Managing biodiversity in our cotton 'landscapes'
Narrabri local government area
Area of cotton landscape:
684,700 ha
Area of cotton properties:
344,300 ha
Area of remnant vegetation in the cotton landscape:
144,400 ha (21%)
Area of remnant vegetation on cotton properties:
32,200 ha (9%)
Area of threatened ecological communities in the cotton landscape:
70,900 ha (49%)
Area of threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
22,600 ha (70%)
Area of priority zones for native vegetation restoration and enhancement:
10,860 ha
Area of priority zones for vegetation:
35,390 ha
Main vegetation types on cotton properties:
Coolibah woodlands, Belah woodlands, Poplar Box woodlands, Silver-leaved Ironbark woodlands, Buloke woodlands, Black Tea-tree woodlands, Dirty Gum/Dwyer’s Red Gum low woodlands, River Red Gum forests, River Oak riparian forests, Rough-barked Apple woodlands, Inland Rainforests.
Main threatened ecological communities on cotton properties:
Coolibah-Black Box woodland of the Brigalow Belt South and Darling Riverine Plains bioregions (E).
Weeping Myall woodlands (E).
Named wetlands in the cotton landscape:
The Gardens Water Storage, Narrabri Lake, Talluba Creek, Round Swamp, Gulgreena Water Storage.
Area of wetlands in the cotton landscape:
18,800 ha (3%)
Area of wetlands in the cotton properties:
13,700 ha (4%)
Length of major rivers in the cotton landscape:
505 km
Length of major rivers on cotton properties:
356 km
Length of minor water courses in the cotton landscape:
2,660 km
Length of minor streams on cotton properties:
1,000 km
Main rivers in the cotton landscape:
Namoi River, Pian Creek, Maules Creek.
Area of national park in the cotton landscape:
13,913 ha
Area of state forests in the cotton landscape:
6,089 ha
Area of travelling stock routes in the cotton landscape:
26,593 ha
Examples of public land reserves in the cotton landscape: Bobbiwaa State Conservation Area, Culgoora State Forest, Pilliga East State Forest, Plagyan State Forest.
Examples of iconic species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby, Koala, Short-beaked Echidna, Spotted- tailed Quoll, Barking Owl, Black-necked Stork, Emu, Magpie Goose, Royal Spoonbill, Tawny Frogmouth, Zebra Finch, Murray Cod.
Plants: Carbeen, Leopardwood, River Red Gum, Weeping Myall.
Examples of threatened species in the cotton landscape:
Animals: Black-striped Wallaby (N), Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (V), Koala (V), Spotted-tailed Quoll (E), Eastern Cave Bat (N), Large-eared Pied Bat (V), Australian Painted Snipe (E), Black-chinned Honeyeater (N), Eastern Grass Owl (N), Glossy Black-Cockatoo (N,Q), Little Eagle (N), Masked Owl (N), Speckled Warbler (N), Superb Parrot (V), Pale-headed Snake (N), Five- clawed Worm-skink (V), Murray Cod (V), Darling River Snail (N).
Plants: Belson's Panic (V), Coolabah Bertya (V), Finger Panic Grass (N), Greenhood Orchid (N), Lake Keepit Hakea (E), Native Milkwort (N), Ooline (V), Spiny Peppercress (V), Cyperus conicus (N), Tylophora linearis (E).