Enhancing Biodiversity Hotspots Along Western Queensland Stock ...
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Plate 22. McIlwraith Homestead (Photo: B. Walsh).<br />
THREATS: The major threat to this site are overgrazing by cattle, overfishing and the<br />
illegal netting of fish, predation by feral cats and foxes, habitat degradation by weeds,<br />
cane toads, and excessive tourist impacts from vehicle traffic, camping and wood<br />
collection along the riparian edges using chainsaws (Plate 23).<br />
Plate 23. Chainsaw damage from firewood collection (Photo: B. Walsh).<br />
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