20260616 09233100 1.0 TRUE 5000000 5000 ItemDescription In-Force Billabong Creek Floodplain Management Plan Ecological Assets <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><DIV STYLE="font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>As part of assessing and determining an application for a flood work approval, a search of this spatial dataset must be undertaken. All applications for a flood work approval must demonstrate that flood or flow connectivity is maintained to these ecological assets. Flood-dependent ecological assets rely on flooding to maintain their ecological character and sustain essential processes. Flood-dependent ecological assets are identified in floodplain management plans to support their protection, which in turn provides social and economic benefits to the community. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The ecological assets have been identified using the best available vegetation mapping and survey information including the NSW State Vegetation Type Map (C2.0 M2.0 December 2023 release) and wetland mapping including:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Billabong Creek wetlands (Leslie &amp; Maher, 2000)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DCCEEW, 2016)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Mitchell Landscapes Version 2 (for Murrumbidgee Lakes, Swamps and Lunettes) (DECC, 2002)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>NSW Hydro Area dataset which contains delineations of named wetlands</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Wetlands of West Hume – Corowa (Webster &amp; Davidson 2003)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Yanco Creek Wetlands (Webster, 2007)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Yanco-Billabong Creek Broad-scale Wetland Monitoring Project (Walcott et. al, 2018)</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - Water Group; NSW Conservation Programs, Heritage and Regulation Group Identified ecological assets within the Billabong Creek Floodplain, which have been used to inform the development of the management zones for the Floodplain Management Plan for the Billabong Creek Floodplain 2026. The identified ecological assets are also used to assess flood work applications in accordance with the rules and assessment criteria in the floodplain management plan. This dataset has been used to prepare the Ecological assets map number FMP045_Version 1. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><DIV STYLE="font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>PLEASE NOTE: In the case of any discrepancy between this digital dataset and the published Floodplain Management Plan (accessible on the department’s website) the instrument as made by the Minister remains the authoritative source and should be used to both interpret the intent of the Plan and in subsequent decision making. Best endeavours have been made in collating relevant Floodplain Management Plan boundary and attribution contained in this dataset. However, no warranty is provided as to the accuracy or currency of this representation. The department does not warrant and is not liable for the use of this material as per the licenced sharing conditions CC-BY 4.0.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> PCT Plant Community Types Regional Scale Vegetation Mapping Environmental assets vegetation floodplain vegetation floodplain wetlands FMP ecological assets 20260624