Managing biodiversity in our cotton 'landscapes'
Parkes/Forbes local government area
Area of cotton landscape:
209,600 ha
Area of cotton properties:
23,100 ha
Area of remnant vegetation in the cotton landscape:
36,000 ha (17%)
Area of remnant vegetation on cotton properties:
1,440 ha (6%)
Area of threatened ecological communities in the cotton landscape:
17,400 ha (48%)
Area of threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
660 ha (46%)
Area of priority zones for native vegetation restoration and enhancement:
3,080 ha
Area of priority zones for vegetation:
12,460 ha
Main vegetation types on cotton properties:
River Red Gum forests, Grey Box woodlands, White 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).
White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland and derived native grassland (CE).
Named wetlands in the cotton landscape:
Bundaburrah Cowal, Lake Cowal, Nerang Cowal.
Area of wetlands in the cotton landscape:
23,600 ha (11%)
Area of wetlands in the cotton properties:
3,070 ha (13%)
Length of major rivers in the cotton landscape:
236 km
Length of major rivers on cotton properties:
40 km
Length of minor water courses in the cotton landscape:
469 km
Length of minor streams on cotton properties:
103 km
Main rivers in the cotton landscape:
Bogan River, Lachlan River, Bumbuggan Creek, Bullock Creek, Bundaburrah Creek, Goobang Creek, Genaren Creek, Gunningbland Creek, Sandy Creek.
Area of national park in the cotton landscape:
1,540 ha
Area of state forests in the cotton landscape:
1,940 ha
Area of travelling stock routes in the cotton landscape:
4,380 ha
Examples of public land reserves in the cotton landscape: Wilbertroy Preccinct, Gunningbland State Forest, Strahorn State Forest.
Examples of iconic species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Duck-billed Platypus, Australasian Bittern, Black Falcon, Brolga, Bush Stone-curlew, Grey-crowned Babbler, Magpie Goose, Southern Boobook, Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard.
Plants: River Red Gum.
Examples of threatened species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Little Pied Bat (N), Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat (N), Australasian Bittern (E), Bar-tailed Godwit (M), Black-chinned Honeyeater (N), Painted Honeyeater (N), Brolga (N), Common Sandpiper (M), Wood Sandpiper M), Dusky Woodswallow (N), Freckled Duck (N), Grey-crowned Babbler (N), Rainbow Bee-eater (M), Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon (N).
Plants: Austrostipa wakoolica (E).