Council Resolution - Wildlife Protection Areas in the City of Ryde

Published on 04 September 2019

The proposed Wildlife Protection Areas in the City of Ryde were tabled at Council Meeting on 27 August 2019.

At its meeting, Council resolved:

(a) That Council endorses the declaration of a category 1 Wildlife Protection Area at Field of Mars Reserve, specifically that area depicted on map in Attachment 1 of this report.

(b) That Council endorses the declaration of a category 2 Wildlife Protection Area at Kittys Creek corridor and Terrys Creek corridor, specifically those areas depicted on map in Attachment 1.

(c) That any future proposals for new Wildlife Protection Areas be reviewed every year or in the event of any necessary and relevant legislative changes.

(d) That any future proposal to declare a new wildlife protection area in Ryde must meet the following minimum criteria for consideration;

- The area have significant priority for identified native fauna species and their habitat; and

- The area must be located within an identified wildlife corridor; and

- There must be evidence of regular occurrence of dogs off leash or cats in bushland; and

- There must be the ability to install signage at regular intervals on the boundary of the public land 

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