Bushland
Mosman Council controls 39 hectares of remnant coastal bushland in 23 different bushland reserves.
These reserves are important reservoirs of biodiversity in the Sydney Harbour area and play an important role in creating habitat corridors between larger areas of bushland.
The small size of bushland reserves controlled by Council make them vulnerable to pressures including stormwater damage, weed invasion, loss of habitat, habitat fragmentation and changed fire regimes.
To help combat this, Council actively manages bushland reserves by supporting volunteer Bushcare groups and through the use of professional bushland restoration contractors.
Mosman’s Flora and Fauna Survey (2000) has guided the development of bushland management contracts.
