The Bathurst Vegetation Management Plan has been prepared in response to Council's desire to have a document to guide it in land management issues and from the interest generated by various community interest groups. The Plan provides directions and recommendations on how land is to be managed throughout the Bathurst Local Government Area with respect to vegetation issues.

A guide to selecting and caring for plants in the Bathurst Region.

In 2003, Council adopted the Bathurst Vegetation Management Plan Document, which is Council’s strategic planning document for the management of vegetation issues within Bathurst. 

As part of the various projects and recommendations contained within the Vegetation Management Plan, a Street Tree Audit was commissioned to develop a data base of all trees within the Bathurst Heritage Conservation Area, the main city entrance roads as well as the villages of Hill End and Rockley.  The purpose for the development of the street tree audit was to provide and develop a management tool to assist Council in the following aspects:

Over recent years extensive research into the roles of ground covering vegetation has recognised the importance of deep rooted perennial vegetation in maintaining water quality.  As a result, guidelines and recommendations within national, state, regional and local planning instruments and relevant government legislation are guiding significant change in the ways that ground covering vegetation is managed.

Trees provide soil stability, shade and shelter necessary in this climate. They are the basis for the retention and restoration of our dwindling wildlife and environment and create much of the oxygen needed by man.

Over 100 school children and local and international volunteers planted more than 2000 native plants in April and May 2006 in the latest stage of a major vegetation restoration project to improve the natural environment of the Macquarie River and the Murray Darling Basin.

With financial assistance from the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust, Council in cooperation with Greening Bathurst has an on-going project to conserve and enhance a rare remnant of native vegetation in urban Bathurst.

Overview of Project

The Raglan Creek sub-catchment is the largest sub-catchment in the city of Bathurst and incorporates the highly visible landscape of the eastern gateway to the city. The top of Raglan Creek begins just east of Raglan, flowing down to the Macquarie River, entering it 2km south east of Eglington. It incorporates rural, residential, recreational and commercial land.  The creek system is subject to a number of pressures which contribute to poor water quality.  These include: