Urban Fringe

Weed Management Initiative

Initiative Two Council’s Perspectives

$4 million

4 years

(10/11–13/14)

Matched

funding

Environmental

weed control

Public land

7 projects

Urban Fringe Weed Management Initiative

Underlying Principles

Collaboration

– Project working group

Landscape-scale

Strategic

Asset-based

Biosecurity approach

MERI framework

(Monitoring Evaluating

Reporting Improvement)

Warrandyte to Kinglake Habitat Corridor

Asset Based

Biosecurity

Approach

Strategic

Systems:

Planning, Mapping and Reporting

Dandenong Ranges

Tall Damp Forest

European gardens

= lots of weeds

Strong environmental

community volunteers

High population

Methods

What makes these projects work?

Effective Project

Working Group

Creative Project

Coordinator

Landscape Scale

Strategic Planning

Adaptive Processes

Accountability

What will our UFWMI legacy be?

Reduced weed cover and extent

Over 4,000 hectares

Over $2 million of on-ground weed control

Improved biodiveristy

Developed collaborative relationships

Leveraged other funding

Systems and planning for

the future