Municipality
King Island
Funding Status
Partially Supported
Achievement Plans
We plan to continue control of this isolated infestation, as far as available funding will allow, with a view to seek further funding as opportunities arise. In this stage we will follow up all outliers we have controlled to date, and control another we haven’t quite reached yet. We will then work on the Forestry section, to reduce the threat to the forestry. Depending on what funding allows, we will then work on the Fraser River, from the top of the infestation, working towards the sea.
Methods
Using a spray unit where accessible, and hand held spray bottles within the bush and waterways, we will spray inkweed with a mix of: Metsulfuron methyl 0.15g/L, Pulse 2 ml/L and Envirodye ~6ml/L. We will use our method of covering the whole of the bush areas and spray all we find. Photos will be taken at existing photopoints, and new photopoints will be marked and photographed when first visited. Density will be recorded for all areas. This information will be used to update mapping of this weed.
Natural Values
13,000ha of intact vegetation, including riparian, Lavinia Reserve/RAMSAR site and Pegarah State Forest. Threatened plant communities KI Bluegum forest and Melaleuca ericifolia swamp forest. Threatened species Pimelea axiflora, Austral Mulberry, Blueberry Ash, Scrambling Ground Fern. The Critically Endangered KI Brown Thornbill and KI Scrubtit. Richard Schahinger, of the Threatened Species Unit in Tasmania sees all the above species and plant communities as being 'at risk if the inkweed is left unchecked as they occur in habitat that the inkweed might be expected to establish in.'
Amount
More than $30k
