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ACT AQUATIC SPECIES AND RIPARIAN ZONE CONSERVATION STRATEGY REFERENCES ACT Government 2005b Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasuyurus maculatus): A vulnerable species. Action Plan No. 30 ACT Flora and Fauna Committee 1995 Threatened (Environment ACT, Canberra). Species and Communities in the ACT: Criteria for ACT Government 2005c Namadgi National Park Draft Assessment (ACT Government, Canberra). Management Plan (Arts, Heritage and Environment, ACT Government 1997 Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne Chief Ministers Department, Canberra). pengilleyi): A vulnerable species. Action Plan No. 6 ACT Government 2006a ACT Environmental Flow (Environment ACT, Canberra). Guidelines 2006 (Arts, Heritage and Environment, Chief ACT Government 1998 The ACT Nature Conservation Minister’s Department, Canberra). Strategy (ACT Department of Urban Services, ACT Government 2006b Clean water, Healthy landscapes: Canberra). 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