Collier Range National Park Explained

Type:protected
Collier Range National Park
State:wa
Iucn Category:II
Local Map:yes
Zoom:8
Coordinates:-24.6236°N 119.2719°W
Relief:yes
Nearest Town Or City:Newman
Area:2351.62
Area Footnotes:[1]
Established:1978
Managing Authorities:Department of Parks and Wildlife

Collier Range National Park is a national park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 878km (546miles) northeast of Perth.

The nearest major town to the park is Newman located about 166km (103miles) north near Kumarina.[2] The park is one of many in the Pilbara and was established in 1978.[3]

The ranges vary from low hills to high ridges with many cliffs. The vegetation found in the area is mostly spinifex and mulga with creeklines being surrounded by eucalypts. Mulga scrub and mulla mulla are found in dense scrubland in the northeastern plains with spinifex and sand dunes being found in the western end.[4]

The park is the home of the threatened Pilbara Pebble-Mound Mouse Pseudomys chapmani which is also found in the Millstream-Chichester National Park and the Karlamilyi National Park.[5]

The mulga habitat is a refuge for the critical weight range mammals such as Macrotis lagotis (greater bilby), Dasycercus cristicauda (mulgara) and dasyurids.

The standard of management in the park is poor and is only visited occasionally by Department of Parks and Wildlife staff from Karratha. The park is baited for wild dogs but suffers damage from feral donkeys and wandering cattle. No fire management is in practice and weed problems are unknown.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 2010 . Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report . 48 . Depa. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110111124319/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/ . 11 January 2011 . dmy.
  2. Web site: RAC Travel- National Park Camping Areas. 2008. 4 May 2010. 29 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130129121039/http://rac.com.au/Travel/Self-drive-holidays/Caravans-and-camping/National-park-camping-areas.aspx. dead.
  3. Web site: Rundle Range National Park. 2002. 4 May 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110715074335/http://pheeds.com/Rundle_Range_National_Park.html. 15 July 2011. dmy-all.
  4. 2010. 26 November 2010.
  5. Web site: Department of Environment - Action Plan for Australian Rodents. 1995. 4 May 2010.
  6. Web site: Gascoyne Subregion Biodiversity values. 2001. 28 September 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110312125757/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/pdf/science/bio_audit/gascoyne03_p240-251.pdf. 12 March 2011. dmy-all.