Enhancing Biodiversity Hotspots Along Western Queensland Stock ...

RECOMMENDATIONS: Over the years, many of these large unfenced stock route
reserves have, understandably, become regarded as part of station management
with no objection from Government agencies. Therefore, dialogue needs to be
established with these properties to re-emphasise the status of the stock route
network and their regulations.
The current moratorium on tree clearing under the Vegetation Management Act 1999
should prevent future clearing on stock route reserves, but there is a need for a
sustainable grazing agreement to be negotiated with the station management
adjoining Lake Galilee.
It would be beneficial to the ground nesting birds if pest control activities could
coincide with breeding patterns, so as to minimize the levels of predation when eggs
and fledglings are present.
Finally, there is the need to assess the breeding and roosting sites around Lake
Galilee to determine if some sites warrant fencing-off from feral predators.
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