Appendix A - Sutherland Shire Council participating in a range of groups, working parties
and initiatives
1. Royal National Park Deer Working Group involving representatives from Sutherland
Shire Council, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Nature Conservation Council,
RSPCA, NSW Animal Welfare League, Livestock Health and Pest Authority,
University of Sydney, The Australian Deer Association, NSW Department of Primary
Industries, National Parks Association, private property owners and the NSW Game
Council. This group created and implements the The Deer Management Plan for
Royal National Park and NPWS Reserves in the Sydney South Region (2002).
2. Northern Illawarra Wild Deer Management Program, involving representatives from
Sutherland Shire Council, Wollongong City Council , Shell Harbour City Council,
Rail Corp, Roads and Maritime Services, Local Aboriginal Land councils, NSW
Police, Catchment Management Authorities, National Parks and Wildlife Service,
Nature Conservation Council, RSPCA, NSW Animal Welfare League, Crown Lands,
Livestock Health and Pest Authority, University of Sydney, The Australian Deer
Association, NSW Department of Primary Industries, National Parks Association,
private property owners and the NSW Game Council. This group created and
implements the The Deer Management Plan for Royal National Park and NPWS
Reserves in the Sydney South Region (2002). This program was developed in 2009
after a approach from Wollongong City Council for assistance from SSC to create an
integrated nil tenure regional management program for feral animal control.
3. Sydney Cane Toad Action Group involving representatives from Sutherland Shire
Council, Office of Environment and Heritage, RSPCA, NSW Animal Welfare
League, Livestock Health and Pest Authority, Universities of Sydney and Newcastle,
NSW's Department of Primary Industries and the National Parks Association.
4. Fox Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) for Kurnell involving representatives from
Sutherland Shire Council, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of
Environment and Heritage, RSPCA, NSW Animal Welfare League, NSW Trade and
Investment (Crown Lands) Department , Sydney Metropolitan Catchment
Management Authority, Livestock Health and Pest Authority, Universities of Sydney
and Newcastle, Frog and Tadpole Study Group and private property owners.
5. Memorandum of Understanding between with National Parks and Wildlife Service
and NSW Trade and Investment (Crown Lands) Department to control pest animals in
the Sutherland Shire Council local government area.
6. SSC production of "Eradicating cane toads in south-east New South Wales, outside
their current range of distribution: Best practice guidelines". This document was
produced with the input of the Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney
Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, NSW Environmental Trust,
Universities of Sydney and Newcastle, RSPCA and the NSW Department of Primary
Industries.
7. NSW Invasive Species Plan 2008-15 and Sydney South Region Pest Management
Strategy 2012-17 has numerous mentions of programs that SSC facilitates as being
examples of effective and efficient integrated, best practice pest species management.