Bucks Lake Game Reserve Explained

Type:protected
Bucks Lake Game Reserve
State:sa
Iucn Category:vi
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-37.9053°N 140.3994°W
Pushpin Label Position:top
Nearest Town Or City:Carpenter Rocks[2]
Area:1.38
Area Footnotes:[3]
Established:25 April 1968
Established Footnotes:[4]
Visitation Num:‘less than 10 each year’
Visitation Year:2007
Managing Authorities:Department for Environment and Water

Bucks Lake Game Reserve, formerly the Bucks Lake National Park, is a protected area located in the Limestone Coast of South Australia about 40km (30miles) south-west of Mount Gambier and immediately east of the township of Carpenter Rocks. The game reserve was originally created as the Bucks Lake National Park in 1968 under the National Parks Act 1966 and was re-proclaimed as a game reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the purpose of the conservation of wildlife and management of game. The game reserve is used for duck hunting with species being harvested including grey teal, chestnut teal, Pacific black duck, pink-eared duck and Australian shelduck. Hunting is conducted during a proclaimed open season with hunters requiring to have an ‘endorsed hunting permit’ and only to harvest maximum numbers (i.e. bag limit) of specific species.[5]

The game reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1] In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016 . Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016 . 9 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180409104249/http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx . live .
  2. Web site: Search results for 'Bucks Lake Game Reserve' with the following datasets selected – 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australian . 14 April 2019 . 26 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326005927/https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=140.45295&y=-37.88742&z=13&uids=41,19,8,105&pinx=140.399480&piny=-37.905270&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Bucks+Lake+Game+Reserve,+Park . live .
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 26 March 2014. 2 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702090603/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/b88e6e26-4bd9-4c68-8fff-9e800114eb69/park-management-protected-areas-gen.pdf. live.
  4. Web site: DeGaris . R.C. . NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF KONGORONG—BUCKS LAKE NATIONAL PARK. . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 9 January 2019 . 1296–1297 . 25 April 1968 . 24 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324215303/http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1968/19.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: Carpenter Rocks Conservation Park and Bucks Lake Game Reserve Management Plan. Department for Environment and Heritage. 26 October 2014. 2007. 1, 2, 7, 20 & 22. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015647/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/88b589fe-d50d-47a5-b561-9e4f00b16ac4/CARPENTERCP_BUCKSGR_MP.pdf. live.
  6. 21 October 1980.

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