Managing biodiversity in our cotton 'landscapes'
Griffith/Leeton local government area
Area of cotton landscape:
217,100 ha
Area of cotton properties:
56,100 ha
Area of remnant vegetation in the cotton landscape:
26,000 ha ( 12%)
Area of remnant vegetation on cotton properties:
4,610 ha (8%)
Area of threatened ecological communities in the cotton landscape:
6,530 ha (25%)
Area of threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
1,530 ha (33%)
Area of priority zones for native vegetation restoration and enhancement:
7,850 ha
Area of priority zones for vegetation:
3,840 ha
Main vegetation types on cotton properties:
Black Box woodlands, River Red Gum forests, Grey Box woodlands, Weeping Myall woodlands; Native grasslands.
Main threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) grassy woodlands and derived native grasslands of South-eastern Australia (E).
Weeping Myall woodlands (E).
Named wetlands in the cotton landscape:
Barren Box Swamp, Gooragool Lagoon, Main Canal, Benerembah Channel, Northern Branch Canal, Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps.
Area of wetlands in the cotton landscape:
14,200 ha (7%)
Area of wetlands in the cotton properties:
1,730 ha (3%)
Length of major rivers in the cotton landscape:
114 km
Length of major rivers on cotton properties:
38 km
Length of minor water courses in the cotton landscape:
120 km
Length of minor streams on cotton properties:
10 km
Main rivers in the cotton landscape:
Murrumbidgee River, Mirrool Creek, Little Mirrool Creek, Yanco Creek.
Area of national park in the cotton landscape:
6,814 ha
Area of state forests in the cotton landscape:
47 ha
Area of travelling stock routes in the cotton landscape:
872 ha
Examples of public land reserves in the cotton landscape: Mia Precincts, Binya State Forest, Willbriggie State Forest.
Examples of iconic species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Duck-billed Platypus, Australasian Bittern, Australian Pelican, Black Falcon, Bush Stone-curlew, Grey Falcon, Magpie Goose, Peregrine Falcon, Southern Boobook, Spotted Harriet, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard, Shingleback.
Plants: River Red Gum.
Examples of threatened species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Australasian Bittern, (E), Australian Painted Snipe (E), Black- chinned Honeyeater (N), Bush Stone-curlew (N), Dusky Woodswallow (N), Flame Robin (N), Glossy Black-Cockatoo (N,Q), Grey Falcon (N), Latham's Snipe (M), Little Eagle (N), Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (N,Q), Magpie Goose (N), Painted Honeyeater (V), Pied Honeyeater (N), Red-lored Whistler (V), Sloane's Froglet (N), Spotted Harrier (N), Superb Parrot (V).
Plants: Curly-bark Wattle (V), Holly-leaf Grevillea (N), Small Scurf-pea (N).