Conservation Management Zones of Australia
Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee
Prepared by the Department of the Environment
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and associated products are the result of a collaboration between the Biodiversity Conservation
Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were
provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of the Environment (DotE), Department of
Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and the academic
community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks
Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE, Nyree Stenekes and Robert
Kancans (ABARES), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson
(ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the
World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice.
Special thanks to CSIRO staff Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns enabled
identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia.
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Contents
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country ................................................................ 4
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4
Zone at a glance .......................................................................................................................... 5
Population characteristics ............................................................................................................ 9
Employment, volunteering and incomes .................................................................................... 14
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice .................. 16
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas ............................................. 20
Zone vegetation characteristics ................................................................................................. 22
Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands............................................................................... 23
World and National Heritage ...................................................................................................... 23
Major National Reserve System properties................................................................................ 24
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities ............................................................... 25
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species ........................................................................................ 25
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species .......................................................................................... 29
Threatened endemic species ..................................................................................................... 31
Invasive species ........................................................................................................................ 33
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations ........................................................... 35
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country
The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past
and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We honour the deep
spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including
Australia’s waterways, land and sea country.
Introduction
The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological
and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will
assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report
on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with
local action.
The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and
socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge
and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about
regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps.
The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or
governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental
assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders.
Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socioeconomic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to
engage with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural
resources more effectively.
The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic
landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain
only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In
future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information.
Zone at a glance
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
REGIONAL CENTRES
POPULATION
Esperance
9,902
Bremer Bay
205
Hopetoun
789
Jerramungup
268
Ravensthorpe
388
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (NRM) REGIONS
South Coast NRM
WA
TOP FIVE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
VALUE (MILLIONS)
Cereals for grain
$45
Beef
$28
TOP FIVE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
VALUE (MILLIONS)
Oilseeds
$26
Wool
$14
Lamb
$11
Total value of agricultural commodities (including other commodities not listed here)
$152
CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS*
Mean annual temperature
15.7 Celsius
Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month
27.1 Celsius
Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month
6.2 Celsius
Mean Annual Rainfall
482.0 mm
Dominant rainfall season
Winter
* The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of
rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012)
Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of
Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces
version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).
For future climate projections please refer to:
http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Native Title area
Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone, it
continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to Indigenous
persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.
Source: Based on data from the National Native Title Register; Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD); National
Vegetation Information System (NVIS); Species’ Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).
Population characteristics
Population
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME
English
90.78%
Other languages
3.27%
Not stated
5.92%
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Education
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Employment, volunteering and incomes
Employment
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Volunteering
Income
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and
sources of NRM advice
Australian farmers manage over 60% of the Australian continent and shoulder much of the burden of responsibility
for maintaining and protecting Australia’s natural resource wealth. The information contained in this profile aims to
assist the wider community, non-governmental organisations and government agencies to support Australia’s key
environmental custodians.
Agricultural commodity values
Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice
* Data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2012 Land Management Practices Survey
(LaMPS) 2012. LaMPS collected land practices information from approximately 50,000 farm businesses
across Australia. The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area
2 units and Australian Agricultural Environment units. The % figures presented here are indicative only.
For more information on LaMPS please refer to: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4630.0
** The sample for the Drivers of Practice Change 2012 survey consisted of a random subsample of 1228
broadacre farm managers from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey (AAGIS) frame.
The data has been aligned to Conservation Management Zones from ABS Statistical Area 2 units. For this
reason, the figures presented here are indicative only.
^ This chart indicates the sources of advice utilised for native vegetation management from respondents
who identified they sought advice.
For more information please refer to http://www.daff.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/forestry/domesticforestry/prep-for-future/drivers-
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government
Areas
Source: Land tenure data based on Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) categorisation of Public Sector Mapping
Authority (PSMA) State Tenure 2012; Land use mapping based on Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program
(ACLUMP) 2012. For more information on Australian land use and management information and classification please refer to:
http://www.daff.gov.au/ABARES/aclump/
INDIGENOUS LAND COUNCILS
Goldfields Land and Sea Council: www.glsc.com.au
INDIGENOUS LAND COUNCILS
South-West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council: http://www.noongar.org.au
Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone,
it continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to
Indigenous persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
Shire Of Gnowangerup
WA
Shire Of Lake Grace
WA
Shire Of Broomehill-Tambellup
WA
Shire Of Cranbrook
WA
Shire Of Plantagenet
WA
Shire Of Jerramungup
WA
City Of Albany
WA
Shire Of Ravensthorpe
WA
Shire Of Dundas
WA
Shire Of Esperance
WA
Zone vegetation characteristics
The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) framework is a nationally consistent vegetation classification
system based on vegetation data collected by states and territories. It provides information on the extent and
distribution of vegetation types across the Australian landscape.
Two products are used to provide the Zone Vegetation Characteristics graph. A modelled pre-European vegetation
distribution (pre-1750), and extant (current extent) vegetation, which is based on contemporary vegetation
mapping. The information presented here relates to Major Vegetation Subgroups (MVSs). There are 85 MVS types
across Australia, describing the structure and floristic composition of dominant and secondary vegetation stratums
(e.g. canopy and mid-storey species). Major Vegetation Subgroups only reflect the dominant vegetation type
occurring in an area from a mix of vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which may also be present
are therefore not represented.
It is important to note that the vegetation information is indicative only, as state and territory mapping in Australia is
of variable resolution and scale. However, this data is the best available nationally consistent information on
vegetation, and the dataset continues to evolve and increase in accuracy.
Analysing this information at Conservation Management Zone, rather than national level provides greater
discrimination for decision makers, as clearance levels of vegetation types are not uniform across Australia.
For example, eucalypt woodlands with a tussock grass understory is a vegetation type found across Australia.
In the Brigalow Woodlands Conservation Management Zone, eucalypt open woodlands with a tussock grass
understory originally covered approximately 36% of the zone, but today it only covers only 14.5 % of the zone
(58.7% of this vegetation community has been cleared in the Brigalow). In the Northern Australia Tropical
Savannah zone, this vegetation type originally occupied 19.6% of the zone. Today, it occupies approximately
19.4% of the zone (only 2.3% of this vegetation type has been cleared). It should be noted that this data only
provides an indication of change in extent, and not vegetation condition.
For more information on the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/science-and-research/databases-and-maps/national-vegetation-informationsystem
Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands
RAMSAR WETLANDS
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
Lake Gore
WA
4,000
Lake Warden System
WA
2,000
For more information on Ramsar please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/WAter/WAter-our-environment/wetlands/ramsar-convention-wetlands
NATIONALLY IMPORTANT WETLANDS
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
CRITERIA
Balicup Lake System
WA
286
1, 4, 5
Culham Inlet System
WA
1,224
1, 3, 4, 6
Fitzgerald Inlet System
WA
1,127
1, 3, 5, 6
Lake Gore System
WA
2,187
2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Lake Warden System
WA
1,045
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mortijinup Lake System
WA
909
1, 3, 6
Pink Lake
WA
1,038
1, 5, 6
Yellilup Yate Swamp System
WA
756
1, 2, 3, 6
Nationally important wetlands are defined according to the following criteria:
1. It is a good example of a wetland type occurring within a biogeographic region in Australia.
2. It is a wetland which plays an important ecological or hydrological role in the natural functioning of a major
wetland system/complex.
3. It is a wetland which is important as the habitat for animal taxa at a vulnerable stage in their life cycles, or
provides a refuge when adverse conditions such as drought prevail.
4. The wetland supports 1% or more of the national populations of any native plant or animal taxa.
5. The wetland supports native plant or animal taxa or communities which are considered endangered or
vulnerable at the national level.
6. The wetland is of outstanding historical or cultural significance.
Please note, the above are a subset of all the Nationally Important Wetlands found within the Zone. For more
information on Nationally Important Wetlands please see: http://www.environment.gov.au/resource/directoryimportant-wetlands-australia-third-edition
World and National Heritage
HERITAGE VALUES
WORLD OR NATIONAL
HERITAGE
TYPE
JURISDICTION
HECTARES
% OF
ZONE
Cheetup Rock Shelter
National
Indigenous
WA
135,857
4.65
Stirling Range
National Park
National
Natural
WA
108,210
3.70
Please refer to the Australian Heritage Database for detailed information on listing criteria for these
heritage values:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australian-heritage-database
For more information on Australia’s world and national heritage please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/about-australias-heritage
Major National Reserve System properties
MAJOR NATIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROPERTIES
Name
Property type
IUCN
category
Jurisdiction
Hectares
% of zone
Fitzgerald River
National Park
II
WA
285,613
9.78
Nuytsland
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
157,120
5.38
Cape Arid
National Park
II
WA
156,479
5.36
Stirling Range
National Park
II
WA
107,952
3.70
Cape Le Grand
National Park
II
WA
30,789
1.05
Lake Shaster
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
10,786
0.37
Stokes
National Park
II
WA
9,976
0.34
Fitzgerald River
National Park
II
WA
9,009
0.31
Jerdacuttup Lakes
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
7,586
0.26
Recherche Archipelago
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
6,794
0.23
Unnamed WA26885
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
5,577
0.19
Unnamed WA27888
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
4,538
0.16
Corackerup
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
4,333
0.15
Helms Arboretum
Miscellaneous Reserve
VI
WA
3,758
0.13
Camel Lake
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
3,216
0.11
Waychinicup
National Park
II
WA
3,125
0.11
Unnamed WA31424
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
2,790
0.10
Dunn Rock
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
2,784
0.10
Kundip
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
2,170
0.07
Mullet Lake
Nature Reserve
IA
WA
1,893
0.06
THE IUCN CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Ia Strict Nature Reserve
Ib Wilderness Area
II National Park
III Natural Monument or Feature
IUCN protected area management categories classify
protected areas according to their management
objectives. The categories are recognised by international
bodies such as the United Nations and are utilised by
many national governments, including the Australian
Government, as the global standard for defining and
recording protected areas.
IV Habitat/Species Management Area
V Protected Landscape/ Seascape
VI Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources
Please refer to the IUCN website for further explanation:
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/
For more information on Australia’s National Reserve System please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/land/national-reserve-system
Source: Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database 2012.
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities
THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
Name
Listing status
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Eastern Stirling Range Montane Heath and Thicket
Endangered
100
0.02
Proteaceae Dominated Kwongkan Shrublands of the
Southeast Coastal Floristic Province of Western
Australia
Endangered
82.34
33.41
* % of the total national distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution
of the Threatened Ecological Community that is found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area describes the proportion of the zone that the Threatened Ecological Community
is likely or known to occur in.
It should be noted that the identification of any given Threatened Ecological Community above does not imply that
the Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone.
Rather, the % of the TEC’s total distribution (*) within the zone is an indication of its importance to that zone
in terms of conservation efforts. The % of the zone (**) indicates how rare, or difficult the ecological community may
be to find within the zone.
The threatened ecological communities above are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which is the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.
For more information, please refer to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/communities
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species
THREATENED MAMMALS
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Dibbler
Parantechinus apicalis
Endangered
98.64
49.16
Recherche Rock-Wallaby
Petrogale lateralis hacketti
Vulnerable
97.29
0.03
Dayang, Heath Rat
Pseudomys shortridgei
Vulnerable
31.22
10.57
Numbat
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Vulnerable
19.60
3.70
Chuditch, Western Quoll
Dasyurus geoffroii
Vulnerable
17.54
99.12
Black-flanked Rock-WAllaby
Petrogale lateralis lateralis
Vulnerable
8.22
1.07
Red-tailed Phascogale
Phascogale calura
Endangered
1.21
0.53
Quokka
Setonix brachyurus
Vulnerable
May be
present*
May be
present*
Western Ringtail Possum
Pseudocheirus occidentalis
Vulnerable
May be present
May be
present
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Australian Sea-lion
Neophoca cinerea
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
* Population in Stirling Ranges National Park, otherwise thought to be locally extinct.
THREATENED BIRDS
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Western Ground Parrot, Kyloring
Pezoporus flaviventris
Critically
Endangered
96.86
13.46
Western Bristlebird
Dasyornis longirostris
Vulnerable
77.84
17.88
Western Whipbird (western heath)
Psophodes nigrogularis
nigrogularis
Endangered
74.93
1.40
Cape Barren Goose (south-western),
Recherche Cape Barren Goose
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
grisea
Vulnerable
69.73
31.46
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo,
Short-billed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Endangered
12.66
95.58
Noisy Scrub-bird, Tjimiluk
Atrichornis clamosus
Vulnerable
8.37
0.54
Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo,
Long-billed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus baudinii
Vulnerable
4.24
8.28
Malleefowl
Leipoa ocellata
Vulnerable
1.25
45.66
Australasian Bittern
Botaurus poiciloptilus
Endangered
0.9
11.37
Australian Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis nereis
Vulnerable
0.77
1.52
Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii naso
Vulnerable
May be
present
May be
present
Slender-billed Thornbill (western)
Acanthiza iredalei iredalei
Vulnerable
May be present
May be
present
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea exulans exulans
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
sanfordi
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea exulans
antipodensis
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans (sensu
lato)
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
impavida
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Blue Petrel
Halobaena caerulea
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
epomophora
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta cauta
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche cauta steadi
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species
that is found within the zone.
** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.
The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.
THREATENED REPTILES
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth
Dermochelys coriacea
Endangered
n/a
n/a
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Common name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Spotted Galaxias (western subspecies),
Western Spotted Galaxias, Western Trout
Galaxias
Galaxias truttaceus hesperius
Critically
Endangered
9.71
0.05
Grey Nurse Shark (west coast population)
Carcharias taurus (west coast
population)
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Vulnerable
n/a
n/a
OTHER THREATENED FAUNA
THREATENED FLORA
Common Name
Scientific name
Status
% of total
distribution*
% of
zone**
Coast Featherflower
Verticordia helichrysantha
Vulnerable
100.0
1.71
Large-flowered Scaevola
Scaevola macrophylla
Critically
Endangered
100.0
0.05
Maroon-flowered Daviesia
Daviesia glossosema
Critically
Endangered
100.0
0.06
Giant Andersonia
Andersonia axilliflora
Endangered
100.0
0.28
Stirling Range Beard Heath
Leucopogon gnaphalioides
Endangered
100.0
1.32
Fan-leaf Grevillea
Grevillea infundibularis
Endangered
100.0
0.14
Kundip WAttle
Acacia rhamphophylla
Endangered
100.0
0.10
Burdett Gum
Eucalyptus burdettiana
Endangered
100.0
0.02
Mauve Coopernookia
Coopernookia georgei
Endangered
100.0
0.67
Stirling Range Dryandra
Banksia montana
Endangered
100.0
0.12
Hairy-fruited Billardiera
Marianthus mollis
Endangered
100.0
0.48
Paddle-leaf Daviesia
Daviesia obovata
Endangered
100.0
0.05
Bremer Boronia
Boronia clavata
Endangered
100.0
0.67
Small-flowered Snottygobble
Persoonia micranthera
Endangered
100.0
0.70
Stirling Range Daviesia
Daviesia pseudaphylla
Endangered
100.0
0.16
Long-sepalled Daviesia
Daviesia megacalyx
Endangered
100.0
0.77
Yellow Mountain Triggerplant
Stylidium galioides
Vulnerable
100.0
0.67
Success Bell, Red Mountain Bell
Darwinia nubigena
Vulnerable
100.0
0.19
Crowned Mallee
Eucalyptus coronata
Vulnerable
100.0
0.10
Oval-leaf Adenanthos
Adenanthos ellipticus
Vulnerable
100.0
0.11
Fringed Mountain Bell, Pink Mountain Bell
Darwinia squarrosa
Vulnerable
100.0
0.29
THREATENED FLORA
Stirling Range Xyris
Xyris exilis
Vulnerable
100.0
1.17
Stirling Range WAttle
Acacia awestoniana
Vulnerable
100.0
0.07
None
Verticordia crebra
Vulnerable
100.0
5.49
Cactus Dryandra
Banksia anatona
Critically
Endangered
100.0
2.29
Fitzgerald Woollybush
Adenanthos dobagii
Endangered
100.0
10.07
Twin Peak Island Mallee
Eucalyptus insularis
Endangered
99.9
0.25
Maxwell’s Grevillea
Grevillea maxwellii
Endangered
99.9
1.69
Little Pine Verticordia,
Pine-like Featherflower
Verticordia pityrhops
Endangered
99.5
0.03
Prickly Honeysuckle
Lambertia echinata subsp.
echinata
Endangered
99.5
1.41
Drummond’s Grass, Drummond Grass
Deyeuxia drummondii
Endangered
96.6
1.65
Fairall’s Honeysuckle
Lambertia fairallii
Endangered
96.2
1.31
Stirling Range Featherflower
Verticordia carinata
Vulnerable
95.8
3.87
Sandplain Sun-orchid
Thelymitra psammophila
Vulnerable
95.8
25.58
Yellow-leafed Gastrolobium
Gastrolobium luteifolium
Critically
Endangered
95.5
1.18
False Plumed-Banksia
Banksia pseudoplumosa
Endangered
95.4
8.71
Fitzgerald Eremophila
Eremophila denticulata subsp.
denticulata
Vulnerable
94.3
7.48
Gillham’s Bell
Darwinia oxylepis
Endangered
91.6
3.83
Wittwer’s Mountain Bell
Darwinia wittwerorum
Endangered
90.0
4.07
* % of total distribution describes the proportion of the total national distribution of the threatened species
that is found within the zone.
** % of zone describes the proportion of the zone that the threatened species is likely or known to occur in.
The % of zone indicates how rare, or difficult the species may be to find within the zone.
The above species are listed under The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
(EPBC Act), the Australian Government’s principal environmental legislation.
Please note that the list of threatened flora species is not comprehensive. The flora listed here have a
significant proportion of their total national distribution within the zone. For more information please refer
to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species or the Species Profiles and Threats
Database http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Common name
Scientific name
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Bridled Tern
Sterna anaethetus
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus
Campbell Albatross
Thalassarche impavida
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Double-banded Plover
Charadrius bicinctus
Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Flesh-footed Shearwater,
Fleshy-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus
Great Egret, White Egret
Ardea alba
Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
Greater Sand Plover, Large Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Grey-tailed Tattler
Heteroscelus brevipes
Indian
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Lesser Sand Plover, Mongolian Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Little Curlew, Little Whimbrel
Numenius minutus
Marsh Sandpiper, Little Greenshank
Tringa stagnatilis
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
Oriental Plover, Oriental Dotterel
Charadrius veredus
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Red Knot, Knot
Calidris canutus
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
MIGRATORY BIRDS
Shy Albatross, Tasmanian Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta (sensu stricto)
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora (sensu stricto)
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea dabbenena
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
(sensu lato)
White-bellied
Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche steadi
OTHER MIGRATORY SPECIES
Common name
Scientific name
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Bryde’s Whale
Balaenoptera edeni
Dusky Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Killer Whale, Orca
Orcinus orca
Leatherback Turtle, Leathery Turtle, Luth
Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Porbeagle, Mackerel Shark
Lamna nasus
Pygmy Right Whale
Caperea marginata
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
For more information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/migratory-species
Threatened endemic species
THREATENED ENDEMIC SPECIES
Taxonomic
group
Scientific name
Reservation status
EPBC Act status
IUCN status
Molluscs
Bothriembryon glauerti
Recorded in reserves
n/a
Vulnerable
Plants
Andersonia axilliflora
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Leucopogon cryptanthus
Recorded in reserves
Extinct
n/a
Plants
Acacia awestoniana
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Daviesia glossosema
Recorded in reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Daviesia megacalyx
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Daviesia obovata
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Daviesia pseudaphylla
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Gastrolobium luteifolium
Recorded in reserves
Critically Endangered
n/a
Plants
Darwinia collina
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Darwinia nubigena
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Darwinia oxylepis
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Darwinia squarrosa
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus bennettiae
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus burdettiana
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus coronata
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Eucalyptus insularis
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Kunzea pauciflora
Not recorded
in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Verticordia crebra
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Verticordia helichrysantha
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Verticordia pityrhops
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Xyris exilis
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Adenanthos dobagii
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Adenanthos ellipticus
Recorded in reserves
Vulnerable
n/a
Plants
Dryandra anatona
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Dryandra montana
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea infundibularis
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Grevillea maxwellii
Not recorded
in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Lambertia fairallii
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Persoonia micranthera
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Plants
Boronia clavata
Recorded in reserves
Endangered
n/a
Concentrations of unreserved endemic species
The colour grids and numbers are an indication of the location and number of endemic species that have all their
known range outside of the National Reserve System. Concentrations of unreserved endemic species may be
useful focal areas for private land conservation efforts.
Endemism analyses were provided by the Australian Government Department of Environment Australian Natural
Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT). The ANHAT database has been compiled from specimens and site records
held in state agency wildlife atlases, museum collections, and the work of individual researchers. For more
information please refer to: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/heritage/publications-and-resources/australiannatural-heritage-assessment-tool
Invasive species
INVASIVE MAMMALS
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Rabbit, European Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
0.53
Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat
Felis catus
0.38
99.72
Red Fox, Fox
Vulpes vulpes
0.47
99.71
House Mouse
Mus musculus
0.7
85.61
Goat
Capra hircus
0.44
32.04
Domestic Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
0.35
30.19
Black Rat, Ship Rat
Rattus rattus
0.7
26.66
Pig
Sus scrofa
0.17
21.05
Feral deer species in Australia
Feral deer
1.07
14.01
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Laughing Turtle-dove, Laughing Dove
Streptopelia senegalensis
4.63
49.31
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
0.47
34.63
Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon
Columba livia
0.42
36.28
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
0.59
14.28
Common name
Scientific name
% of total distribution*
% of zone**
Bridal Creeper, Bridal Veil Creeper,
Smilax, Florist’s Smilax, Smilax Asparagus
Asparagus asparagoides
3.46
97.16
Blackberry, European Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus aggregate
1.38
39.26
Athel Pine, Athel Tree, Tamarisk, Athel Tamarisk,
Athel Tamarix, Desert Tamarisk, Flowering
Cypress, Salt Cedar
Tamarix aphylla
1.04
25.06
Gorse, Furze
Ulex europaeus
0.94
12.88
African Boxthorn, Boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
0.69
12.49
Willows except Weeping Willow, Pussy Willow and
Sterile Pussy Willow
Salix spp. except
S.babylonica, S.x calodendron
& S.x reichardtii
0.13
2.89
Boneseed
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
subsp. monilifera
0.06
0.62
Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana,
Large-leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red
Flowered Lantana,
Red-Flowered Sage, White Sage, Wild Sage
Lantana camara
0.04
0.62
Flax-leaved Broom, Mediterranean Broom, Flax
Broom
Genista linifolia
0.03
0.05
OTHER INVASIVE FAUNA
INVASIVE FLORA
* % of the total national distribution of the invasive species found within the zone.
** % of the total zone area that the invasive species is likely or known to occur in.
It should be noted that the identification of any given invasive species above does not imply that the
species is found uniformly across the Conservation Management Zone. The % of the zone area (**)
indicates how common or rare the species may be within the zone.
For more information on invasive species please refer to:
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/invasive-species
Vegetation profiles and management recommendations
Vegetation extent information and species lists contained in the vegetation profiles are based on analysis from
the National Vegetation Information System (NVIS), including analysis of Major Vegetation Subgroups and
NVIS Level V descriptions. Please see http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18930 for more information.
The management recommendations have been drawn from EPBC Act Recovery Plans, EPBC Act Ecological
Communities Listing Advice and other sources. The recommendations are indicative only. Systematic reviews of
management literature, consultation processes and improved Natural Resource Management program monitoring
and evaluation will support development of a comprehensive set of management recommendations over time.
Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey vegetation profile
45.49% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus redunca; Eucalyptus eremophila; Eucalyptus incrassata; Eucalyptus tetragona; Eucalyptus uncinata;
Melaleuca uncinata; Melaleuca thymoides; Melaleuca subtrigon; Banksia media; Banksia baueri; Hakea cinerea;
Lambertia inermis; Acacia bidentata; Daviesia juncea.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Retain and replant
indigenous native
vegetation to
protect against
dryland salinity.
Exclude stock
from remnants to
enable
regeneration of
native vegetation.
Undertake active
restoration if there
are few mature
overstorey
species, or no
evidence of
regeneration.
Manage native
grazing animals.
Actively manage
weeds when
undertaking
restoration
activities to
ensure weeds do
not compete for
soil moisture with
vulnerable native
replantings.
Manage exotic
herbivore species
including goats,
sheep and rabbits
especially near
habitat for wildlife
such as
Malleefowl.
Reduce the
occurrence of
large fires, and
promote strategic
mosaic burns.
Minimise the
amount of grain
spilt during
Close or fence
Create
Ensure mosaic
transport through
artificial sources
windbreaks with
burns are targeted Malleefowl
of water in
mallee species to Ensure seed and
at different age
habitat, as
conservation
reduce the
tubestock is locally classes of
foraging close to
reserves as these impacts of soil
sourced and
vegetation, to
roadsides leaves
may attract
erosion.
attempt to
ensure age
them susceptible
feral animals.
replicate the
diversity between to collisions
Reduce tillage in
structure and
and within
with vehicles.
Protect and,
zones around
diversity of local,
remnant patches. Erect signs where
where
remnants.
high quality
appropriate, fence Avoid creating
Avoid clearing
needed to
remnants on
important wildlife
roadsides for
warn drivers that
new access tracks similar soils
habitat including
firebreaks.
Malleefowl
and roads through and aspect.
for Malleefowl.
may be on
remnants.
Discourage
Manage wildlife
the road
Encourage uptake
broad-scale
corridors between burning for
of conservation
remnant patches
agreements and
agricultural
and create
covenants on
purposes in areas
buffer zones
private land.
that harbour
around
Malleefowl.
remnants with
local species.
A 1-metre radius
weed free buffer
should be
maintained
around native
woody plant
replantings.
Apply herbicides
to actively growing
weeds and avoid
spray drift.
Do not leave
areas of bare
ground to avoid
wind and water
erosion of soils.
Retain some
weed cover and
stagger removal
and replacement
with native
grasses.
Control foxes and
rabbits
simultaneously to
avoid foxes
switching to
predation on
native species, or
increases in rabbit
populations.
Shooting is a
suitable control for
goats, wallabies,
goats, deer, hares
and foxes. Baiting
is appropriate for
rabbits, hares
and foxes.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Other shrublands vegetation profile
65.05% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Acacia assimilis; Hakea prostrata; Acacia drummondii; Adenanthos cuneatus; Eucalyptus eremophila;
Allocasuarina acutivalvis; Agonis flexuosa; Lambertia inermis; Banksia speciosa; Darwinia vestita; Jacksonia
horrida; Conospermum caeruleum; Dasypogon bromelifolius; Leschenaulria tubiflora; Caladenia deformis; Caustis
dioica; Dampiera dura; Melaleuca scabra; Melaleuca lateriflora; Melaleuca uncinata; Grevillea huegelii; Grevillea
pectinata; Boronia inconspicua; Acacia rostellifera; Acacia saligna.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Exclude livestock
where possible.
Plant local
indigenous flora in
all structural
vegetation layers.
Retain and replant
indigenous native
vegetation to
protect against
dryland salinity.
Create buffer
zones and fence
around remnants
where possible.
Limit vehicle
access.
Protect from
infrastructure or
development
activities involving
substrate
or vegetation
disturbance.
Manage total
grazing pressure.
Increase
connectivity
between
remnants.
Ensure that any
revegetation does
not impact on local
hydrology or
threatened
species.
Exclude fire from
montane heath
and thickets.
Manage fires in
buffer zones,
including
managing
fuel loads.
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Control weeds
including bridal
creeper,
Australian golden
WAttle and
Victorian tea-tree.
Control foxes and
rabbits
simultaneously to
avoid foxes
switching to
predation on
native species,
or increases
in rabbit
populations.
Implement
hygiene practices
and manage
public access to
prevent the
spread of
Phytophthora
dieback
and weeds.
Discourage
planting of
invasive species
in farm
shelterbelts or
adjacent sites.
Avoid adverse
impacts from
chemicals or other
mechanisms to
manage weeds.
Undertake
Phosphite
spraying in priority
areas to control
dieback.
Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
53.04% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus occidentalis; Eucalyptus marginata; Eucalyptus salmonophloia; Eucalyptus wandoo; Corymbia
calophylla; Allocasuarina huegeliana; Acacia acuminata; Allocasuarina humilis; Gahnia ancistrophylla; Grevillea
huegelii; Olearia muelleri; Banksia coccinea; Beaufortia heterophylla; Adenanthos apiculatus; Andersonia simplex;
Astroloma serratifolium; Caladenia flava.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Fence and, where
possible, exclude
stock from
remnants.
Fence and
exclude stock to
support natural
regeneration.
Eucalypt
regeneration is
unlikely if sites
have been
previously grazed
or lack
understorey
species. Natural
regeneration is
more likely in sites
which retain
lichens and
mosses, as they
are good
indicators of soil
health.
If fallen timber has
been removed
from remnants,
replace with
coarse woody
debris (such as
untreated railway
sleepers) as fallen
timber provides
key
habitat for wildlife.
Monitor and
manage weeds in
remnants and
surrounding
agricultural
lands.
Undertake fox and
rabbit baiting, and
feral cat trapping.
Minimise spray
drift from adjacent
agricultural
lands.
Reduce the
incidence and
extent of wildfire
by undertaking
mosaic burning,
maintaining
diversity of
vegetation
age classes
in unburnt
patches.
Fire is an
important
ecological process
to stimulate
regeneration.
Please consult
your local Natural
Resource
Management
region for advice
on site
appropriate
fire regimes.
Maintain and
protect mature
trees. It can take
150-180 years for
tree hollows to
develop and
hollows provide
critical shelter for
mammals and
birds.
Protect from
firewood
harvesting and
bush rock
removal.
Fence paddock
trees and exclude
Retain and replant stock.
indigenous native If no saplings
vegetation to
appear after
protect against
fencing and stock
dryland salinity.
exclusion, then
replant with
tubestock from
locally
sourced seed.
Use shade cloth
to construct
artificial paddock
shade and
prevent
stock camping
under trees.
Minimise ground
and surface water
extraction.
Undertake
revegetation
where no natural
regeneration is
possible. Ensure
seed and
tubestock is locally
sourced and
attempt to
replicate the
structure and
diversity of local,
high quality
remnants on
If few or no
mature hollow
bearing trees are
present within
remnants, then
place nesting
boxes for
mammals and
birds within
remnant sites.
Monitor these
regularly for
invasive birds and
Monitor and
actively manage
weed
species in
rehabilitation
sites.
Moraea fugax,
M. collina and
M. flaccida,
Hesperantha spp.
and Sparaxis spp
bulb species are
particularly
problematic
in WAndoo
woodland
remnants.
Ensure foxes and
rabbits are
managed
simultaneously to
avoid foxes
switching
predation to native
species or
increases in rabbit
populations.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
similar soils and
aspect.
feral
honey bees.
Link existing
remnants through
wide corridors, or
through replanting
paddock trees.
Ensure fencing is
wildlife friendly –
no electric
fencing,
and no barbed
wire.
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Open mallee woodlands and sparse mallee shrublands with an open shrubby
understorey vegetation profile
52.82% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus staeri; Eucalyptus angulosa; Eucalyptus cooperiana; Eucalyptus conglobata; Eucalyptus leptocalyx;
Nuytsia floribunda; Adenanthos cuneatus; Lambertia inermis; Hakea corymbosa; Melaleuca pentagona; Banksia
media; Banksia speciosa; Xanthorrhoea preissii; Allocasuarina humilis; Isopogon axillaris; Melaleuca nesophila;
Acacia gonophylla; Adenanthos dobsonii; Agonis spathulata.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Retain and replant
indigenous native
vegetation to
protect against
dryland salinity.
Exclude stock
from remnants to
enable
recruitment and
regeneration of
over and understorey
species.
Fence and
exclude stock to
support natural
regeneration.
Manage native
grazing animals.
Actively manage
weeds when
undertaking
restoration
activities to
ensure weeds do
not compete for
soil moisture with
vulnerable native
replantings.
Manage exotic
herbivore species
including goats,
sheep and rabbits
especially near
habitat for wildlife
such
as Malleefowl.
Eucalypt
regeneration is
unlikely if sites
have been
Create
previously grazed
windbreaks with
or lack
mallee species to understorey
reduce the
species. Natural
impacts of
regeneration is
Protect and,
soil erosion.
more likely in sites
where
which retain
appropriate, fence Reduce tillage in
lichens and
important wildlife
zones around
mosses, as they
habitat including
remnants.
are good
for Malleefowl.
Avoid creating
indicators of soil
Encourage uptake new access tracks health.
of conservation
and roads through
Undertake
agreements and
remnants.
revegetation
covenants on
where no natural
private land.
regeneration is
possible. Ensure
seed and
tubestock is locally
sourced and
attempt to
replicate the
structure and
diversity of local,
high quality
remnants on
similar soils and
aspect.
Close or fence
artificial water
points in
conservation
reserves as these
may attract feral
predators.
Link existing
remnants through
wide corridors, but
even paddock
trees can provide
valuable
landscape
linkages.
Reduce the
occurrence of
large fires, and
promote strategic
mosaic burning
techniques.
Minimise the
amount of grain
spilt during
transport through
Ensure mosaic
Malleefowl
burns are targeted habitat, as
at different age
foraging close to
classes of
roadsides leaves
vegetation, to
them susceptible
ensure age
to collisions
diversity between with vehicles.
and within
Erect signs where
remnant patches. needed to warn
Avoid clearing
roadsides for
firebreaks.
Discourage
broad-scale
burning for
agricultural
purposes in areas
that harbour
Malleefowl.
drivers that
Malleefowl
may be on
the road.
A 1-metre radius
weed free buffer
should be
maintained
around native
woody plant
replantings.
Apply herbicides
to actively growing
weeds and avoid
spray drift.
Do not leave
areas of bare
ground to avoid
wind and water
erosion of soils.
Retain some
weed cover and
stagger removal
and replacement
with
native grasses.
Undertake
simultaneous fox
and rabbit
management to
prevent foxes
switching to
predation on
native species, or
increases in rabbit
populations.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
Mallee with hummock grass vegetation profile
50.3% Remaining
Commonly found species within this community
Eucalyptus uncinata; Eucalyptus eremophila; Eucalyptus lehmannii; Eucalyptus decipiens; Eucalyptus redunca;
Eucalyptus goniantha; Banksia media; Phymatocarpus maxwellii.
Management recommendations
PROTECTION
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICE
REHABILITATION FIRE
MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
WEED
MANAGEMENT
FERAL
ANIMAL
MANAGEMENT
Retain and replant
indigenous native
vegetation to
protect against
dryland salinity.
Exclude stock
from remnants to
enable
recruitment and
regeneration of
over and understorey species.
Undertake active
restoration if there
are few mature
overstorey
species, or no
evidence of
regeneration.
Manage native
grazing animals.
Actively manage
weeds when
undertaking
restoration
activities to
ensure weeds do
not compete for
soil moisture with
vulnerable native
replantings.
Manage exotic
herbivore species
including foxes,
goats, sheep and
rabbits especially
near habitat for
wildlife such
as Malleefowl.
Close or fence
artificial sources
of water in
conservation
reserves as these
may attract
feral animals.
Protect and,
where
appropriate, fence
important wildlife
habitat
including for
Malleefowl.
Encourage uptake
of conservation
agreements and
covenants on
private land.
Create
windbreaks with
mallee species to
reduce the
impacts of soil
erosion.
Reduce the
occurrence of
large fires, and
promote strategic
mosaic burns.
Minimise the
amount of grain
spilt during
Ensure mosaic
transport through
burns are targeted Malleefowl
Ensure seed and
at different age
habitat, as
tubestock is locally classes of
foraging close to
sourced and
vegetation, to
roadsides leaves
attempt to
ensure age
them susceptible
replicate the
diversity between to collisions
structure and
and within
with vehicles.
diversity of local,
remnant patches. Erect signs where
high quality
Avoid clearing
needed to warn
remnants on
roadsides for
drivers that
similar soils and
firebreaks.
Malleefowl
aspect.
may be on
Discourage
Manage wildlife
the road.
broad-scale
corridors between burning for
remnant patches
agricultural
and create buffer
purposes in areas
zones around
that harbour
remnants with
Malleefowl.
local species.
Discourage
broad-scale
burning for
agricultural
purposes in
Malleefowl
habitat.
Do not leave
areas of bare
ground to avoid
wind and water
erosion of soils.
Retain some
weed cover and
stagger removal
and replacement
with native
grasses.
Undertake
simultaneous fox
and rabbit
management to
prevent foxes
switching to
predation on
native species, or
increases in rabbit
populations.
DISEASE
MANAGEMENT