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Tilligerry Creek Catchment Management Plan

The Tilligerry Creek Management Plan was adopted by Port Stephens Council on the 24th Feb 2009.

The aim of the Tilligerry Creek Catchment Management plan is to achieve a sustainable ecosystem that enhances the economic and social values of Port Stephens.   

The plan identifies and investigates the issues within the Tilligerry Creek Catchment and has developed priority recommendations and management actions. This plan was open for public comment from September 2007 until the February 2008 and was adopted on the 24th Feb 2009.

In 2004 the Port Stephens / Myall Lakes Estuary and Coastal Zone Management Committee recommended the development of a catchment management plan for Tilligerry Creek. 

The plan, undertaken by independent consultancy Earth Tech, was jointly funded by Port Stephens Council and the Department of Natural Resources now Department of Environment and Conservation.

Objectives 

The objectives of the plan were to:

• Identify and understand catchment processes and characteristics.
• Carry out a landuse survey of the catchment.
• Identify all catchment issues that impact the long-term future of the natural resources of the catchment.
• Determine the magnitude of these issues across the catchment.
• Develop priority recommendations and management actions.

Recommendations

The study found that ongoing landuse pressures have resulted in impacts on water quality, and biodiversity, and adversely affected recreational and commercial activities.  The plan's recommendations include

• Repairing and upgrading some floodgates.
• Installing trash racks, wetlands and pollutant traps.
• Auditing catchment activities including commercial premises.
• Better management of vegetation particularly along creek banks.
• Weed control and revegetation of degraded areas.
• Improved management of stock.
• Investigation of the revision of certain policies including Local Environmental Plans

The report did not look in detail at on-site sewage management system upgrade issues as this was the subject of other studies undertaken by Council independently of this study.

A copy of the plan is attached below.  Please note that due to the size of some of the maps some people may have trouble downloading them.  If this occurs please contact council for a copy of that particular map.

Contact details
Sally Whitelaw
02 49800351 (ph)
sally.whitelaw@portstephens.nsw.gov.au

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