1. GraMpIanS The NatiONaL PArk

6. Codes of Conduct Explain the key points of bush walking and mountain bike riding codes of conduct. What are the positives and negatives of the key codes?

7. Codes of Conduct List as many ways you can minimise the impacts of a recreational and commercial use. (found in your textbook) RECREATIONAL USE Walk only on formed tracks and avoid creating new pathways Camp only in designated areas and ‘hard’ surfaces Consider your group size in relation to the venue you are visiting or the activity you are undertaking Use fuel stoves Do not remove rocks, ground litter, plants or animals including shells and seaweed Do not light fires on total fire ban days. Remove all rubbish including food scraps and cigarette butts Abide by catch size and limit regulations when fishing Ride bikes and motorcycles and drive cars, including 4 wheel drives, on designated roads and tracks only. COMMERCIAL USE Abide by catch size and limit regulations when fishing Fish in designated commercial fishing area with an appropriate license Protect and maintain remnants of specific ecosystems on your land (for example, box and ironbark forest, native grasslands and coastal heath land.) Restore plant communities and habitat by revegetation programs Establish a whole-farm plan for your property that takes into account wildlife corridors and water conservation

8. Conflicts of interest Successful management is vital for the long term security of the park. Choose 2 different user groups and then list the possible conflicts that may arise between them over the use of the park. Recreational user groups may try and change the ay the park is run. Bush walkers may want more tracks, picnic areas and toilets put into a natural park ect, which would most likely require destroying of the park by cutting down trees and shrub to make room for these things. Cultural users would prefer to keep the park in tact and as natural as they can by not adding things to the area weather to improve the park or not. They believe the area needs to be left how it was found to make it natural other wise there is no point calling it a natural environment. To most people it is important to preserve the park as long as they can, but recreational users would rather improve the park for their own use weather it affects the park in either a good or a bad way. Listen to the mobile blogs. http://vceoes.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/lances-audio-blog-2/ What impact is Lance talking about? How could this be conservational? Railing and steps on the way up the pinnacle What are the positives and negatives of the impacts Lance mentions? So humans can use them to get to the pinnacle. Vegetation has been destroyed to build the railing What sort of interest groups would contribute to the impacts at the sight of Lances mentions? The would be mainly for recreational users who need the railing to help them climb up the rock. http://vceoes.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/ashlees-audio-blog-2/ What impact has Ashlee talking about> what type of impact do you think this is? Damage of the flora caused from people not sticking to paths. What has been done to limit or stop the damage of this impact along the walk to the pinnacle? Path ways have been built and arrows have been put in to show people where to go

9. You must make a decision regarding the land classification (zoning) of the Grampians. Discuss the decision you make and the reasons for this decision. Outline the interest groups this decision will impact on and how they will be impacted.