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Crawney Pass National Park Plan of Management NSW NATIONAL PARKS & WILDLIFE SERVICE Crawney Pass National Park Community Conservation Area Zone 1 Plan of Management environment.nsw.gov.au © 2019 State of NSW and Department of Planning, Industry and Environment With the exception of photographs, the State of NSW and Department of Planning, Industry and Environment are pleased to allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in part for educational and non-commercial use, provided the meaning is unchanged and its source, publisher and authorship are acknowledged. Specific permission is required for the reproduction of photographs. The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) has compiled this report in good faith, exercising all due care and attention. No representation is made about the accuracy, completeness or suitability of the information in this publication for any particular purpose. DPIE shall not be liable for any damage which may occur to any person or organisation taking action or not on the basis of this publication. Readers should seek appropriate advice when applying the information to their specific needs. All content in this publication is owned by DPIE and is protected by Crown Copyright, unless credited otherwise. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), subject to the exemptions contained in the licence. The legal code for the licence is available at Creative Commons. DPIE asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: © State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Industry and Environment 2019. This plan of management was adopted by the Minister for the Environment on 8 August 2019. The Department acknowledges that Crawney Pass National Park is in the traditional Country of the Wanaruah and Nungaroo peoples. This plan of management was prepared by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), part of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. For additional information or any inquiries about this park or this plan of management, contact NPWS Upper Hunter Area Office at 20 Hayes Street, Scone NSW 2337, or by telephone on (02) 6540 2300. Cover photo: Nundle cycad (Macrozamia concinna). DPIE Published by: Environment, Energy and Science Department of Planning, Industry and Environment 59 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box A290, Sydney South NSW 1232 Phone: +61 2 9995 5000 (switchboard) Phone: 1300 361 967 (Environment, Energy and Science enquiries) TTY users: phone 133 677, then ask for 1300 361 967 Speak and listen users: phone 1300 555 727, then ask for 1300 361 967 Email: [email protected] Website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au Report pollution and environmental incidents Environment Line: 131 555 (NSW only) or [email protected] See also www.environment.nsw.gov.au ISBN 978-1-922317-00-1 EES 2019/0485 September 2019 Find out more about your environment at: www.environment.nsw.gov.au Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Location, reservation and regional setting ....................................................................... 1 1.2 Statement of significance ................................................................................................ 2 2. MANAGEMENT CONTEXT ................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Legislative and policy framework ..................................................................................... 3 2.2 Management purposes and principles ............................................................................. 3 2.3 Specific management directions ...................................................................................... 4 3. VALUES ............................................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Geology, landscape and hydrology ................................................................................. 5 3.2 Native plants ................................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Native animals ................................................................................................................ 8 3.4 Aboriginal heritage ........................................................................................................ 10 3.5 Historic heritage ............................................................................................................ 11 3.6 Visitor use ..................................................................................................................... 12 3.7 Information and education ............................................................................................. 13 4. THREATS ......................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Pests ............................................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Fire ............................................................................................................................... 16 4.3 Climate change ............................................................................................................. 17 4.4 Isolation and fragmentation ........................................................................................... 18 5. MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND OTHER USES ........................................................ 19 5.1 Access .......................................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Boundary fencing and adjustment ................................................................................. 20 6. IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................................... 21 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 24 FIGURES Figure 1: Crawney Pass National Park ....................................................................................... ii TABLES Table 1: Significant plant species recorded in Crawney Pass National Park ............................... 7 Table 2: Threatened animals recorded in or within 2 kilometres of the park ................................ 8 Table 3: Weed and pest animals recorded in the park .............................................................. 15 Table 4: Hunter climate change snapshot ................................................................................. 17 Table 5: List of management responses ................................................................................... 21 i Figure 1: Crawney Pass National Park ii Crawney Pass National Park Draft Plan of Management 1. Introduction 1.1 Location, reservation and regional setting Features Description Location Crawney Pass National Park Community Conservation Area Zone 1 (referred to as ‘the park’) is located atop the Liverpool Range. To the north, the park drains into the Murray–Darling Basin and to the south it drains to the coast via the Hunter River. It is 22 kilometres south-west of Nundle, 70 kilometres south of Tamworth and 70 kilometres north- east of Scone. Reservation date 1 December 2005 Area The park is 310.8 hectares, including 61.8 hectares that were added to the park in May 2018. The park has a linear shape, approximately four kilometres long and between 300 metres and one kilometre wide (see Figure 1). The park also includes unreserved lands which are vested in the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NPW Act) under Part 11 of that Act. These Part 11 lands include a road, namely Minto Trail, which ensures continued access to neighbouring land (see Figure 1 and Section 5.1). The existing national park and Part 11 lands are collectively referred to as ‘the park’ in this plan of management. Previous tenure Most of the national park was formerly Crown land and subject to grazing. The private land acquired in 2013 and added to the north- east of the park in 2018 had been subject to some clearing and was also previously grazed. The park takes its name from the Great Dividing Range crossing between the headwaters of the Peel and Isis rivers, known as Crawney Pass. Regional context Biogeographic About 80% of the park is in the NSW North Coast Bioregion region (Thackway & Cresswell 1995), and the other 20% in the northern section of the park is in the Nandewar Bioregion. The park is part of a network of conservation reserves located on the Liverpool Range that includes Coolah Tops, Murrurundi Pass and Towarri national parks and Ben Halls Gap, Cedar Brush, Wallabadah and Wingen Maid nature reserves. Surrounding Partially cleared private lands surround the park to the north and east. land use The travelling stock reserves adjoining the park’s western and southern boundaries (see Figure 1) are well-vegetated, with tributaries feeding into the Isis River and Wombramurra Creek. The travelling stock reserve situated 150 metres north of the park is also well- vegetated. The steep terrain has probably assisted in protecting the park from past land clearing. The park is located four kilometres east 1 Crawney Pass National Park Draft Plan of Management Features Description of Wallabadah Nature Reserve and 10 kilometres west of
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