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Strategic Objective 4: A Liveable City
4.3 Open Space
Bushland Reserves
Monash is fortunate to have a 'green corridor' traversing the municipality, made up of significant bushland reserves including Damper Creek, Scotchmans Creek, Valley Reserve, Gardiners Creek, Holmesglen Reserve and Dandenong Creek.
Council's ongoing revegetation program has helped establish habitat suitable for an increase in native fauna and improve both flora and fauna diversity.
There have been sightings of animals rarely observed in urban areas over the past three years. These included southern boobook owls, powerful owls, sacred kingfishers, yellow-tailed black cockatoos, wedge tail eagles, cape barron geese, blue tongue lizards, native water rats, dwarf galaxias and an Australasian Bittern. Council also maintains several water bodies including a number of permanent and seasonal wetlands, which help support fauna populations and provide habitat for frog species.
Council has also participated in the Parks Victoria fox control program that was initiated to protect powerful owl nesting sites within the region along Dandenong Creek.
To assist with fire prevention and management in bushland reserves, a concentrated effort to clear vegetation along boundary fence lines and remove unwanted vegetation in key areas has continued.
Updated: 22 October 2009
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