Bushland Management in Warringah

Bushland management in Council Reserves is overseen by our Bushland and Diversity team and involves fire management, threatened species conservation, bush regeneration, and pest control – such as weed and feral animal control.

Bush regeneration is the rehabilitation of bushland from a weed infested or degraded plant community to a healthy community composed of indigenous plants. Generally, weeds do not invade a natural plant community unless it has been disturbed.

As Warringah's bushland reserves are located near urban development, they are degraded by:

• increases in quality and quantity of stormwater
• dumped garden refuse
• altered fire regimes
• encroachment onto reserves
• dumped rubbish
• informal access tracks

Warringah Council’s bush regeneration program involves volunteers (Warringah Council's 'Friends of the Bush') and professional bush regenerators. Six major sites undergoing bush regeneration in Warringah are:

• Allenby Park
• Dee Why Headland
• Jamieson Park
• Forestville Park
• Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge
• Manly Dam (Manly-Warringah War Memorial Park)

Bush regeneration links:

• Warringah's 'Friends of the Bush' Volunteer Bush Regeneration Program
• Warringah Bushland Reserves Fire Management

Plans of Management have been written for many of Warringah's bushland reserves, including:

• Allenby Park
• Berry Reserve and Adjoining Foreshores
• Coastal Lands
• Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge
• Dee Why Valley and South Creek Corridor
• Griffith Park
• Jamieson Park
• JJ Melbourne Hills Memorial Reserve & Adjoining Community Land
• Manly Warringah War Memorial Park
• Red Hill & Golden Grove Parks
• Threatened Bushland Reserves (Duffys Forest Ecological Community)