Pualco Range Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Pualco Range Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:VI
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-32.9602°N 139.5644°W
Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:left
Nearest Town Or City:Yunta[2]
Area:78.77
Area Footnotes:[3]
Established Footnotes:[4]
Managing Authorities:Department for Environment and Water

Pualco Range Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Pualco Range about 30km (20miles) south of the town of Yunta in the state's Far North region.[2]

The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2010 as the land "supports high value habitat for the endangered plains wanderer, a distinctive, quail-like bird, as well as other species of state conservation significance including the Major Mitchell's cockatoo, blue-winged parrot and peregrine falcon".[5]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1]

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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.
  2. Web site: Search results for "Pualco Range Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer' . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 4 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 3 August 2015.
  4. Web site: National Parks and Wildlife (Pualco Range Conservation Park) Proclamation 2010 . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 3 December 2018 . 4932 . 23 September 2010.
  5. Web site: Three new conservation parks added to SA’s reserve system . Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) . 16 September 2015. 13 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414190809/https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/Home/Full_newsevents_listing/News_Events_Listing/110113-Three_new_parks . 14 April 2016.