Forestry Corporation of NSW have engaged Ecological Surveys & Planning to undertake a series of flora surveys targeting rare or threatened plants in Penrose, Wingello and Belanglo State Forests. Some of these species are also subject to plot-based monitoring, including trialling different management of bushfire Asset Protection Zones around pine plantations and the bushland interface. Significant conservation benefits have been generated to date, though there remains room for further improvements.
NSW DCCEEW has also funded research into an additional threatened plant species in Penrose State Forest, and there is potential for collaboration between these agencies to significantly improve conservation outcomes in APIs and adjoining bushland. I hope to conduct further surveys to document the extent of threatened flora in these surprisingly highconservation-value areas.
