Field of Mars Reserve Plan of Management
Field of Mars Reserve is currently managed under the existing Field of Mars Reserve Plan of Management, as adopted by the City of Ryde on 9 September 2009. The City of Ryde (Council) is now undertaking a revision and updating of this earlier Plan of Management for the following reasons.
The earlier Plan of Management is also being updated to enable Council and the community to better manage Field of Mars Reserve in response to evolving management challenges and usage pressures, changing community values or attitudes, and aspirations, and to build on past management measures. It will guide significant future investment in the Reserve and its management. It will also ensure that management and protection of this Reserve fits into the broader scheme of the City’s open space network.
Since adoption of the earlier Plan of Management the City of Ryde has also endorsed an updated versions of its “Community Strategic Plan”, the current version being Our Vision for Ryde 2028 Community Strategic Plan 2018. This document sets out the community’s and Council’s aspirations and priorities for at least the next 10 years. It is built around the seven those of a vibrant and liveable city, an active and healthy city, a natural and sustainable city, a smart and innovative city, a connected and accessible city, a diverse and inclusive city, and an open and progressive city. Management of the Field of Mars Reserve must align with the relevant directions and strategic objectives of Our Vision for Ryde 2028 and ensure that the area’s use and management remains consistent with the community’s expressed values and preferences.
This updated Field of Mars Reserve Plan of Management, and associated Masterplan, will guide Council’s on-going management of this important area of bushland within the City of Ryde. It will provide the practical means of establishing and implementing the Reserve’s future protection, uses and management. The Plan of Management will also complement, and be consistent with, Council’s recently adopted Natural Areas Generic Plan of Management. However in recognition of its size and environmental importance the Field of Mars Reserve warrants, as it has before, its own area-specific Plan of Management.
The Field of Mars Reserve Plan of Management supersedes the previously adopted 2009 Plan of Management.
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