Managing biodiversity in our cotton 'landscapes'
Hilltops/Weddin local government area
Area of cotton landscape:
25,400 ha
Area of cotton properties:
3,760 ha
Area of remnant vegetation in the cotton landscape:
3,200 ha (13%)
Area of remnant vegetation on cotton properties:
220 ha (59%)
Area of threatened ecological communities in the cotton landscape:
2,900 ha (90%)
Area of threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
220 ha (100%)
Area of priority zones for native vegetation restoration and enhancement:
430 ha
Area of priority zones for vegetation:
2,070 ha
Main vegetation types on cotton properties:
Grey Box 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).
Natural grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains (CE).
Named wetlands in the cotton landscape:
Back Creek.
Area of wetlands in the cotton landscape:
560 ha (2%)
Area of wetlands in the cotton properties:
26 ha (0.7%)
Length of major rivers in the cotton landscape:
25 km
Length of major rivers on cotton properties:
0 km
Length of minor water courses in the cotton landscape:
72 km
Length of minor streams on cotton properties:
12 km
Main rivers in the cotton landscape:
Bland Creek, Burrangong Creek.
Area of national park in the cotton landscape:
0 ha
Area of state forests in the cotton landscape:
746 ha
Area of travelling stock routes in the cotton landscape:
690 ha
Examples of public land reserves in the cotton landscape: Eurabba State Forest.
Examples of iconic species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Duck-billed Platypus, Black Falcon, Bush Stone-curlew, Grey- crowned Babbler, Malleefowl, Southern Boobook, Squatter Pigeon, Tawny Frogmouth, Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard.
Plants: Slender Darling Pea.
Examples of threatened species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Little Pied Bat (N), Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat (N), Black Falcon (N), Black-chinned Honeyeater (N), Brolga (N), Brown Treecreeper (N), Flame Robin (N), Hooded Robin (N), Grey-crowned Babbler (N), Glossy Ibis (M), Malleefowl (V), Plains Wanderer (CE), Painted Honeyeater (V), Squatter Pigeon (V), Superb Parrot (V), Common Death Adder (Q), Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon (N).
Plants: Slender Darling Pea (V), Spiny Peppercress (V), Austrostipa wakoolica (E).