A Review of Lake Frome & Strzelecki Regional Reserves 1991-2001
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A Review of Lake Frome and Strzelecki Regional Reserves 1991 – 2001 s & ark W P il l d a l i f n e o i t a N South Australia A Review of Lake Frome and Strzelecki Regional Reserves 1991 – 2001 Strzelecki Regional Reserves Lake Frome This review has been prepared and adopted in pursuance to section 34A of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. Published by the Department for Environment and Heritage Adelaide, South Australia July 2002 © Department for Environment and Heritage ISBN: 0 7590 1038 2 Prepared by Outback Region National Parks & Wildlife SA Department for Environment and Heritage Front cover photographs: Lake Frome coastline, Lake Frome Regional Reserve, supplied by R Playfair and reproduced with permission. Montecollina Bore, Strzelecki Regional Reserve, supplied by C. Crafter and reproduced with permission. Department for Environment and Heritage TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................................iii LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................................................................iii LIST OF ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS...................................................................................................iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......................................................................................................................................iv FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................vi 1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................1 1.1 Regional Reserves......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of this Review ................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Interpretation................................................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Review Process.............................................................................................................................. 2 2 LAKE FROME AND STRZELECKI REGIONAL RESERVES ............................3 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 3 2.2 Context for Management ............................................................................................................. 3 Reserve Plan of Management......................................................................................................3 Management and Consultative Structures ................................................................................ 4 Inclusion of Tinga Tingana Pastoral Lease Area ...................................................................... 4 Native Title ................................................................................................................................... 4 Achievements in Partnerships..................................................................................................... 6 Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve ................................................................................................. 7 2.3 Natural Features........................................................................................................................... 8 Conservation Values .................................................................................................................... 8 IBRA Bioregions .......................................................................................................................... 8 Environments of South Australia ............................................................................................... 8 Land Systems................................................................................................................................ 9 Geology and Landform.............................................................................................................. 11 Flora and Fauna......................................................................................................................... 12 2.4 Cultural Features........................................................................................................................ 15 Aboriginal Cultural Features....................................................................................................15 Non-Aboriginal Cultural Features ........................................................................................... 15 2.5 Resource Utilisation.................................................................................................................... 17 Mineral Exploration .................................................................................................................. 17 Petroleum Exploration............................................................................................................... 17 Pipelines ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Tourism....................................................................................................................................... 21 Pastoralism ................................................................................................................................. 22 3 IMPACTS OF RESOURCE UTILISATION ON WILDLIFE AND NATURAL FEATURES .................................................................................................................23 3.1 Petroleum Exploration ............................................................................................................... 23 Impacts on Landscape Features................................................................................................ 23 Impacts on Wildlife .................................................................................................................... 29 3.2 Tourism ....................................................................................................................................... 30 3.3 Feral Animals and Pest Plants................................................................................................... 30 3.4 Pastoralism.................................................................................................................................. 31 3.5 Strzelecki Track / Transport Corridor ..................................................................................... 31 4 IMPACTS OF RESOURCE UTILISATION ON CULTURAL FEATURES ......32 4.1 Aboriginal Culture ..................................................................................................................... 32 4.2 Non-Aboriginal Culture ............................................................................................................. 32 A Review of Lake Frome and Strzelecki Regional Reserves – 1991 – 2001 i Department for Environment and Heritage 5 IMPACTS OR POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF RESOURCE UTILISATION ON THE STATE ECONOMY ......................................................................................... 33 5.1 Petroleum Exploration and production ....................................................................................33 Economic Impact of Oil and Gas Extracted from Strzelecki Regional Reserve ...................34 Economic Impact of Petroleum Exploration in Strzelecki Regional Reserve .......................34 Economic Impact of EPIC Energy expenditure in Strzelecki Regional Reserve ..................35 Future mineral and petroleum resource prospects..................................................................36 5.2 Conservation ...............................................................................................................................37 Economic impact of conservation .............................................................................................37 Future prospects for conservation ............................................................................................38 5.3 Pastoral Activities .......................................................................................................................38 Economic impact of pastoral activity .......................................................................................38 Future prospects for pastoral activity ......................................................................................39 5.4 Transport Corridor ....................................................................................................................39 5.5 Tourism........................................................................................................................................40 Future prospects for tourism.....................................................................................................40 5.6 Management and Research........................................................................................................40 5.7