Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARLOTH PARK INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 111 OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................... 111 WATER PROVISION ............................................................................................................ 111 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 114 FENCELINE SPECIFICATIONS......................................................................................... 117 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 118 ROADS ..................................................................................................................................... 118 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 119 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING......................................................... 119 Recommendations for Marloth Park..................................................................................... 121 © Ecological Associates/ Marloth Park iii
LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location of the Marloth Park study area ................................................................. 8 Figure 2: Township design and layout on Marloth Park......................................................... 9 Figure 3: Topography of the Marloth Park study area ......................................................... 11 Figure 4: Geology of the Marloth Park study area ................................................................ 12 Figure 5: Geological formations of the Marloth Park study area......................................... 13 Figure 6: Soil depth of the Marloth Park study area ............................................................. 16 Figure 7: Land Types of the Marloth Park study area .......................................................... 18 Figure 8: Land use in the Marloth Park study area............................................................... 20 Figure 9: A climate diagram for the Marloth Park area ....................................................... 22 Figure 10: Plant communities of the Marloth Park study area............................................. 29 Figure 11: Schematised illustration of an ideal tree and the parameters used to calculate browse availability..................................................................................................... 48 Figure 12: Sketch of Cyphostemma/Cissus species found on Marloth Park ......................... 90 Figure 13: Design of a shallow, rectangular waterhole sunk into the ground ................... 115 Figure 14: Cross section design of a shallow, round waterhole sunk into the ground ...... 116 Figure 15: Location of the monitoring sites on Marloth Park............................................. 122 © Ecological Associates/ Marloth Park iv
Page 1 and 2: Ecological Associates Environmental
Page 3: THE ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE BROWSE
Page 7 and 8: LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1: A li
Page 9 and 10: Three different scenarios are analy
Page 11 and 12: Ecosystems disturbed by clearing op
Page 13 and 14: INTRODUCTION Although only a few ve
Page 15 and 16: Figure 1: Location of the Marloth P
Page 17 and 18: GEOMORPHOLOGY Looking down from the
Page 19 and 20: Figure 4: Geology of the Marloth Pa
Page 21 and 22: Tonalitic granite and gneiss A sect
Page 23 and 24: Figure 6: Soil depth of the Marloth
Page 25 and 26: Figure 7: Land Types of the Marloth
Page 27 and 28: Figure 8: Land use in the Marloth P
Page 29 and 30: A 610.1 B 104.0 C 7.4 D 19.9 E 39.8
Page 31 and 32: INTRODUCTION VEGETATION CLASSIFICAT
Page 33 and 34: METHOD For an initial and broad sca
Page 35 and 36: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Analysis and
Page 37 and 38: The dominant grass species are broa
Page 39 and 40: The characteristic tree species are
Page 41 and 42: VELD CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND THE C
Page 43 and 44: Degradation gradients are models th
Page 45 and 46: The nearest grass species to each s
Page 47 and 48: Calculation of grazing capacity The
Page 49 and 50: Table 2: Contribution of ecological
Page 51 and 52: Table 3: Grazing capacities for the
Page 53 and 54: THE ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE BROWSE
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X Y D1 Y Dimensional measurements:
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The browsing
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Table 6: Browsing capacities for th
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INTRODUCTION ESTIMATION OF HERBACEO
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The resulting Large Stock Units are
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INTRODUCTION GAME MANAGEMENT ON MAR
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STOCKING RATES Current stocking The
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Table 10: The current stocking dens
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Recommendations on stocking rates C
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High selectivity grazers Blue wilde
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Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogil
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Space requirements: Kudu have range
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Recommendation: The range requireme
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Food preference: Steenbok utilise A
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Table 12: The potential stocking de
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Table 14: The potential stocking de
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Table 15: The recommended stocking
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The proteins may be less available
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When urea is incorporated into a ph
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Recommended intake for game is 150
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Ticks The main parasite of concern
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Figure 12: Sketch of Cyphostemma /C
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NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE WEEDS An invas
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Management plans need to be reviewe
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Ricinus communis, Solanum sisymbrii
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Although soil treatment with chemic
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Planning errors must be expected, a
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To further reduce grazing pressure
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Lightning induced fires can also ca
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TIME OF BURNING Least damage is cau
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A low intensity fire will be achiev
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Recommendations for Marloth Park Ma
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Surface erosion will reduce water i
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Several different types of waterhol
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Stones Ground level Reinforced conc
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For safety reasons these requiremen
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Adaptive management Applying adapti
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Figure 15: Location of the monitori
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Appendix 1 (Continue) A list of tre
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Appendix 2 (Continue) A list of gra
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Appendix 3 (Continue) A list of for
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Appendix 3 (Continue) A list of for
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Appendix 4: Alien invaders found on
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Appendix 5: Frequency occurrence of
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Appendix 6: Photographs of each veg
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