Managing biodiversity in our cotton 'landscapes'
Lachlan local government area
Area of cotton landscape:
227,200 ha
Area of cotton properties:
45,400 ha
Area of remnant vegetation in the cotton landscape:
36,800 ha (16%)
Area of remnant vegetation on cotton properties:
3,920 ha (9%)
Area of threatened ecological communities in the cotton landscape:
7,490 ha (20%)
Area of threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
290 ha (7%)
Area of priority zones for native vegetation restoration and enhancement:
4,490 ha
Area of priority zones for vegetation:
10,870 ha
Main vegetation types on cotton properties:
River Red Gum forests, Black Box woodlands, Coolibah woodlands, Poplar Box woodlands.
Main threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) grassy woodlands and derived native grasslands of South-eastern Australia (E).
Lowland Lachlan River aquatic ecological community (N).
Named wetlands in the cotton landscape:
Lake Cargelligo, Bogandillon Swamp, Banar Lake, Curlew Water, Cadow Swamp.
Area of wetlands in the cotton landscape:
26,500 ha (12%)
Area of wetlands in the cotton properties:
5,480 ha (12%)
Length of major rivers in the cotton landscape:
374 km
Length of major rivers on cotton properties:
110 km
Length of minor water courses in the cotton landscape:
613 km
Length of minor streams on cotton properties:
128 km
Main rivers in the cotton landscape:
Bogan River, Lachlan River, Borapine Creek, Bumbuggan Creek, Goobang Creek, Humbug Creek, Island Creek, Wallamundry Creek, Wallaroi Creek.
Area of national park in the cotton landscape:
430 ha
Area of state forests in the cotton landscape:
452 ha
Area of travelling stock routes in the cotton landscape:
4,069 ha
Examples of public land reserves in the cotton landscape: Woggoon Nature Reserve, Murrin Bridge Aboriginal Land, Carolina State Forest, Manna State Forest, Mount Tilga State Forest.
Examples of iconic species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Australasian Bittern, Glossy Ibis, Magpie Goose, Malleefowl, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Shingleback.
Plants: Old Man Saltbush, River Red Gum.
Examples of threatened species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Brush-tailed Phascogale (N), Australasian Bittern (E), Common Sandpiper (M), Little Eagle (N), Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (N,Q), Malleefowl (V), Superb Parrot (V), Marble-faced Delma (N), Southern Pygmy Perch (N), Flathead Galaxias (N).
Plants: Silky Swainson-pea (N), Spike-Rush (V), Tall Bonefruit (N).