Place · Hobsons Bay
Cherry Lake
A lake and surrounding parkland in Altona.
- Habitats1 kindon the record here, from maps and models
- ConditionNot yet assessed0 of 3 measures have evidence
- Next steps1proposed for Cherry Lake
- On the record4 claimsfrom 2 sources, each linked
Next stepFind dated survey records for the Altona Skipper at Cherry Lake
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| Name | Area (m²) |
|---|---|
| Cherry Lake Reserve | 1136711.04 |
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What's here
Each card is one kind of habitat. Under it, each official type's own area here, from its own map or model and year, so you can see then and now. Areas are never added together. A dashed name is PLOT's proposal for where a type belongs.
Saltmarsh
1 type here · reported by a source
Cherry Lake salt marsh habitats
- Reported by a sourceno extent
Habitat records
Related places: Hobsons Bay
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Condition
Not yet assessedIndicators with evidence: 0 of 3
PLOT gives a place a level only with a published method, and there isn't one yet.
The five levels, and what would assess it
- 1Bare
- 2Remnant
- 3Mending
- 4Functioning
- 5Flourishing
- Vegetation and habitat condition· not looked for yet
- Gross vegetation loss and change
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Pressures, protection and who's involved
Protection, rules and obligations
Not looked at yet: condition and change, pressures, who's involved. That is not the same as nothing being there.
Traditional Owner knowledge: none is shown for this place yet. It appears only from Traditional Owner organisations' own published statements, or with their consent. A Traditional Owner organisation can add its statement or ask for a correction.
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Weather and climate
The weather Cherry Lake has had, the climate it had in the , and what it would have under +1.5, +2 and +3 °C of . Values are for the its outline covers.
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Next steps
Next step · proposed
Find dated survey records for the Altona Skipper at Cherry Lake
- Barrier. The Council says the butterfly finds habitat at the western end of the lake, but no survey dates, counts or methods were found, so its current status there is unknown.
- Proposed action. Ask Hobsons Bay City Council's conservation team which surveys of the Altona Skipper at Cherry Lake exist, and link the dated results (without precise locations if they are sensitive).
- Done when. At least one dated survey with a method is linked as a source, or the Council confirms none exists.
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How we know
Most of what's here (3 of 4 claims) comes from one source: Cherry Lake (Parks and reserves), Hobsons Bay City Council.
4 claims from 2 sources, all from Hobsons Bay City Council. Every claim links to the page and passage it comes from.
PLOT hasn't yet worked through the 16 questions its sourcing protocol asks about a place. 2 of the claims here were found before the protocol existed. The questions
Evidence shown: Reviewed and from approved sources. 4 claims shown, all reviewed. Which sources PLOT relies on
- Kind
- Place summary (compiled from the published claims listed)
- Who said it
- Compiled by PLOT from the published claims listed
- Period
- Claims cover 2023 (3 of 4 undated)
- Checked
- Reviewed (step 3 of 4)
- Open questions
- None open
What PLOT looked for and didn't find
No dated monitoring of Cherry Lake's water birds, salt marsh or Altona Skipper located
The Council page describes birds, salt marsh and the Altona Skipper's habitat but gives no survey dates, counts or methods, and this pilot found no published monitoring.
What would close it: Dated bird counts, salt marsh extent or condition, and Altona Skipper surveys for Cherry Lake, with methods.