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Draft Byfield Area Management Plan
The draft management plan is open for public comment until Friday 30th January 2009. The public are urged to make comments on the draft which support the natural values of this unique area.
CCC has made a formal submission to the Environmental Protection Agency on the management of the area. CCC want to see some of the more sensitive beach and dune areas protected from four wheel drive access as there is now evidence that suggests that even driving on hard sand beaches causes serious environmental damage.See our new "critter sensitive" sand tyres!!
The studies published in 2007 and 2008 by Schlacher et al. show that beach traffic can substantially modify the physical environment on sandy beaches. Schlacher also demonstrates that beach driving can impact ghost crab numbers. In addition beach driving contributes to erosion by reducing the cohesion between sand particles.
Below are links to the articles:
Sandy beaches at the brink (pdf - 181kb) [Schlacher et al. 2007]
Vehicles versus conservation of invertebrates on sandy beaches (pdf - 817kb) [Schlacher et al. 2007]
Physical impacts caused by off-road vehicles to sandy beaches (pdf - 2.2Mb) [Schlacher and Thompson 2008]
Impacts of off-road vehicles on macrobenthic assemblages on sandy beaches (pdf - 497kb) [Schlacher et al. 2008 ]Send submissions to:
The Project Manager
Draft Byfield Area Management Plan
Environmental Protection Agency
PO Box 3130
Redhill ROCKHAMPTON 4701
