Management Plans are developed for conservation reserves to protect the natural environment while allowing for recreational activities.
The current best practice format for reserve Management Plans is to group together all of the reserves in one area under a single Management Plan. The Shire's natural area reserves are grouped according to vegetation type into four Management Plans, for banksia woodland, marri woodland, clay-based wetlands and scarp/plateau forest.
The Banksia Woodland Management Plan is the first to be produced and will be followed by the other three. The Management Plans contain information relevant to managing any area of a vegetation complex, plus Action Plans for the Shire reserves which contain that particular type of vegetation. The Shire also has a number of older individual Management Plans for natural area reserves.
Clay-Based Wetlands Management Plan
The Clay-Based Wetlands Management Plan contains information relevant to managing any area of clay-based wetlands, plus Action Plans for the four Shire reserves which contain clay-based wetlands. The first part of the Management Plan can be used by anyone wishing to manage an area of clay-based wetland, while the four Action Plans are brief enough to be easily used by Shire staff responsible for managing the reserve and its user groups. The Shire reserves which contain clay-based wetlands are Brickwood Reserve, Serpentine Sports Reserve, Yangedi Airfield Reserve and Karnup Road Flora Reserve. The first three reserves contain more than one vegetation type, and are included in more than one Management Plan.
Clay-Based Management Plan
Marri Woodland - Management Plan
The Marri Woodland Management Plan contains information relevant to managing any area of marri woodland, plus Action Plans for the twelve Shire reserves which contain marri woodland. The first part of the Management Plan can be used by anyone wishing to manage an area of marri woodland, while the twelve Action Plans are brief enough to be easily used by Shire staff responsible for managing the reserve and its user groups. The Shire reserves which contain marri woodland are Brickwood Reserve, Serpentine Cemetery Reserve, Serpentine Sports Reserve, Mundijong Oval Reserve, Myara Brook Reserve, Oscar Bruns Reserve, Rainforest Reserve, Wattle Road Nature Reserve, Clem Kentish Reserve, Yangedi Airfield Reserve, King Road Pony Club Reserve, and Craghill Way Reserve. Many of these reserves contain more than one vegetation type, and are included in more than one Management Plan.
Marri Woodland Management Plan
Banksia Woodland - Management Plan
The Banksia Woodland Management Plan contains information relevant to managing any area of banksia woodland, plus Action Plans for the nine Shire reserves which contain banksia woodland. The first part of the Management Plan can be used by anyone wishing to manage an area of banksia woodland, while the nine Action Plans are brief enough to be easily used by Shire staff responsible for managing the reserve and its user groups. The Shire reserves which contain banksia woodland are Brickwood Reserve, King Road Pony Club Reserve, Serpentine Sports Reserve, Yangedi Airfield Reserve, Bella Cumming Reserve, Tonkin Street Flora Reserve, Craghill Way Reserve, Pony Place Reserve and Wattle Road Nature Reserve.
Banksia Woodland Management Plan
Serpentine Cemetery Reserve - Management Plan
Approximately 1 hectare of the 2.4 hectare Serpentine Cemetery Reserve is built cemetery and associated infrastructure, while the majority of the reserve is recognized and protected as a Threatened Ecological Community and Environmentally Sensitive Area and is formally managed and recognised as a portion of Bush Forever Site No. 371. The local government manages the burials in the cemetery in collaboration with the Serpentine Jarrahdale Cemetery Advisory Group. The committee has been set up to ensure that members of the community take an active interest in assisting the local government in management, retention and promotion of the socio-economic and cultural and natural heritage and history of the cemetery and its surrounding areas.
Serpentine Cemetery Reserve Management Plan
Scrivener Road Gravel Reserve - Draft Management Plan
The Scrivener Road Gravel Reserves vested with the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale have significant biodiversity value. All three of the federally protected black cockatoo species have been recorded nesting in these reserves. Should gravel extraction become active in these reserves again, this draft management plan will allow for an offset provision associated with any purpose permit as required by the Department of Water and Environment Regulation. The Department of Biodiversity, Conservations and Attractions will also be consulted to agree on these offset provisions outlined in the document.
Scrivener Road Gravel Reserves
Scrivener Road Gravel Reserves Draft Management Plan
Scrivener Zoning
Scrivener Roads Operation Plan
Scrivener Road Community Workshop Minutes 17 September 2015
Scrivener Road Assessment of Significant Habitat Trees
Forest Green Management Plan
Forest Green Reserve is located south of Jarrahdale Road, at the junction of Brady Road and Forest Avenue. It's a portion of State Forest No. 22 vested with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and is destined to be transferred to the Shire for the purpose of meeting local community passive and action recreational needs.
Forest Green Draft Management Plan
Serpentine Sports Reserve Management Plan
The Serpentine Sports Reserve covers a total area of 68 hectares at the junction of Karnup Road and Hall Road in Serpentine. The Reserve includes recreational facilities, consisting of a golf club, pony club and polocrosse club, as well as regionally significant areas of remnant vegetation. Some of the vegetation within the reserve is listed as Bush Forever land, and has several Threatened Ecological Communities within in it.
Serpentine Sports Reserve Management Plan
King Road Pony Club Reserve - Management Plan
King Road Pony Club Reserve is located on King Road and covers an area of 25 hectares. It is vested with the Shire for the purpose of public recreation and it is also managed for its conservation values as it is a significant local natural area under the Shire’s Local Biodiversity Strategy and a Threatened Ecological Community. Within this reserve is an area used by the Peel Horse and Pony Club.
King Road Pony Club Reserve Management Plan
Yangedi Bush Forever and Airfield Reserve - Management Plan
The Yangedi Bush Forever and Airfield Reserve is located in the southern part of the Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire and is 64 hectares in area. It is vested with the Shire for the purpose of public recreation, housing the Serpentine Sports Aircraft Club, Serpentine Bureau of Meteorology site and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services helitax. It is also managed for its conservation values and is part of Bush Forever site 378, and a Threatened Ecological Community.
Yangedi Bush Forever and Airfield Reserve Management Plan
Briggs Park and Brickwood Reserve - Management Plan
The Briggs Park and Brickwood Reserve is managed by the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale and has State and Federal listed and protected ecological communities. Briggs Park has a Recreation Precinct Master Plan currently in place. The management plan for Briggs Park and Brickwood Reserve is comprehensive in reconciling the protection of this significant environmental feature with community demands and access.
Briggs Park Brickwood Reserve Management Plan
Briggs Park Brickwood Reserve Management Plan- Appendix 6
Korribinjal Brook - Management Plan
The Korribinjal Brook Reserve is located in the Millbrook area of Jarrahdale and totals 5.4 hectares in size. It is vested with the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale for the purpose of public recreation with conservation values as the Brook is an important ecological corridor.
Korribinjal Brook Reserve Management Plan
Darling Downs Trail Network Reserves - Management Plan
The Darling Downs Trail Network Reserves are located in Darling Downs, north of Byford, linking properties within an equestrian precinct to a large recreational reserve primarily used for equestrian purposes. The Reserves can be best described as recreational reserves with environmental values. The management of dual purpose reserves can lead to conflict between recreation and conservation. This Management Plan is intended as a guiding document, to assist the Darling Downs Residents’ Association in managing the environmental values of the reserves, while maintaining their primary recreational functions.
Darling Downs Trail Network Reserves-Management Plan