❓ Asks the Department of Environment about the effectiveness of invasive vertebrate pest control programs in Perth Hills parks and forests, including evidence of reduced pest activity and predation, mesopredator release, species at risk, ecological changes, and planned strategy changes.

(1) For each of the following parks, reserves and State forest areas in the Perth Hills, Kalamunda National Park, Gooseberry Hill National Park, Helena National Park, Beelu National Park, Mundy Regional Park, Wooroloo Regional Park, Pickering Brook and surrounding conservation estate (commonly referred to as Korung National Park); and State forest areas within and surrounding Kalamunda, Mundaring, Pickering Brook and Wooroloo, what evidence does the Department have that current invasive vertebrate pest control programs are effective in reducing:(a) pest abundance or activity; and(b) predation pressure on native fauna?(2) Has the Department observed, or assessed the risk of, mesopredator release in any of these areas, including increases in feral cat activity following fox control?(3) What native species or ecological communities within these areas have been identified as being at risk from invasive vertebrate pest species?(4) Has the Department identified any localised native species decline, recovery or ecological change in any of these areas that has been attributed, wholly or partly, to invasive vertebrate pest management?(5) Are there any current or planned changes to invasive vertebrate pest management strategies in these areas? (1) For each of the following parks, reserves and State forest areas in the Perth Hills, Kalamunda National Park, Gooseberry Hill National Park, Helena National Park, Beelu National Park, Mundy Regional Park, Wooroloo Regional Park, Pickering Brook and surrounding conservation estate (commonly referred to as Korung National Park); and State forest areas within and surrounding Kalamunda, Mundaring, Pickering Brook and Wooroloo, what evidence does the Department have that current invasive vertebrate pest control programs are effective in reducing: (a) pest abundance or activity; and (b) predation pressure on native fauna? (2) Has the Department observed, or assessed the risk of, mesopredator release in any of these areas, including increases in feral cat activity following fox control? (3) What native species or ecological communities within these areas have been identified as being at risk from invasive vertebrate pest species? (4) Has the Department identified any localised native species decline, recovery or ecological change in any of these areas that has been attributed, wholly or partly, to invasive vertebrate pest management? (5) Are there any current or planned changes to invasive vertebrate pest management strategies in these areas?