Eastern Grey Kangaroo Controlled Native Species Management Plan 2017
Summary
The purpose of the controlled native species management plan is to set out the approach to be adopted in maintaining wild populations of Eastern Grey Kangaroos in the ACT while managing their environmental, economic and social impacts and ensuring their welfare.
Particular consideration is given to managing kangaroo grazing pressure on native grassy ecosystems in the context of grazing pressure from all herbivores and additional factors influencing ground layer vegetation.
The primary goals of kangaroo management in the ACT are to:
- maintain populations of kangaroos as a significant part of the fauna of the 'bush capital' and a component of the grassy ecosystems of the Territory
- manage and minimise the environmental, economic and social impacts of those kangaroo populations on other biota, grassy ecosystems and primary production.
The ACT Kangaroo Management Plan 2010 informs how other macropods, including Common Wallaroos, Red-necked Wallabies, Swamp Wallabies, and all species of macropod at Googong Foreshores, are managed.