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).

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