To create a "Source to Sea Experience" through the development of an Urban National Reserve.
Key Actions
- Identify and protect:
- Suitable routes along the Styx River, Kaputone Stream and other tributary waterways (to be done in the spirit of partnership through negotiation with current landowners)
- Provide improved road crossing facilities so that roads do not become barriers to pedestrians
- Provide a range of experiences through the development of:
- Walkway routes, boating facilities, cycleways
- A range of landscape experiences based on natural and cultural values
- Innovative interpretative material
- Develop service nodes that will concentrate human activity and provide facilities for:
- Parking for cars and bicycle
- Relaxation
- Eating facilities
- Learning activities
- Recreation facilities
- Accommodation/camping grounds
- Monitor and remedy the impact of people and recreational activities on ecological values through:
- Preventing or limiting access to core habitat or sensitive areas
- Use of design elements will lessen the impact on wildlife (that is screening, moats, fences)
- Promote the source to sea experience through:
- The development of promotional material
- On site interpretation, facilities, and learning experience
