Managing biodiversity in our cotton 'landscapes'
Narromine local government area
Area of cotton landscape:
383,200 ha
Area of cotton properties:
109,100 ha
Area of remnant vegetation in the cotton landscape:
65,000 ha (17%)
Area of remnant vegetation on cotton properties:
11,950 ha (11%)
Area of threatened ecological communities in the cotton landscape:
38,700 ha (60%)
Area of threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
6,600 ha (55%)
Area of priority zones for native vegetation restoration and enhancement:
730 ha
Area of priority zones for vegetation:
3,320 ha
Main vegetation types on cotton properties:
Native grasslands, Poplar Box woodlands, White Box woodlands, Grey Box woodlands, River Red Gum forests.
Main threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland (CE).
Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) grassy woodlands and derived native grasslands of South-eastern Australia (E).
Named wetlands in the cotton landscape:
Bay Of Biscay Swamp, Euloon Cowal, Meringo Cowal, Paddys Cowal.
Area of wetlands in the cotton landscape:
7,720 ha (2%)
Area of wetlands in the cotton properties:
2,770 ha (3%)
Length of major rivers in the cotton landscape:
359 km
Length of major rivers on cotton properties:
141 km
Length of minor water courses in the cotton landscape:
336 km
Length of minor streams on cotton properties:
72 km
Main rivers in the cotton landscape:
Bogan River, Macquarie River, Boggy Cowal, Coolbaggie Creek, Ewenmar Creek, Tomingley Creek, Trangie Cowal, Wallaby Creek.
Area of national park in the cotton landscape:
0 ha
Area of state forests in the cotton landscape:
496 ha
Area of travelling stock routes in the cotton landscape:
5,421 ha
Examples of public land reserves in the cotton landscape: Trangie Agric Research Station Scientific Reserve, Cowal State Forest.
Examples of iconic species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Short-beaked Echidna, Barking Owl, Black Falcon, Bush Stone- curlew, Grey-crowned Babbler, Magpie Goose, Spotted Harrier, Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard, Murray Cod.
Plants: Leopardwood, Old Man Saltbush, River Red Gum, Weeping Myall.
Examples of threatened species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Little Pied Bat (N), Barking Owl (N), Masked Owl (N), Blue-billed Duck (N), Brown Treecreeper (N), Bush Stone-curlew (N), Freckled Duck (N), Grey-crowned Babbler (N), Latham’s Snipe (M), Painted Honeyeater (V), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (M), Superb Parrot (V), Varied Sittella (N), Murray Cod (V).
Plants: Small Purple-pea (E), Commersonia procumbens (V).