Goldfields Bioregion Strategic Overview
This Strategic Overview for the Goldfields Bioregion - revised October, 2002, was produced in collaboration between K. W. Lowe - Parks, Flora, Fauna, L. Ahern & R. Price - Nature Scope Pty Ltd, G. Park - North Central Catchment Management Authority. The Goldfields bioregion covers 1.7 million hectares extending over 14 local government areas and four catchment management regions, stretching from Stawell in the west to Rushworth in the east and from Wychitella in the north to Clunes in the south. It has a unique and relatively early history of European settlement due to the Gold rushes and the landscape has been radically and rapidly changed within the last 150 years. Most of the region is private freehold dominated by agriculture and there are large blocks of public land. Only 25% still has a cover of native vegetation, and less than 4% is in formal reserves. However, it still contains examples of most of its original vegetation types. Four species of flora and fauna are extinct, whilst of the remaining species, 135 species are considered threatened, including 76 plants, 4 mammals, 40 birds, 5 reptiles/amphibians, 6 fish and 4 invertebrates.
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This document was last reviewed on 21/06/2011