Managing the Beaconsfield 
Flora and Fauna Reserve

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and Fauna Reserve

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Managing the Beaconsfield Flora and Fauna Reserve
*BFFR Management Plan
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Managing the reserve requires information on what is special about the reserve and how these things can be protected. Information on the reserve has been gathered through surveys of indigenous plants and animals and weed species found in the reserve by qualified botanists and ecologists. Visitor surveys have provided information on what attracts visitors to the reserve and how facilities can be improved.

A management plan, created for the reserve by the Friends group in 2003, provides guidelines for how to manage the reserve. The plan outlines values of the reserve for flora and fauna conservation, recreation and environmental education. It provides guidance to the Friends group and Council for the activities that need to be carried out in the coming years to protect the reserve for conservation and recreation.

The main management aims for the reserve include to:
  **protect and conserve indigenous flora and fauna;
  **re-establish indigenous vegetation in degraded areas;
  **protect indigenous plants and animals from pest plants  
     and animals;
  **protect visitors and adjacent land from uncontrolled 
     wildfire;
  **provide and maintain  established walking tracks to 
     allow visitors to explore the reserve;
  **promote awareness and pride in the reserve, its natural, cultural and recreational values;
  **encourage public support and involvement in reserve
     management.

Read the Beaconsfield Flora and Fauna Reserve Management Plan

Regeneration and Revegetation

Visitor Information and Facilities