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Australias Stock Route Network: 1. a Review of Its Values and Implications for Future Management doi: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00591.x REVIEW Australia’s Stock Route Network: 1. A review of its values and implications for future management By Pia E. Lentini, Joern Fischer, Philip Gibbons, David B. Lindenmayer and Tara G. Martin Pia Lentini, Philip Gibbons and David Lindenma- Summary The Stock Route Network (SRN) is a vast system of public land, comprising yer are respectively PhD student, Senior Fellow and vegetated strips and small reserves across the eastern length of the Australian continent. Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Now predominantly following the road system, this network was historically established to Society, the Australian National University (Hancock allow for the movement of livestock prior to truck and railway transport. Owing to declines in Building (43), Biology Place, Canberra ACT 0200; traditional uses, parts of the SRN may now be sold to private landholders, or put under long- Tel: +612 6125 1496; Email: [email protected]. term grazing leases, making them unavailable for other emerging uses. This is in spite of the au). Joern Fischer (formerly of the Fenner School of fact that it is widely accepted by researchers, practitioners, graziers and agriculturalists that Environment and Society) is a Professor with the the SRN holds great natural and cultural value. We conducted a review of scientific and grey Faculty of Sustainability (Leuphana University Lu- literature to determine the known values of the network for biodiversity conservation, cultural eneburg, Scharnhorststrasse 1, 21335 Lueneburg, heritage, rural communities and Australian society as a whole. We found that the majority of Germany). Tara Martin is a Research Scientist with existing literature on the network focuses on New South Wales (NSW) and is of a conserva- CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences (EcoSciences Precinct, 41 tion-based nature. The Stock Route Network supports a wide range of threatened species Boggo Road, Dutton Park QLD 4102). This research and communities, with considerable potential for many more to be discovered. The network forms part of a larger project investigating the value also holds heritage value for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The societal of travelling stock routes for biodiversity conserva- benefits from the SRN are numerous because it provides land for recreation and apiary sites, tion, in response to a pressing need for quantitative a source of seed for revegetation projects, a focus for rural tourism, as well as the traditional data and information to guide stock route manage- benefits for stock droving and emergency agistment. In the light of our review, we identified ment decisions. key knowledge gaps pertaining to the values of the SRN and propose a number of options for its future management. Appropriate governance and increased investment in SRN manage- ment is now urgently required to ensure that it continues to conserve its many environmental and social values in perpetuity. Key words: linear remnant, roadside vegetation, SRN, stock reserve, stock route, travelling stock, TSR, verge. and the entire network of NSW and Qld is Authority 2009, p. 31). Based on this sug- Introduction together referred to as the Stock Route gestion, the future of the SRN in NSW is he Stock Route Network (SRN) is a vast Network (SRN). uncertain. The stock routes of Queensland Tsystem of strips and small blocks of The use of the NSW network as a means are also experiencing a decline in use by remnant vegetation which stretches across of transporting stock has declined since travelling stock, with local councils the eastern length of Australia, covering the 1950s (O’Connor 2004). Rural Lands responsible for their management strug- approximately 4.5 million hectares Protection Boards (RLPBs) have been gling to administer them in an economi- (Fig. 1). Now predominantly following the responsible for the management of NSW cally viable manner. In response to road system, this network incorporates a stock routes since 1880 (Cameron & Spoo- problems that arose during the drought of wide variety of vegetation types, topogra- ner 2010), but they have been increasingly 2002–2003, a review recommended that phies, geologies and histories (Davidson subsidising stock route management the Queensland network be classified into 1999). Known as ‘the Long Paddock’, the because of this decline in use, which has ‘active’ and ‘inactive’ sections, with ‘inac- SRN was gazetted as public land early in in turn threatened their financial viability. tive’ stock routes being leased to private Australia’s pioneering history to allow for In 2008, the RLPB system underwent an graziers and subjected to Annual Grazing the movement of livestock prior to the independent review, which recommended Agreements (Department of Natural advent of truck and railway transport that the stock routes be ceded back to the Resources and Water 2008). (McKnight 1977). The SRN comprises the NSW Department of Lands (Integrated Although the SRN is now used for dro- Travelling Stock Routes and Travelling Marketing Communications 2008). The ving less often than it formerly was, it is Stock Reserves of New South Wales Department of Lands (now called the Land widely accepted by researchers, practitio- (NSW), and the Stock Route Network of and Property Management Authority) sta- ners, graziers and agriculturalists that it Queensland (Qld), as well as numerous ted that following this hand back ‘disposal holds great natural and cultural value. other parcels of Crown land (Hibberd through sale may be an appropriate out- When it emerged that the future of the net- et al. 1986). For the purpose of this come for a restricted number and area of work was in question, 513 scientists signed review, all are referred to as ‘stock routes’, TSRs’ (Land and Property Management the ‘Long Paddock Scientists Statement’, ª 2011 Ecological Society of Australia ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION VOL 12 NO 2 AUGUST 2011 119 Ecological Society of Australia REVIEW Northern Quoll Dasyurus hallucatus Large numbers recorded at Big Mitchell N stock route-a population stronghold for a species undergoing significant range contractions (Burnett 2001) Julia Creek Dunnart Sminthopsis douglasi Stock routes were some of the few remaining areas rated as ‘highly suitable habitat’ for this threatened species (Smith et al. 2007) Wandering Peppercress Lepidium peregrinum Was assumed extinct until rediscovered in 2001–the largest site containing most known individuals is in a stock route (NSW Scientific Committee 2000) Legend Regent Honeyeater Xanthomyza phrygia Endangered A known breeding area occurs in a sp. record stock route close to Barraba. The Barraba Shire attract tourist SRN ornithologists to the region through the “Bird Routes program” (Jones 2000) NRS Tumut Grevillea Grevillea wilkinsonii Only nine small populations of this species remain–the second-largest is in a stock route (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 2001) 0 250 500 km Figure 1. ‘Endangered species in the Long Paddock’. Map shows: the Stock Route Network (SRN) of New South Wales and Queensland, the National Reserve System (NRS) and several examples of species that are listed by the Australian Government as Endangered, and that have been recorded in stock routes (photos top to bottom: Wildlife Explorer – Picasa Web Albums, Greg Mifsud, Catherine Wardrop, Chris Tzaros, Karen Hedley). which highlighted the role the SRN plays findings for the ongoing administration aware of through other discussions with in environmental and heritage protection, and management of the SRN. stakeholders was also included. We did and in supporting traditional uses (Possing- not conduct a quantitative review of this ham & Nix 2008). The letter came at a criti- literature (such as a meta-analysis), but Methods cal point in the debate, but was primarily instead completed a conventional, qualita- intended to be an advocacy tool, as We conducted a broad literature search to tive review. opposed to a review of information col- identify existing scientific and grey litera- lected. A more in-depth review, which ture on the stock routes of NSW and Qld. Results presents evidence in support of the state- Using the terms ‘travelling stock’, ‘stock ments made, is both timely and much- route’ and ‘stock reserve’, we searched ISI We found 107 publications dealing with needed to inform the debate concerning Web of Knowledge (topic search – all stock routes, including 68 journal articles, the future of stock route management. In results included), Google Scholar (whole 13 government reports, 14 books, three this paper, we review and summarise infor- documents – first ten pages of results consultant’s reports, three conference mation on a wide range of present-day val- included) and JSTOR (all disciplines, all papers, two government submissions, one ues of the SRN, expanding on the themes content, all results included) up to Octo- independent report, one PhD and one introduced in the ‘Long Paddock Scientists ber 2010. We confined our search to litera- Honours thesis, and one letter (Table 1). Statement’, and identifying strengths and ture relating to stock routes of NSW and Most did not focus solely on stock routes, weaknesses in current knowledge. We Qld. Additional literature not identified and we may have failed to identify addi- then discuss the implications of our during the search that we were made tional material in which the SRN is a small 120 ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION VOL 12 NO 2 AUGUST 2011 ª 2011 Ecological Society of Australia REVIEW Ta ble 1 . Literature considered in the review, categorised according to theme, state which the material covers (‘NA’ refers to publications that are not state-specific) and the type of publication (‘Book’ refers to both books and book chapters) Theme State Publication Literature Total type Conservation (47) NSW Book Hibberd and Soutberg (1991), Williams et al. (1991) 2 Conference Davidson (1999) 1 Journal Brock et al. (1999), Debus et al. (2006), Dorrough et al. (2004), Driscoll (2004), Eldridge 26 et al. (2006), Gill and Williams (1996), Law and Chidel (2006), Leavesley (2002), Lentini et al.
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