserve (est. worth $10,500) utilized at Ray Owen Reserve Theme 3.0 Ref. Action
3.2.1.1 Support and grow the Friends Group program throughout the City.
(2023/24) Actions in this period
» Updating the Friends Group volunteering program to include more volunteers (Bushcare) to assist current Friends Groups and boost attendance at community volunteering days. Manual will be released shortly
Theme 2.0 Ref. Action
3.2.1.2 Support and grow the Adopt-A-Patch program linking school aged residents with Friends Group activities.
3.3.1.1 Support and grow our Community Environmental Education Program
Managing Impacts
3.3.1.2 Engage with the local schools community through the Adopt-A-Patch Program.
BAU
4.1.2.1 Supply resources to community groups actively removing waste from City Reserves.
BAU
» Growing the program for future years by:
» Partnering with South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare (SERCUL) to deliver Adopt-A-Patch (AAP) program for schools in 2025.
» Setting-up an AAP grants-based system for schools to apply for funding opportunities.
» Delivered the following community environmental education events:
» 11/04/2024 - Connecting Communities: Environmental Services (stall)
» 13/04/2024 - Kalamunda Show: Environmental services (stall)
» 11/03/2024 - Which local bird is that? talk: High Wycombe Library
» 18/04/2024 - How to attract more birds to your garden talk: High Wycombe Library
» 04/05/2024 - Heavenly Hectares Workshop: Enhancing Land Stewardship of Small Properties
» 10/05/2024 - SYT: Planting a Verge Garden - Why? How?: Practical workshop on how to create a verge garden
» Delivered the following environmental education opportunities for local schools:
» 07/02/2024 - KSESC: Rubbish removal for containers for change at Railway Heritage Trail
» 21/02/2024 - KSESC: SERCUL river food web incursion
» 08/03/2024 - MMPS: Intro to AAP session with Millenium Kids
» 13/03/2024 - KSESC: Tour of Walliston Transfer Station
» 20/03/2024 - KSESC: SERCUL Turtle-ology incursion
» 13/04/2024 - Mazenod College - Kalamunda Show native plant initiative
» 17/04/2024 - KSESC: Millennium Kids Seed Bombing incursion
» 08/05/2024 - KSESC: Installing a Bandicoot Bungalow (habitat) at Railway Heritage Trail
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4.1.2.3 Support the local community to participate in national initiatives, e.g Clean Up Australia Day
4.1.2.4 Educate and collaborate with the community to improve management of waste.
4.1.3.1 Develop mechanisms to record and report the amount of rubbish being illegally dumped in City reserves.
4.1.3.2 Work with DWER and community to increase surveillance at areas where illegal dumping is most prevalent.
» 15/05/2024 - KSESC: Installing a Bandicoot Bungalow (habitat) at Railway Heritage Trail
» 15/05/2024 - MMPS: Kindy & Year 3 Storytime in the AAP
» 21/05/2024 - MMPS: Year 2 & year 6 MK incursion and creating maps
» 22/05/2024 - KSESC: Visit to Kanyana Wildlife Centre incursion
» 23/05/2024 - MMPS: Kindy & Year 3 create maps of AAP site
» 23/05/2024 - MMPS: Pre-Primary & year 4 Insect observations
» 23/05/2024 - MMPS: Year 1 & Year 5 Noongar language
» 05/06/2024 - Release seed bombs at Railway Heritage Trail
» 28/06/2024 - Gooseberry Hill PS: MK incursion
» All projects consider reused or recycled products where available. For example; roads crumbed rubber, Public open space paths - crushed brick for foot paths. Projects also dispose of materials via sustainable routes - items offered for reuse by Work Power, or sent to recycling stations
» Provided incursions to 3x primary schools and an excursion to a different primary school - where they attended the materials recycling facility.
» Distributed resources relating to recycling and FOGO at community presentations and displays.
» Continuously working with schools and the community to spread messages about waste. Many schools contribute by conducting litter cleanups.
» Clean Up Australia Day event was held at the City of Kalamunda Administration nearby bush and also the bush area at the back of the Depot.
» 4 schools and 5 community members ran Clean Up Australia Day events within the City of Kalamunda. Social media was used to promote the event and encourage the community to register.
» Social media campaign ‘FOGO Fridays’ has started to begin raising awareness of FOGO coming in September/October 2024.
» Displays and presentations to the community have also started.
» Waste incursion has been provided to Walliston Primary School where the students audited their lunchtime waste and talked about ways to reduce their waste.
» Illegal dumping continues to be monitored. Rangers have also issued fines for illegal dumping.
» A mini social media campaign was created regarding illegal dumping during May 2024. The campaign listed 3 different ‘crime scenes’ where illegal dumping had been prevalent. The community were encouraged to report any illegal dumping that they witnessed. The Waste Team have also been working with the Communications Team at Kalamunda and also City of Swan to raise awareness about illegal dumping across both Councils.