Partners: Corner Inlet Landcare Group, Tarwin Landcare Group.
Funding: unfunded – staff and volunteer time
Timeline: 2021 ongoing
SGLN is part of the SOUTH GIPPSLAND DEER ACTION GROUP, established to facilitate the control of deer on private land, focussing on two areas initially, Cape Liptrap and Mt Best. Information and resources will however be available to a much larger audience.
Our draft profile:
Aim
To raise awareness of the impacts of deer and facilitate control of deer in South Gippsland through an action learning approach.
Vision
By 2030, a healthy and respectful collaboration of community, interest groups, institutions and government has resulted in the substantial and sustained reduction in the distribution of feral deer and the impact of feral deer on the community, environment and the economy.
Purpose
To substantially reduce the impact and distribution of feral deer in South Gippsland.
Roles
The key roles of the network are, in relation to reducing the impacts and distribution of feral deer in South Gippsland, to:
- Share information. Build knowledge and capacity.
- Raise awareness in the community of the need for effective control.
- Advocate for effective policy and control programs.
- Advocate for adequate funding and resources.
- Advocate for targeted research.
- Identify opportunities for collaboration.
- Held two community ‘Deer Information’ events at Mt Best Hall
- Held two community farm visits on deer impacts in Cape Liptrap.
- Multiple media releases in the Foster Mirror
- Developed a partnership with the National Deer Management Coord. Team, to produce video material highlighting the impacts of deer, the need for their control and the use of Feral Scan to record deer sightings.
- Facilitated a coordinated deer control program across multiple properties in Cape Liptrap from Autumn 2022.
- Developed a Strategic Plan and Communications Plan
- Submitted a funding application for safe & responsible shooting of deer
- Developed a digital resource kit to assist landholders manage deer on their property, including a landholder agreement to engage shooters.
Additional information will be added to this page as the initiative progresses. Feel free to contact Eastern Sector Facilitator Nick Stephens on 0499 271 251.
